technology bridge

• The Real-Time Divide: Small Agencies That Don’t Cross It Could Die

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 25, 2011

  Having invested many tens of millions of dollars into technology over the past few years, large underwriters have developed tremendous competitive advantages, perhaps foremost among them the ability to write personal-lines business in real time. This real-time functionality—the ability to research, quote and deliver the policy to a customer...

• ACT Extends Real Time Initiative To Wholesale Relationship

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 20, 2010

  Agents and technology representatives at a meeting to discuss an initiative to improve efficiency between retail and wholesale insurance brokers and the companies that accept their business declared, "we are at war over keystrokes."