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Xchanging Launches Netsett for U.S. Market

By Justin Stephani

Announcement follows releases in Asia and the United Kingdom from earlier this year.

Hesseling Joins ACORD as Chief Standards Officer

By Justin Stephani

The former Zurich executive and ACORD Standards Committee chair will be responsible for overseeing several aspects of standards development.

USAA Offers GPS Service to Address Teen Driver Safety

By Carrie Burns

The voluntary program includes a GPS-enabled device that records and reports driving data, so parents and teens can talk about safe driving behavior and track progress.

Top 5 Technology Priorities for Specialty Lines Carriers

By Justin Stephani

While the large number of catastrophes is prompting some specialty carriers to exit more challenging lines, cyber-liability insurance continues to see double-digit growth.

ACORD Continues to Grow Through Mergers

By Justin Stephani

Standards organization consolidates with DISA, an organization that focuses on cross-industry electronic standards.

Auto-Owners Selects MphasiS-Wyde’s Life/Annuities Solution

By Justin Stephani

End-to-end policy administration system will be implemented by Auto-Owners’ life insurance subsidiary.

Applied Systems Receives Two Technology Patents

By Jennifer Morrell

Patented technologies to provide data protection, intuitive data presentation capabilities.

4 Tech Priorities for Commercial Lines Carriers

By Carrie Burns

These can help commercial lines carriers experience expense reduction, growth strategies and improving underwriting results.

Which Tech Provider is Best?

By INN Editorial Staff

Only a few days left to vote in the seventh annual Vanguards in Insurance Practices awards program, which uncovers the best of the best in insurance innovation among both technology users and providers.

IT Jobs Up in October

By Justin Stephani

U.S. adds 6,600 IT jobs; August report revised with better numbers as well.

Getting Social Media Right the First Time

By Pat Speer

MassMutual raises the bar and keeps it there.

Towers Watson Releases Latest Mortality Study for Life Insurers

By Justin Stephani

Newest version of the study includes predictive modeling analysis, spans five-year period from 2006 to 2010.

P&C Insurer Drastically Cuts Quote-to-Placement Turnaround Time

By Justin Stephani

Novarica Research Council Impact Award Nominee of the Day—Quick Hit Category: Zurich North America worked with program administrators to eliminate rekeying of data and other labor-intensive steps in the process.

Delivering large-scale IT projects on time, on budget, and on value

By Michael Bloch, Sven Blumberg, and Jürgen Laartz

Large IT efforts often cost much more than planned; some can put the whole organization in jeopardy. The companies that defy these odds are the ones that master key dimensions that align IT and business value.

Patriot Addresses Pre-deployment Issues In-house

By Justin Stephani

Novarica Research Council Impact Award Nominee of the Day—Expansion Category: Quote-to-bound business triples as the workers’ compensation insurer takes pre-deployment problems into their own hands.