Paul Zamora

• FirstBest Offers Mobile Capabilities for Insurance Front Office Suite

  By Staff Writer  |  September 12, 2011

  FirstBest Systems, provider of insurance software solutions for specialty and commercial-lines insurance carriers, announces new mobile capabilities for its Front Office Suite of applications for insurance. The native mobile functionality will address the underwriting and collaborative business challenges of an insurance workforce increasingly accustomed to mobile connectivity.

• Weighted Down

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  September 6, 2011

  Underwriters traditionally carry a huge weight on their shoulders and in today’s world of information overload, the burden is multiplying. Automating some of the traditional underwriting decisions has helped carriers make quicker and better decisions and sharpened their focus on profit and productivity.

• Designer Selections: Predictive Analytics in Insurance

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 10, 2010

  Underwriters face two kinds of pressure, explains Donald Light, a senior analyst with Celent. One is the need to secure more business. The second is to make sure any business they write is profitable.

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  Gauging the Weather

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 17, 2010

  Predicting the end of the soft market in insurance is about as easy as forecasting the weather. If you change the channel on your TV you'll certainly find contradictory viewpoints from rival meteorologists.