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By Staff Writer |
May 23, 2012
ACORD announces the launch of a new educational initiative called the ACORD Knowledge Center. The goal is to provide members as well as industry participants with a knowledge base of webinars, documents, classes, and other items.
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By Staff Writers |
May 18, 2012
Leaders comment on the House's 30-day NFIP extension, force-placed insurance, and more.
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By Michael P. Voelker |
May 17, 2012
Former President George H. W. Bush famously quipped about what happens without “the vision thing,” a tendency to lose sight of long-term objectives because of the focus on near-term priorities. That tendency exists not only in government, but in businesses and other organizations as well.
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By Michael P. Voelker |
May 15, 2012
In today’s competitive marketplace, insurers are relying on innovation to gain an edge. Many companies have undertaken innovation initiatives, and some have created special working groups dedicated to finding new ways to use technology to get a leg up on the competition.
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By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 1, 2012
For organizations such as AUGIE and the user groups it represents, password management and real time are two issues being focused upon to make the three legs of the insurance-distribution stool sturdier.
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By Staff Writer |
January 19, 2012
Independent agents and brokers place the highest priority on getting more insurance carriers to offer real-time interface functionality to ease workflow issues in their agencies, according to a recent Real Time/Download Campaign survey.
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By Staff Writer |
January 17, 2012
The MEMIC Group's president and CEO John Leonard has been re-elected by the ACORD Board of Directors (www.acord.org) as the 2012 chair. Lawrence Blakeman of MetLife was also re-elected as the board's vice-chair. The announcements were made by ACORD's President and CEO Gregory A. Maciag.
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By Staff Writer |
January 12, 2012
Independent agents and brokers place the highest priority on getting more insurance carriers to offer real-time interface functionality to ease workflow issues in their agencies, according to a recent Real Time/Download Campaign (www.getrealtime.org) survey.
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By Michael P. Voelker |
November 4, 2011
One year ago, the LexisNexis Insurance Exchange—resulting from an alliance among LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) and Marketcore Inc.—was launched in an early adopter release to 16 brokerages and five member carriers. The system’s goal: to simplify the submission of midmarket commercial-lines risks by...
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September 9, 2011
A Next Generation Panel Discussion, Oct. 11, 3:00 p.m.