Buckeye Insurance Group is a small company with some big technology plans.

Providing quality technology solutions—and advice—for independent agents helps carriers differentiate themselves from the competition.

Have we reached a turning point in carrier/agent technology? Deb Smallwood, founder of Strategy Meets Action (SMA) believes so.

Independent insurance agents want what every consumer wants these days—one stop shopping. When agents have issues, they don’t want to call 10 different people in the carrier’s organization to get the issue resolved, explains Mike Fitzgerald, senior analyst in the insurance practice for Celent.

No one likes to be singled out when bad news strikes—and goodness knows, The Hartford had enough bad news from the financial collapse of 2008—but technology observers believe being the victim of hackers is not so much an “if” proposition as a “when.”

No one likes to be singled out when bad news strikes—and goodness knows, The Hartford had enough bad news from the financial collapse of 2008—but technology observers believe being the victim of hackers is not so much an “if” proposition as a “when.”

Could the U.S. see a repeat of what happened in Japan with an earthquake triggering a tsunami that threatens a nuclear power plant? One data expert says it is possible in California and in the Gulf states as well.

Could the U.S. see a repeat of what happened in Japan with an earthquake triggering a tsunami that threatens a nuclear power plant? One data expert says it is possible in California and in the Gulf states as well.