No market is more competitive in the insurance world than personal lines. We don’t need any more proof of this than the onslaught of advertisements on television for our favorite insurers.

I regularly speak to all of the leading insurance technology analysts in the market. Even with all that communication, I couldn’t possibly tell you which one is the best. But someone else took a shot at rating them.

Grange Insurance has been in full development of its agency automation program for almost two decades, according to Sherri Rarey, assistant vice president, agency interface for the carrier.

There is no more competitive market in the insurance world than personal lines. We don’t need any more examples of this than the amount of time we spend watching advertisements on television for our favorite insurers.

Frank Petersmark, CIO advocate for X by 2, a software architecture consultancy, believes there is a natural friction there between agents and carriers when it comes to keying in data.

Manual processes are eliminated—and compliance issues resolved—thanks to software.

When I first started with this magazine, a decision was made that the focus of our articles would be on what insurance carriers have to say, along with a few consultant and analyst types.

Celent CIO survey examines pressures, priorities for carriers.