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  10 Most Common Fixes to Agency Technology Gaps: Slideshow

  By Ben Page  |  June 19, 2013

  Agency not living up to its tech potential? Mind the gap.

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  Best Agency Website Winner: Earnie Cornelius Insurance Agency

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 3, 2013

  When Scott Cornelius took over his father’s agency in 2006, it didn’t have a website. Since then, ECI Agency has used a combination of templates and unique ideas to create a site that’s engaging, practical and successful.

• Claims Grabs Its Fair Share of the Budget Pie

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  June 1, 2013

  The claims department has long awaited its turn at the table for a piece of the technology budget pie. Recent trends suggest its time has come.

• Claims Grabs Its Fair Share

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  June 1, 2013

  As the “money out” side of the business, claims has long struggled to gain the budget attention of the “money in” side.

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  Bryan Insurance Agency: Best Agency Website Finalist

  By Melissa Hillebrand, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 20, 2013

  New Windsor, N.Y., agency draws visitors and leads with SEO management, mobile site and blogs

• Getting Savvy

  By Bonnie Cavanaugh  |  May 13, 2013

  Today’s commercial construction firms are becoming better educated on the types of protection they need, such as Builder’s Risk, and on how it can help their business succeed, says Chris Smith, vice president and managing director for Turner Surety & Insurance Brokerage (TSIB) of Woodcliff Lake, N.J.

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  Claims Gets Its Piece of the IT Pie

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  May 10, 2013

  As the "money out" side of the business, claims has long struggled to gain the budget attention of the "money in" side.

• Connecting Business and Technology the Focus of 2013 ACORD LOMA Forum

  By David LaMartina  |  May 6, 2013

  Rapid innovations in communications, data storage and computing are transforming global business like never before, and insurance professionals will need to adapt to stay ahead of the curve.

• Product Liability and Property Claims

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 1, 2013

  Certain products in the home can catastrophically fail, leading to property loss. Some simple, yet crucial investigative steps will help insurers maximize recovery in such cases.

• Trading Places

  By Robert Regis Hyle  |  May 1, 2013

  Many businesses—with one recent exception—are offering their employees the opportunity to step away from the office and perform their daily tasks in the comfort of their own homes. Whatever the reasons for utilizing a mobile workforce—unwillingness to relocate the family or a reluctance to perform the daily commute—for insurers the...

• Manage by Technology? Bad Idea

  By Paul Rolich  |  May 1, 2013

  Consider this real world scenario: Acme Inc. is converting a monolithic COBOL mainframe application to J2EE and Oracle. There are massive blocks of COBOL that need to be rewritten. The development strategy includes an on-shoring element. A number of contract employees are brought on board for the duration of the...

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  Product Failures and Property Claims: Maximizing Subrogation Recoveries

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 24, 2013

  Certain products in the home can catastrophically fail, leading to property loss. Some simple, yet crucial investigative steps will help insurers maximize recovery in such cases.

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  Keep Your Options Open When Looking at the Office Workplace

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 23, 2013

  Collaboration of convenience? It is an issue many insurance carriers—and just about any American business—has to ask itself when contemplating the value of remote workers to the enterprise.

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  Going Against the Yahoo Grain: The Insurance Industry's Mobile Workforce

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 22, 2013

  Whatever the reasons for utilizing a mobile workforce, for insurers the discussion has changed from “Why?” to “Why not?”

• Crashboxx Telematics Introduces Damage Prediction Software

  By Staff Writer  |  April 19, 2013

  Crashboxx Telematics announces the release of Crashboxx DENT, a web-based software tool that creates forecasts of the material damage cost to vehicles involved in crashes.

• Allstate Expands Drivewise to 16 States, Adds Smartphone App

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 16, 2013

  Allstate has expanded its Drivewise telematics program into six additional states and introduces a usage-based app for smartphones.