Running Your Business
Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
CIOs Grapple With IT Challenges
By Ara C. TremblyLegacy systems transformation, SOA and outsourcing were just a few of the major IT challenges discussed in a session titled "Technology Evolution and Revolution: IT ...
May 25, 2006
Systems Forum UpdateSeveral new and updated software development tools emerged at the 2006 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum.The Chicago-based U.S. arm of Prima Solutions S.A., Paris, has ...
May 23, 2006
Agency Warms Up To JapanStandard & Poor's Ratings Services is revising its outlook for 4 Japanese life insurers and 2 property-casualty insurers to positive, from stable.Deflation is easing in ...
May 23, 2006
Forum Triggers Tech Product BlizzardMany organizations have greeted the 2006 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum by releasing new and improved products.ACORD, Pearl River, N.Y., used the Las Vegas event ...
May 23, 2006
Mutual Of Omaha Adopts HighJump SystemA Midwestern insurer is using a software system to hold down the cost of printing letters, forms and brochures.Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha, Neb., ...
May 22, 2006
Working Toward A Single Standard For Many PlayersJust about everyone in the insurance arena agrees that having a single set of data standards for transactions is a good thing...
May 21, 2006
Build A Highly Profitable Business By Helping Working-Class AmericansAs financial advisors, we hear advice from industry consultants encouraging us to "move up market," to abandon the working-class American and cultivate relationships with the affluent...
May 21, 2006
Mega Million Paychecks For Top Insurance ExecsIn 2006, 22 executives at the top 16 insurers that sell life insurance pulled in total compensation of over $261 million, according to regulatory filings.