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Technology News
ACE Maximizes the Potential of International Travel Products
news: Sensing an opportunity among small commercial buyers, ACE Commercial Risk Services created a simpler international travel package policy and a Web-based platform to support it.
Esurance Adds Claims Feature to Mobile App
carrier developments: Updated app designed to enable policyholders to expedite claim appraisals.
Protective Life Selects iPipeline Processing Solution
who's buying what: Electronic ticket designed to simplify application process, accelerate product sales.
Industry News
Claims Begin to Pile Up in Wake of Texas Tornadoes
news: Mobile claims adjusters have been issued to the area by at least three insurers, and thousands of claims have already been filed.
Crump Life Insurance to Provide MetLife with Brokerage Services
carrier developments: Crump will provide sales support, underwriting, technology and brokerage services to MetLifes financial professionals.
The Hartville Group and Crum & Forster to Merge
ma alliances: Crum & Forster has already underwritten the pet insurer's plans since 2006.
RATINGS CORNER
16 Insurers See Ratings Updates
UPDATE: AIG, Berkshire Hathaway and 14 others receive updates.
17 Insurers See Ratings Updates
UPDATE: AXA, CNO and 15 others receive updates.
15 Insurers See Ratings Updates
UPDATE: The Hartford Life, Wellpoint and 13 others receive updates.
16 Insurers See Ratings Updates
UPDATE: Allstate, The Hartford, QBE and 13 others receive updates.
Statistically Speaking
When Will it Stop? Struggling Economy Stifles IT Spending
While insurers are optimistic, IT spending growth remains contingent on the global economic recovery.
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Ed Fenwick
While fads for managing and improving business processes come and go with regularity, there is an underlying approach to successful processes that never changes.
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The Future of Insurance: Its About the Data
Denise Garth
Returning home from the ACORD-LOMA Forum (ACORD-LOMA) last week, I was reminded of a time about 12 years ago when I wrote that data is the lifeblood of the insurance industry and a strategic asset that needed effective management. The recollection was prompted in part by the fact that during ACORD LOMA the topics of big data, business analytics and business intelligence, and the need for quality data, continued to be hot topics both in terms of insurer priorities and discussion points.
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