Related Items
  FREE Insurancenetworking.com Site Registration!
Sign up today and access the leading source of Insurance I.T. information on the Web.

Your FREE site registration entitles you to

FREE Insurance Networking eNewsletters

Search more than 7 years worth of archived data

White Papers and Industry Research that provide valuable insights on a variety of technologies and implementation issues

Access our Web Seminar series

   

Agent Network

News

Trio Tapped for Hall of Fame

Two executives and an actuary constitute this year’s International Insurance Society class of inductees.

Women in Insurance Discuss Industry Challenges

The Women's Network Group membership gathered in Sacramento, Calif., to discuss the challenges and opportunities in a softening marketplace and economy.

Wireless—A New Way of Life

By Carrie Burns
Wireless e-mail has been deployed, or is being deployed, by 85% of enterprises in North America and 70% in Europe, according to a report from Forrester Research Inc.

Will Technology Accelerate Global Expansion of SMBs?

By Carrie Burns
The evolution of technologies, such as Web conferencing, instant messaging and portals offered as Software-as-a-Service applications, will enable small and medium-sized businesses to transform into global trading partners, according to IBM.

MassMutual Casts a Wide Net for Agents

As one of several initiatives to grow its distribution network, MassMutual is enlisting its agents to help with online recruitment. It’s working.

Insurers Use Technology to Focus on Agents

MassMutual, The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. and Zurich Financial Services make technology changes to attract and retain agents.

NARAB New Battleground for Agents

While admirers push a bill seeking to nationalize agent licensing, detractors say the legislation is meant only to stymie other efforts.

NAIC Releases State Producer Licensing Review

The peer-based three-month assessment measures compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s reciprocity requirements and uniform resident licensing standards.

Do E-Signature Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

Despite taking much longer than initially expected, e-signature adoption is picking up steam, but is it worth it?

Online Planning Tool Offered to Agents

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents recently released an online planning tool for its members.

Is the P&C Independent Agent Workforce in Trouble?

According to research from TowerGroup Inc., new business concerns are threatening the success, and even the existence of the independent agency system as a main distribution channel for the insurance industry.

IVN Helps Insurers Address Tech Issues

The industry value network for insurance will bring together independent software vendors and system integrators to co-innovate with insurers to help them improve profits, customer relationships and their competitive position through effective applications and a flexible IT environment.

Colorado Casualty Provides Agents Web-based Tools

Commercial IQ Web-based technology is designed to deliver an automated underwriting process with expanded, yet simplified, eligibility criteria, and a sophisticated pricing system with multiple price points.

IBM Adds Cognos to its Acquisition List

IBM made its 23rd acquisition in support of its Information on Demand strategy--to enable new business insights to be delivered to a broader set of people across an organization, beyond the traditional users of business intelligence.

IIABA Releases 2007 Best Practices Study

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America released its annual Best Practices Study, which provides a quick means of calculating whether or not an agency creates value for its shareholders.

Marketplace