Insurers Can Use Metadata Standards For Internal Data
The metadata standards developed for communication between companies can double as models for managing data within a single carrier.
Brokers Cast a Wide Net With Electronic Exchange
The electronic insurance exchange could do more than drive efficiencies and improve communications. Agents, brokers and carriers alike may no longer feel that the big ones got away.
Vista Debate Continues As the System Rolls Out
Differing views of Microsoft's new operating system still ripple through industry conversations. So what can insurers expect from the system?
E-mail Archiving Software Helps Manage Messages
Automation relieves the stress of storing and finding e-mail messages for e-discovery and regulatory compliance.
Break the Costly Habit Of Legacy Hardware
While some insurers remain hostage to outdated IT systems, most are beginning to adopt SOA or Web-based services.
Policy Admin Streamlining Lags Behind in N. America
North American life insurers lag behind European and Asian life insurers at streamlining and centralizing policy administration systems.
It's How You Use the Data
As the industry looks at ways data can improve its everyday existence, insurers have a responsibility to find better ways to manage its explosive growth and sheer scale.
Get the Most from a PAS
Carriers are relying on policy administration systems to provide quotes, enhance underwriting, capture data and issue policies.
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