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  Sandy Shook the Earth, Helping Scientists Study Crust and Upper Mantle

  By Staff Writer  |  April 19, 2013

  Before Superstorm Sandy struck New Jersey and New York, the storm made a turn to the northwest toward land, rattling the ocean floor and setting off seismometers across the U.S., according to University of Utah researchers.

• 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.

• Real Time Day Explores the Value of Agency/Carrier Connectivity

  By Staff Writer  |  April 5, 2013

  More than 20 webinars, panel discussions, and video interviews featuring independent agents, carriers, vendors, and technology user groups are scheduled for the second Real Time Day on Tuesday, April 9. All the sessions explore opportunities for faster and more profitable agent-carrier connectivity using Real Time tools.

• ACT, AUGIE Urge Insurance Industry to Embrace Technology Initiatives

  By Staff Writer  |  January 22, 2013

  The leaders of the IIABA's Agents Council for Technology (ACT) and ACORD's User Group Information Exchange (AUGIE) recently concluded joint planning sessions and agreed to work together to advance four important industry priorities in 2013: ID Federation, real time, e-signatures, and client self-service capabilities.

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  Finding the Right Tech Combination for Insurer-Agency Relationships

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 18, 2013

  Eventually, the connection between insurance carriers and the independent agents that sell their products will become simpler, but until the two sides agree on what’s best for each of them—individually and collectively—there remains a level of complexity in distribution management, according to Deb Smallwood, founder of Strategy meets Action (SMA)....

• Deloitte Report Identifies Insurer Growth Strategies in Challenging 2013

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 10, 2013

  To achieve growth in what is shaping up to be a challenging 2013, insurers must recognize obstacles in the coming year and identify both the threats and opportunities they present, a recent Deloitte report says.

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  2013 Forecast: Top Trends, Challenges & Opportunities for Agents & Brokers

  By PC360 Staff  |  January 2, 2013

  With the New Year upon us, PC360-NU spoke with top brokerages, carrier executives, agency associations and Main Street agents in local markets to discover where the greatest challenges and opportunities lie in 2013.

• With or Without You

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  December 11, 2012

  To meet the needs and expectations of mobile employees, agents, and customers—and driven by economic pressures that slashed travel budgets in recent years—insurers have been capitalizing on collaborative technology.

• R&O Insurance Executives: Slow and Steady

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 1, 2012

  Don't expect to see Superstorm Sandy losses generating whiplash-fast changes in property-casualty pricing. Insurer executives agree that 2013 will be another year of gradual firming rather than the hard-market shifts of old.

• Why Can’t We Be Friends?

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 4, 2012

  Finding ways to achieve ease of doing business needs to be the goal of not just insurance carriers, but independent agents as well.

• Enabling Smarter Claims Fraud Management

  By Kent Lefner  |  August 29, 2012

  Organizations need a clear understanding of current trends, challenges and available technology solutions to be able to deploy or improve an insurance claims fraud program.

• RiskRadius Launches Insurance Appetite Search Engine

  By Staff Writer  |  August 22, 2012

  RiskRadius, a provider of tools to insurance carriers and insurance brokers, introduces a risk appetite search engine. The web-based application is designed to eliminate the time drain insurance brokers and agents face in finding the exact match for their client’s needs.

• Adeptra Acquisition Gives FICO Increased Capabilities

  By Staff Writer  |  August 17, 2012

  FICO, a provider of analytics and decision management technology, announces it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Adeptra Ltd., a cloud-based customer engagement and risk intervention solutions provider.

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  Colorado Fires Dampened for Now; Models Show Threats Continue Throughout the U.S.

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 6, 2012

  Rain finally helped cool the wildfires that burned in Colorado for nearly two weeks, but the threat of more fires throughout the United States persists as dry conditions have created plenty of fuel for wildfires, according to Lamont Norman, global product manager, Pitney Bowes Software.

• BB&T Puts Flood Insurance Online

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 27, 2012

  BB&T Insurance Services says it has added flood insurance to its suite of online-insurance offerings, making it the first insurance broker to the country to offer and sell flood insurance online in real time.

• Social Studies: Up-Close Look at IASA’s Social Media Agenda

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  June 4, 2012

  The insurance industry, like the rest of the wired world, is abuzz about social media, and IASA is no exception. During IASA 2012, attendees can stay connected via IASA’s Twitter feed, posts to the conference Facebook page, and updates to the IASA LinkedIn group.