straight-through processing

• Anatomy of an ACORD LOMA Session

  By David LaMartina  |  May 8, 2013

  The 2013 ACORD LOMA Forum may look prim and polished, but coordinators have put a great deal of prep work into this year's presentations.

• Keeping Out of Court with E-Signatures

  By David LaMartina  |  May 7, 2013

  Straight-through processing has become wildly popular with the growth of E-commerce, and many insurers are making the switch to electronic verification.

• Finding Value through Mobility

  May 1, 2013

  Tech Decisions asked several insurance technology analysts what value carriers can receive through the development of a mobile strategy. Taking part in the discussion are: Kimberly Harris-Ferrante of Gartner, Leah Hollstegge of Ward Group, Gerald Shields of The Nolan Company, and Chuck Johnson of Celent.

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  Straight-Through Processing Among Key Benefits of e-Signature Adoption

  By Michael Laurie  |  April 29, 2013

  The insurance industry is in the midst of a shift from paper to all-electronic processes. To keep the electronic chain intact, carriers and agents are incorporating electronic signatures, particularly for new business processing.

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  Slideshow: Finding Value Through Mobility

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 26, 2013

  PropertyCasualty360.com asked several leading insurance technology analysts what insurance carriers could—and should—do to develop a mobile strategy that reaches out to both their business partners—the independent agency workforce—and their policyholders who are demanding more of their insurance providers.

• PASsing the Agility Test

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  February 15, 2013

  A gymnast swinging gracefully through an uneven bar routine; a running back making a spin move on the gridiron to avoid a would-be tackler; a figure skater executing a perfect salchow jump: All these athletes possess strength and skill, but the moves they make require something more—agility.

• Is This Any Way to Run a Railroad?

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 5, 2013

  Many of the best technology tools that have improved performance among insurance carriers have multiple layers of productivity and nowhere is that more evident than in the use of predictive modeling and analytics.

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  Not Your Father’s Implementation Project

  By George Grieve  |  October 31, 2012

  How legacy replacement projects are approached, planned and executed is changing. Halleluiah! Let’s face it; as an industry we’ve never been very good at these complex undertakings, so pretty much anything new is probably an improvement. I have noticed over the past few years, as...

• Ebix, Silanis Partner on Straight-Through Processing for Agents, Carriers

  By Staff Writer  |  October 25, 2012

  Ebix, Inc., a supplier of on-demand software and e-commerce services to the insurance and financial industries, announces a partnership with Silanis, an enterprise electronic signature solutions provider. Silanis will now become the preferred e-signature solution within Ebix’s on-demand offerings used by brokers and insurance companies, representing in excess of $100...

• MphasiS, ExpeData Partner on Solution for Processing Insurance Applications

  By Staff Writer  |  August 23, 2012

  ExpeData and MphasiS announce a partnership to enable insurance agents to capture front-end data such as new applications electronically using Anoto, digital pen technology.

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  Enhance Workers’ Comp Predictive Modeling with Injury Groupings

  By Kevin M. Bingham, Frank Zizzamia, Jim Guszcza, Kirsten Hernan  |  July 23, 2012

  Using an injury group-based approach to developing state-of-the-art claim predictive models enables leading claims organizations to help injured claimants get better faster and return to work earlier.

• At ACORD LOMA, Insurers Explore the Imperative to Automate

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  May 28, 2012

  When it comes to insurers’ attitudes toward underwriting automation, it shouldn’t be a matter of “if and when” but rather “what and how,” says Deb Smallwood.

• The Insurance Technical Evolution, 2012-2017

  By Kimberly Harris-Ferrante  |  May 17, 2012

  Shifting and emerging market conditions are making it more difficult for P&C and life insurers to continue to operate with traditional business models. Growing competition, shifting consumer expectations, heightened regulatory requirements, and unstable economic conditions make it imperative that insurers evolve their existing business models and embrace new technologies for...

• Insurers Explore the Imperative to Automate

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  May 17, 2012

  When it comes to insurers’ attitudes toward underwriting automation, it shouldn’t be a matter of “if and when” but rather “what and how,” says Deb Smallwood.

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  Surety Bond Process Making the Leap to Automation

  By Brian Beggs  |  May 16, 2012

  Although most sureties have automated at least part of the bond process, there’s still a big disparity in functionality and quality.

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  Product Configuration: Bringing Order and Efficiency to the Modern Insurance Enterprise

  By Srini Venkatasanthanam  |  April 19, 2012

  Property & casualty insurance carriers depend on agile and modern IT systems to respond to fast-changing regulations, competitive threats, new opportunities and customer demands. Policy administration is at the heart of these operations, but logistical challenges and costly risks associated with replacing or consolidating these core systems have prevented...