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A Clearer Path To STP Emerging

By Bill Kenealy
A new reference model should hasten efforts by insurers to achieve straight-through processing.

Zurich Debuts New Agent/Broker Site

To educate its distribution network, the P&C insurer launched a new Web site.

Insurance Industry Poised for Growth Through Innovation

By Carrie Burns
Deloitte points to distribution-centric strategies, advanced analytics applications and enterprise technologies as non-traditional growth opportunities for insurers.

The Growing Importance of Mobility

By Alex Vorro
Predictive analytics, customer relationship management software and business applications are keys to carriers developing an effective mobility strategy, according to TowerGroup analysis.

Technology Investment Defies Macroeconomic Factors

By Bill Kenealy
A new study from IVANS says spending on real-time capabilities will continue irrespective of economic slowdown.

Banks Continue to Move Into Insurance

By Bill Kenealy
New data shows commercial banks are making inroads in the U.S. insurance market.

Long-term Care Market: Ripe But Rotting?

By Pat Speer
To counter stagnant growth, distribution channels and technologies need to be examined anew, says research firm.

Billing Systems—New Technologies, Opportunities

By Pat Speer
Because the invoice is an opportunity to renew contact with a policyholder and demonstrate excellence in customer service, new attention is being paid to the technology behind the opportunity.

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.

Report: Carriers Must Adopt E-Commerce or Else

Although global electronic commerce is now a necessity, insurers continue to hold on to the traditional paper-based contract execution model, which, according to TowerGroup, is going to result in carriers' losing competitive edge.

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.

Web Site Reveals Agents' View of Insurers' Performance

The Professional Insurance Agents published its company performance survey database, the result of a five-year project in which its members ranked the performance of more than 80 insurance companies.

Pre-formatted Data Offered to London Market

RMS is offering six of Lloyd's managing general agents access to exposure data that's been cleansed and standardized for their use.

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