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Prince Charles, Lloyd's Launch Sustainability Insurance Task Force
Staff Writer | June 24, 2021
The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Insurance Task Force is comprised of insurance and reinsurance executives to advance a net-zero economy...
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Kin Insurance Bolsters Leadership Team
Staff Writer | June 23, 2021
Team expansion includes key hires across marketing, engineering, product, finance, and legal...
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Analytics Provider Arturo Taps Strategic New Hires
Staff Writer | June 21, 2021
AI-powered insurtech hires De’Edra S. Williams and Tom Jones to lead continued expansion...
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Electronic Chat with Ty Harris, Co-Founder, Openly Insurance
Laura Mazzuca Toops | June 21, 2021
Now operating in several coastal states, Openly is using advanced technology to mitigate hurricane and other cat risks...
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Mark Cuban Joins dClimate as Investor and Strategic Advisor
Staff Writer | June 17, 2021
dClimate was created by the founding team of insurtech weather platform Arbol Inc...
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Nick Gerhart Joins Gigaforce Advisory Board
Staff Writer | June 10, 2021
Gerhart’s insurance and regulatory experience helping drive potential use cases for the platform...
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BrokerTech Ventures and InsureTech Connect Announce Collaboration
Staff Writer | June 10, 2021
BrokerTech Ventures to fuel BrokerTech Connect during ITC 2021 Conference...
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Zywave Appoints Jeff Cohen to Lead Carrier Expansion
Staff Writer | June 10, 2021
Cohen will help carrier partners expand distribution, increase profitability and facilitate communications...
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George Furlong Named Chief Strategy Officer of accūrō Solutions
Staff Writer | June 10, 2021
Furlong served as senior vice president of managed care for Sedgwick Claims Management, Inc...
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Lineslip Solutions Names Two VPs
Staff Writer | June 02, 2021
Christine Smith to lead Production...
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What's AI-Right and AI-Wrong?
Marty Ellingsworth | June 01, 2021
The use of AI raises a plethora of ethical questions. Can you pass the AI ethics quiz...
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Sandy Perdiguerra Joins At-Bay as West Coast Regional Manager
Staff Writer | June 01, 2021
Cyber carrier expands footprint with veteran leader...
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Majesco Appoints Insurance Industry Expert as Chief Technology Officer
Staff Writer | June 01, 2021
New CTO Ravi Krishnan will oversee the architectural and technical direction for all Majesco SaaS platforms...
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Connected Car Data and New Telematics Technology Highlighted in IMS-Led Webinar
Staff Writer | May 20, 2021
Executives from Zipcar, Audi, i247, and Athlon will share insights on implementation and business value from leading fleet industry solutions...
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Root Inc. Welcomes Christine Patrick as VP, Investor Relations
Staff Writer | May 11, 2021
Patrick joins insurtech Root following the company’s recent IPO...
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BrokerTech Ventures Welcomes Three Industry-Leading Partners
Staff Writer | May 11, 2021
BRP Group, Inc., The Partners Group, and Philadelphia Insurance Companies Join BTV Platform...
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Global Insurance Symposium Announces Event Headliners
Staff Writer | May 11, 2021
-In-person and virtual registration options open for June 2021 event...
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Majesco Hires Industry Leaders to Strengthen L&A and Group Business
Staff Writer | May 04, 2021
New hires bring industry knowledge, expertise and leadership to support expanding market demand, customer community and Majesco’s market leadership...
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Policygenius Welcomes Chad Angle as Vice President of Sales, Life Operations
Staff Writer | April 27, 2021
Comcast veteran brings more than 15 years of experience to Policygenius team...
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Plug and Play Korea Launches in Seoul
Staff Writer | April 27, 2021
Primary focus on corporate innovation in fintech, insurtech, and health, and smart cities...
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Sapiens Appoints Jamie Yoder as North America President and General Manager
Staff Writer | April 26, 2021
Yoder's experience includes launching SaaS and cloud-native businesses and holding senior positions with global system integrators...
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Purchasing and Innovation: Friends or Enemies?
Bob Frady | April 21, 2021
Insurers want to innovate, but something is holding them back: their own purchasing departments...
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Crawford Technologies Announces Second Annual Customer Communications Virtual Summit
Staff Writer | April 16, 2021
Event Features Industry Experts Kemal Carr and Lainey Feingold...
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Brewer Lane Ventures Hires David Castellani, Former New York Life Executive and Head of Technology
Staff Writer | April 15, 2021
“Dave’s understanding of incumbent legacy technology and modern insurtech technology is unparalleled,” said John Kim, Founder and Managing Partner of...
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Protecht Hires Todd Hancock as Chief Insurance Officer
Staff Writer | April 15, 2021
Hancock has leveraged operational and leadership experience to optimize margin improvement, develop talent and identify acquisition opportunities...
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Majesco Executes on Accelerated Growth Strategy Within First Six Months of Acquisition by Thoma Bravo
Staff Writer | April 07, 2021
PE firm purchased Majesco to leverage its own operational experience to enhance Majesco’s capabilities...
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NetVU Announces Dates for Accelerate Virtual Conference
Staff Writer | April 06, 2021
Accelerate 2021 builds on the success of last year’s first-ever virtual event and will run from May 18–July 1...
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Arturo Appoints Daniela Moody Vice President of Artificial Intelligence
Staff Writer | April 05, 2021
AI scientist to lead applied ML, quality assurance, and technical product mapping...
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Medata Taps Jonathan Nutt as CTO
Staff Writer | April 05, 2021
As CTO, Nutt will design and implement product enhancements and develop new solutions...
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Buckle Names James Camerino as Head of Strategic Partnerships
Staff Writer | March 30, 2021
Reinsurance-insurance leader comes to Buckle with more than three decades of experience...
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Atidot Appoints Valentina Isakina as Senior Advisor
Staff Writer | March 30, 2021
Valentina Isakina brings a wealth of global strategy, digital transformation, regulatory, and C-suite financial services experience...
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Confianza Names David Young as Chief Tech Officer
Staff Writer | March 30, 2021
Technology leader spearheads API, integration Platform to enable easy access to data and prescriptive analytics...
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Origami Risk Appoints James Green as Director of Risk Practices
Staff Writer | March 16, 2021
Green will lead development of client-focused support activities to complement the expanding applications of the firm’s risk management technology...
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Paul Stacy Joins IMS (Insurance & Mobility Solutions) in Global BD Role
Staff Writer | March 16, 2021
He takes on the new role of Global Business Development Director at IMS, reporting to CEO Nick Corrie...
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InsurTech NY Announces Global Early-Stage Competition Winners
Staff Writer | March 16, 2021
The four winners were selected from the top 13 finalists that presented at the InsurTech Spring Conference...
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World’s Worst County/Western Insurtech Song
Bob Frady | March 10, 2021
“I Hate My Current Vendor, but I Can’t Work with You Because You’re Not My Current Vendor...
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BrokerTech Ventures Announces 2021 Cohort Class for Accelerator
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
Startups from across the U.S. and the Netherlands gain access to intentional engagement and distribution offerings through BrokerTech Ventures...
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Veruna Names Sheri Raznick as Head of Implementation
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
B2B SaaS software veteran to lead implementations during company’s high-growth period...
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InsurTech NY and InsurTech Hartford Announce Virtual Joint Conference
Staff Writer | February 23, 2021
Conference will feature speakers from insurers and brokers making strides in innovation insurtech startups that have impacted the industry...
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Policygenius Welcomes Bill Shepherd as Chief Financial Officer
Staff Writer | February 18, 2021
Shepherd brings experience from Bridgewater Associates, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America...
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LeaseLock Hires David Hemry as Director of Claims Innovation
Staff Writer | February 16, 2021
Former USAA & Farmers product leader to accelerate innovation for insurtech platform...
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Policygenius Welcomes Megan Pittman as Vice President of People
Staff Writer | February 16, 2021
Pittman was Senior Global Director of Human Resource Business Partners and High Volume Recruiting at Stitch Fix...
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Talage Plans for Growth with Expansion of Engineering Team
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
New technology talent ensures ongoing rapidity of product development and integrations...
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Vertafore Wins Honors for Innovation, Insurtech Solutions, Culture
Staff Writer | February 02, 2021
Company’s commitment to customers and employees earns slate of new awards...
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Leaders Rise from a Year Like No Other!
Denise Garth | January 29, 2021
COVID has accelerated digital trends and widened the gap between leaders, followers, and laggards, writes Majesco's Denise Garth...
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The Answer to “So What?”
Bob Frady | February 03, 2021
To sell a product in a saturated market, insurtechs must be able to develop a customized answer to the eternal question...
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Getting Creative to Hit COVID Curveballs Out of the Park
Bob Frady | January 13, 2021
The disappearance of in-person trade shows left HazardHub with no way to communicate. Their solution: videos...
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Electronic Chat with Eugenio Gonzalez, Plug and Play
Laura Mazzuca Toops | January 11, 2021
Gonzalez is an early-stage venture capital investor at Plug and Play Ventures, focused on insurtech, fintech, AI, and more...
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New Report Projects Global Insurtech to Grow by $21 Billion During 2020-2024
Staff Writer | January 06, 2021
New Technavio report predicts CAGR of over 36% throughout the forecast period...
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Buckle Appoints Sharon Fernandez to Head of Insurance
Staff Writer | January 05, 2021
She comes from Farmers Business Insurance where she most recently served as President...
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Efma and Accenture Launch 6th Annual Innovation in Insurance Awards
Staff Writer | December 14, 2020
Awards celebrate the most innovative projects and ideas in insurance and provide a forum for organizations to share best practices...
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PruVen Capital Launches as Independent Venture Firm in Partnership with Prudential Financial
Staff Writer | December 09, 2020
Global, multistage venture fund led by Ramneek Gupta to invest $300 million in transformational startups in insurance, financial services, real estate...
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Talage Adds New Account Management Hires
Staff Writer | December 09, 2020
Company is investing in customer experience with the hiring of two new account executives...
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How Do You Make It Happen?
Bob Frady | December 02, 2020
A startup owner asks HazardHub CEO Bob Frady what it takes to make it in the world of insurtech. Here's his checklist for success...
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eMaxx appoints Governor Mary Fallin-Christensen to Board of Directors
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Former Oklahoma governor aligns with eMaxx’s focus on delivering insurance and technology solutions to policyholders and members...
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BrokerTech Ventures Announces International Expansion
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
BTV to fuel inaugural Israeli insurtech accelerator...
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One Inc Announces Strategic Expansion of Senior Executive Team
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Industry-leading digital payments insurtech expands C-suite to drive next phase of growth...
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Xceedance Expands Actuarial and Analytics Services for Insurance Organizations
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Insurance industry veteran and actuarial expert Matthew Duke...
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Electronic Chat with Jason Liu, CEO, Zywave
Laura Mazzuca Toops | November 30, 2020
With two major acquisitions in the last month alone (Advisen and ITC), the cloud-based sales tool provider is on a solid growth trajectory...
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eMaxx Names Amy Lussier as Chief Financial Officer
Staff Writer | November 23, 2020
Experience includes audit, financial management and corporate strategy for Fuze, Inc. Deloitte & Touche, LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Fidelis...
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ClarionDoor Hires InsurTech Expert David Cartagena to Lead Product Development
Staff Writer | November 11, 2020
Clear knowledge of insurer problems and IT environments will drive future innovation, flexibility, and interoperability...
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Flueid Announces Appointment of EVP and General Counsel
Staff Writer | November 09, 2020
Jerry Burditt joins Flueid from Realty.com where he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel/Brokerage Operations...
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BrokerTech Ventures Accelerator Opens for 2021 Cohort Applications
Staff Writer | October 29, 2020
More than $500,000 in seed funding at stake for selected broker-centric, early-stage startups...
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Denise Garth, Chief Strategy Officer at Majesco, Named a Top 50 Woman Leader in SaaS
Staff Writer | October 28, 2020
Annual publication celebrates some of the most accomplished women in SaaS, based on analysis of their character, contributions, and expertise in the...
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New MIT Sloan Study Finds Few Companies Gain Big Benefits from AI
Staff Writer | October 26, 2020
Findings reveal that success is linked to an organization’s ability to learn with AI...
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Sandra Wijnberg Joins Hippo’s Board of Directors
Staff Writer | October 22, 2020
Wijnberg brings experience in insurance and financial services and currently serves on the boards of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Cognizant...
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“Being Right” is Just the Start of the Battle
Bob Frady | October 21, 2020
HazardHub CEO Bob Frady shares why even when they do everything right on a POC, insurtechs sometimes strike out...
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Majesco Announces New Addition to Leadership Team with Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Staff Writer | October 20, 2020
Seasoned financial expert Joe Aho joins established Majesco Leadership Team...
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Seibels Appoints Rao Tadepalli Chief Information Officer
Staff Writer | October 19, 2020
Tadepalli most recently served as Chief Information Officer at Great American Insurance...
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Planning for Your Business and Tech Future: Strategies, Plans and Budgets for Rapid Transformation
Denise Garth | October 16, 2020
Majesco's Denise Garth talks to Rob Galbraith and Bryan Falchuk about how insurance is rethinking strategic planning in light of tremendous change...
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TrustLayer Announces Lauren Karagozian of IMA Financial to Join Advisory Board
Staff Writer | October 14, 2020
She will provide technical and strategic advice to the board and management as they scale their customer base...
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InsurTech NY Announces its 2020 Accelerator Cohort
Staff Writer | October 13, 2020
For traction, 18 member corporations will work closely with the startups to establish proof of concepts and partnerships...
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GIA 100-Day Accelerator Program Goes Virtual for 2021
Staff Writer | October 07, 2020
The world's first insurtech accelerator program announces a fully immersive 100-day program held in Des Moines, Iowa, virtually in 2021...
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Buckle Announces Top Financial and Insurance Executive Kristi Matus as Corporate CFO and COO
Staff Writer | October 06, 2020
During nearly a decade with USAA, Kristi also served as President of Life Insurance and Investment Services and as President of the Life Insurance...
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Even “Change” is Different Now. Your Strategic Planning Needs to Be Too.
Denise Garth | October 06, 2020
In 2020, trees' leaves changing from green to yellow may be the only change that is occurring as expected...
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Quadient Announces Inspire Days Virtual Experience
Staff Writer | October 01, 2020
Annual event will be virtual for the first time and includes six tracks accommodating global time zones...
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Bill Chval Named Vice President of Sales to Lead Growth at Metromile Enterprise
Staff Writer | September 30, 2020
Insurtech veteran joins AI-driven insurer as company ramps up licensing its claims platform...
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Industry Veteran Chuck Fillizola Joins Instec Senior Executive Team
Staff Writer | September 29, 2020
Fillizola brings over 20 years of leadership experience to software provider as the company expands in the commercial P&C market...
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Strategic Planning in the “New Normal” Digital Era of Insurance – Your Next Move
Denise Garth | September 25, 2020
Insurance leaders have accepted the fact that we're never going back to pre-COVID "normal." And it's a great opportunity, says Denise Garth of Majesco...
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Covr Financial Technologies Names Scott Ewing Head of Direct Distribution
Staff Writer | September 24, 2020
Responsible for Covr Consumer platform and involvement in account management, product development, business development, and setting vision for...
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Flueid Announces Appointment of New Chief Information Officer
Staff Writer | September 23, 2020
Technology systems strategy expert Ryan Jaeger joins the insurtech company...
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Insurer Tech Investment Priorities See Major Shift in a Post-COVID World
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 23, 2020
New Celent study finds innovation taking a back seat to improving operations...
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Plug and Play Selects 25 Insurtech Startups for Winter Batches
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 21, 2020
The insurtech "Batch 9" lists 25 cohorts, including Cake, Friss, and Vero...
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Digital Transformation – A Top Strategic Priority and New Reality
Denise Garth | September 21, 2020
Future market leadership will be defined by a new digital foundation and business model that embraces customer, technology and market boundary changes...
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Prudential Names Susan Somersille Johnson CMO
Staff Writer | September 17, 2020
Award-winning CMO brings deep experience in technology and financial services to new role, joins with mandate to expand markets and drive business...
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MetLife Digital Accelerator Partners with 10 Startups to Develop Financial Wellness and Engagement Solutions for Customers and Families
Staff Writer | September 16, 2020
This year’s class will focus on developing financial wellness and engagement solutions...
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COVID-19 Accelerates Insurance Digitalization to Meet Customer Demand: World InsurTech Report 2020
Staff Writer | September 15, 2020
Adopting a new mindset, leveraging intelligent processes and collaborating with ecosystem partners will be crucial to meet rising business and...
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Electronic Chat with Matt Perlman, Partner, IA Capital Group
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 08, 2020
Partner at IA Capital Group, a private investment firm specializing in insurance and financial technology, talks about the current state of insurtech...
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Insurer Digitalization: Are you a Competitor or a Laggard?
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 04, 2020
New ACORD report looks at how the 130 top global carriers are using digitalization to reach consumers. The results are surprising...
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Fielding Norton Joins Pricing Platform Advisory Board
Staff Writer | September 02, 2020
Norton is former Chief Enterprise Risk Officer of XL Group, a global P&C insurer and reinsurer...
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Sapiens Strengthens Presence in DACH Region with New Hire
Staff Writer | September 02, 2020
Mathias Harrassowitz brings 20 years' experience to role of new regional director...
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Root Inc. Appoints Julie McPeak as Senior Deputy General Counsel
Staff Writer | September 01, 2020
Led the insurance regulatory and transactions practice at a global law firm and helped establish an additional office for the firm in Nashville...
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Registration Opens for the Global Insurance Accelerator’s InsurTech Week 2020
Staff Writer | August 27, 2020
Nearly 50 insurtechs, including 20 featured companies and 28 GIA cohort alums, will participate in this year’s virtual program...
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Electronic Chat with Steve Lekas, Branch Insurance
Laura Mazzuca Toops | August 25, 2020
New reciprocal program and plans for national expansion put this startup on the fast track for competition and growth in the personal lines market...
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Claim Central Hires Former WeGoLook Execs to Lead North American Platform and Marketplace Development
Staff Writer | August 24, 2020
Roberson and Knoll join as Managing Directors in the U.S...
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How AI Can Attract Millennial Talent to the Insurance Industry
Sonny Patel | August 24, 2020
Much of the industry’s ability to appeal to future generations of employees lies with insurers themselves—and their ability to embrace digital...
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Willis Towers Watson Appoints Tech Director for P&C Insurance Consulting Business
Staff Writer | August 21, 2020
Alexander Van Gorden served as senior sales executive for Guidewire Software and held leadership positions at RMS and Duck Creek...
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Paul Melchiorre Joins Messagepoint’s Board of Directors
Staff Writer | August 18, 2020
Melchiorre will be integral in guiding Messagepoint through its next phase of growth...
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eMaxx Appoints Eileen Currie to Lead Insurance Operations
Staff Writer | August 12, 2020
Currie to lead the insurance operations in underwriting, client services, and distribution for its alternative risk captive insurance programs...
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Majesco Announces Record First Quarter
Staff Writer | August 12, 2020
License, subscription, and maintenance revenue of $19.9 million, up 24.6% for the same period last fiscal year, and constituted 48.2% of total revenue...
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SageSure Names Lisa Bernstein as New Chief Administrative Officer
Staff Writer | July 22, 2020
Bernstein will provide strategic and operational leadership and oversee HR, office operations, and legal functions...
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Clyde Owen Joins ClarionDoor to Accelerate Insurance Innovation
Staff Writer | July 22, 2020
Owen has held multiple executive roles focused on strategy, product development, and customer excellence...
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Majesco to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo
Staff Writer | July 20, 2020
Shareholders to receive $13.10 in cash per share...
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Symetra Partners with Nassau Re/Imagine Insurtech Incubator
Staff Writer | July 07, 2020
Joins community-focused program supporting Greater Hartford-area startups changing the insurance industry...
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miEdge Founder Mark Smith Joins Zywave Advisory Board
Staff Writer | July 02, 2020
Former founder and CEO of miEdge, which Zywave acquired in December 2019...
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Origami Risk Appoints General Counsel Daniel Silverthorn to Additional Role of Chief Administrative Officer
Staff Writer | June 19, 2020
Silverthorn will oversee the firm’s legal, human resources, and information security affairs, while also providing strategic insight as a member of...
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Efma and Accenture Announce Winners of Innovation in Insurance Awards 2020
Staff Writer | June 18, 2020
Efma, an association of more than 3,300 retail financial services companies in 130 countries, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have announced the winners of...
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Samantha Chow Joins EIS as Life, Annuities and Health Markets Lead
Staff Writer | June 18, 2020
Chow will lead the go-to-market strategy that propels EIS’ expansion in markets experiencing a high degree of disruption and seeking to accelerate...
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Veruna Brings Aboard Mark Johnson as Head of Product
Staff Writer | June 04, 2020
Veruna, developer of the insurance industry’s only agency management system (AMS) built on the Salesforce platform, is pleased to announce Mark...
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BrokerTech Ventures and InsureTech Connect Announce Strategic Alliance
Staff Writer | June 02, 2020
BrokerTech Ventures to fuel Agency Connect: Virtual for 2020...
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MSO Promotes Megan Townley
Staff Writer | June 02, 2020
MSO, Inc. (The Mutual Service Office, Inc.), has promoted Megan Townley to the position of Assistant Vice President Operations and Program Management...
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Origami Risk Appoints Sean Salvas Senior Marketing Strategy Lead
Staff Writer | June 02, 2020
Will lead expansion of tech-based solutions for EHS professionals...
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Meet the Board: Marissa Buckley
Laura Mazzuca Toops | May 27, 2020
Marissa Buckley is a member of ITA's advisory board. As Vice President, Marketing and Branding Experience for Security First Insurance Co., she...
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PLNAR Announces Allan C. Robinson III Has Joined the Board of Directors
Staff Writer | May 22, 2020
Robinson Brings Essential Expertise and Experience to Virtual Claims Revolution...
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Greg Murphy Joins INSTANDA to Lead North American Expansion
Staff Writer | May 14, 2020
INSTANDA positioned to help facilitate positive change and greater speed-to-market...
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Crawford Technologies to Host Customer Communications Virtual Summit on May 6
Staff Writer | April 21, 2020
Crawford Technologies, provider of innovative document solutions that streamline, improve and manage customer communications, is hosting a free...
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Vitech Announces Strategic Partnership with Innovation Underwriters
Staff Writer | April 13, 2020
Vitech Systems Group has formed a strategic partnership with Innovation Underwriters (IU), a not-for-profit collaborative focused on promoting...
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Covr Financial Technologies Announces New President and Head of Innovation
Staff Writer | April 08, 2020
Ron Alexander to lead Covr's market-leading, digital life insurance innovation platform...
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Root Inc. Appoints Annette Reavis as First Chief People Officer
Staff Writer | March 30, 2020
Reavis has joined the fast-growing insurtech, leveraging her experience in high-value tech...
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Deloitte: New C-Suite Roles Mean More Opportunities for Women
Staff Writer | March 11, 2020
Today’s C-suite includes a host of new designations virtually unheard of before 2010, focusing on diversity and inclusion, sustainability, innovation...
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Origami Risk Appoints Scott Plummer Director of Strategy, Core Solutions Division
Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
Exec Brings Vast Experience Driving Tech Innovation on Behalf of P/C Insurance Carriers...
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OWIT Global Names Joel Otfinoski as Chief Customer Engagement Officer
Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
Otfinoski brings years of insurance and technology experience to OWIT Global...
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Veruna Names Jennifer Carroll as New CEO
Staff Writer | February 06, 2020
Insurance agency management system developer Veruna has named Jennifer Carroll as the company’s new CEO...
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Protecht promotes Patrick Zhang to new CTO position
Staff Writer | January 29, 2020
Protecht, the award-winning insurtech company, has appointed Patrick Zhang of Irvine, California to the newly created position of Chief Technology...
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BrokerTech Ventures Hires John Jackovin as Accelerator Executive Director
Staff Writer | January 22, 2020
Hiring comes as 20 early-stage startups gear up for BrokerTech Ventures’ Selection Series in Des Moines...
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SPLICE Software Included in "10 Most Trustable Insurance Tech Solution Providers to Watch in 2020" by The Technology Headlines
Staff Writer | January 17, 2020
SPLICE Software, which specializes in using big and small data and voice technologies to drive customer engagement, was named one of the 10 Most...
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ClarionDoor Adds Jason Routson as New Director of Sales
Staff Writer | January 15, 2020
ClarionDoor, a proven provider of enterprise-class digital insurance software, is pleased to announce the addition of Jason Routson to the team as the...
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BriteCore Names New Chief Product Officer and SVP of Services
Staff Writer | January 14, 2020
BriteCore, provider of next-generation core software solutions for insurers, named John Davi as Chief Product Officer and Chris Heggelund as Senior...
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Origami Risk Names David Duden as Strategic Relationships Executive, Core Solutions Division
Staff Writer | January 13, 2020
Industry Exec to Focus on Technology Needs of Risk Pools, TPAs...
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Brewer Lane Ventures Launches and Hires Insurtech Vet Martha Notaras as Managing Partner
Staff Writer | January 09, 2020
Brewer Lane Ventures, a new venture capital firm focused on investing in the insurtech and fintech industries, today announced it has brought on...
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ACORD Names Top Ten InsurTech Leaders of 2019
Staff Writer | December 17, 2019
Individuals Recognized for Driving Change in Global Insurance Industry...
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Electronic Chat with Wendy Aarons-Corman
Laura Mazzuca Toops | December 16, 2019
Wendy Aarons-Corman has more than 30 years’ experience in both IT and insurance, from her earliest days as a software developer on the underwriting...
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DropIn, Inc Announces Joseph Shemesh as New CEO
Staff Writer | December 12, 2019
DropIn, Inc., provider of the on-demand, live video platform for the insurance industry, announced the appointment of Joseph Shemesh as its new Chief...
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SDRefinery Rebrands to Reflect Evolving Business Model and Announces New Appointments
Staff Writer | December 05, 2019
SD Refinery, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, has rebranded as SDRefinery AI and added several key appointments...
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Bestow Announces Executive Hires
Staff Writer | December 04, 2019
Bestow, the digital life insurance company which uses artificial intelligence and its full stack platform to instantly underwrite, today announced new...
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SageSure Insurance Managers Appoints Paul VanderMarck to Accelerate Innovation
Staff Writer | December 03, 2019
New Chief Technology and Innovation Officer will guide the company’s technology initiatives and innovation strategy...
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AXA XL Risk Consulting appoints Sheri Wilbanks as Global Casualty Risk Engineering Leader
Staff Writer | November 27, 2019
AXA XL Risk Consulting has appointed Sheri Wilbanks as its Global Casualty & Environmental Lines of Business Manager. Based in New York and reporting...
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Origami Risk Expands UK/EMEA Operations; Appoints Mary Upshaw as Head of Professional Service and Daniel Efting as Client Exec
Staff Writer | November 26, 2019
Origami Risk, the risk, safety, and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, announced the expansion of its operations in the UK and...
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Sun Life U.S. names Paula Bartgis as CIO
Staff Writer | November 22, 2019
Sun Life U.S. announced today that it has named Paula Bartgis as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Bartgis will have...
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Next Insurance Appoints Former Fitbit, Yelp Execs to Head Marketing, Product Teams
Staff Writer | November 19, 2019
Following a $250M Funding Round the Small Business Insurance Leader Appoints CMO and CPO from World Renowned Brands...
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Electronic Chat with Ron Glozman
Laura Mazzuca Toops | November 18, 2019
Ron Glozman is the founder of Chisel, an AI solution for the global insurance industry which uses natural language processing and named entity...
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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Names Andrew McMahon President
Staff Writer | November 15, 2019
McMahon has a history of innovation and leadership in the industry, having launched and strategically advised several insurtech companies. He is also...
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Activer Solutions Expands Sales Team
Staff Writer | November 13, 2019
Vice President of Sales, Rex James, adds Sarah Osborne as Sales Director...
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Zendrive Names John Kramer New Director of Insurance Sales
Staff Writer | November 13, 2019
Auto data analytics company Zendrive has named John Kramer as Director of Insurance Sales. He brings with him nearly 20 years of insurance experience...
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Guidewire’s Data Guru Mike Byam on How Insurers are Using Internal and Third-Party Data
Laura Mazzuca Toops | November 13, 2019
Traditionally, internally stored data – the reams of information buried in policies and claims -- was the exclusive realm of the insurance actuary...
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Efma and Accenture Announce Winners of Innovation in Insurance Awards in North America
Staff Writer | November 07, 2019
Efma, an association of more than 3,300 retail financial services companies in 130 countries, and Accenture have announced the winners of the second...
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SMA Announces Transformation in Action Award Winners
Staff Writer | November 04, 2019
Strategy Meets Action (SMA), a leading insurance advisory firm, has announced the winners for the annual SMA Transformation in Action Awards, which...
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Women in Insurance Technology Gather at the Koger Center in Columbia, SC
Staff Writer | November 03, 2019
The Women in Insurance Technology of South Carolina (WiITsc) hosted a program on Unconscious Bias at the Koger Center for the Arts on October 16, 2019...
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Compart Hires Brian Gasteier to Lead North America
Staff Writer | November 03, 2019
With industry-leading software solutions extending into new products and services, Compart AG has expanded its footprint with the hiring of Brian...
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Veruna Founder Jon Lincoln Wins ACORD Leadership Award
Staff Writer | November 01, 2019
Veruna, developer of the insurance industry’s only agency management system (AMS) built on the Salesforce platform, is pleased to announce that the...
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Slice Joins CTA Small Business Council Board to Advance Awareness of On-Demand Insurance
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
On-demand insurance cloud platform provider Slice Labs Inc. has become a member of Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA)® Small Business Council (...
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Protecht Names Casey Callinsky COO
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
Protecht's president, Casey Callinsky, has taken on a new role as the firm's chief operating officer...
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Truepic Joins Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution Alliance Program; Publishes Ready for Guidewire Add-On
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
Truepic, provider of an end-to-end virtual inspection solution for insurers, and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry...
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Chisel AI Expands Leadership Team with Seasoned Software Industry Executives
Staff Writer | October 30, 2019
Chisel AI, a technology provider for the global insurance industry, today announced three recent appointments to its leadership team. The company has...
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Snapsheet Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Staff Writer | October 22, 2019
Snapsheet announced today the appointment of Susan Sell to Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Sell will lead the accounting and finance functions...
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Electronic Chat with Martin Burlingame
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 18, 2019
Martin Burlingame is CEO at Commercial Insurance Group LLC dba Bigfoot Insurance, an MGA and program administrator supporting underwriters and...
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New Majesco Report Emphasizes the Burning Platform for Insurance Transformation and Market Leadership
Staff Writer | October 15, 2019
Incumbent insurers and InsurTech startups are changing the rules of the insurance business with the powerful capabilities of cloud-based platform...
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Insurtech Landscape 2019: Top 5 Takeaways
Philippe Lafreniere | October 11, 2019
Philippe Lafreniere, Chief Growth Officer, Slice Labs, looks at five things that are holding insuresr back from fully embracing technology...
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Origami Risk Establishes New Operating Divisions
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 02, 2019
ORIGAMI RISK ESTABLISHES OPERATING DIVISIONS TO ADDRESS EMERGING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; NAMES EARNE BENTLEY, CHRISTOPHER BENNETT AS DIVISION HEADS...
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Global Insurance Accelerator Announces New Funding Structure for Future Cohorts
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 02, 2019
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), an InsurTech accelerator focused on supporting and promoting innovation for the insurance industry, is excited...
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How to Foster a Startup Culture at Any Organization with Creative Team Building
Mike De Waal | September 23, 2019
Incorporating team building as part of your corporate culture may seem like an obvious step in strengthening your business overall, but it is often...
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Prudential Financial appoints Roger Putnam to lead U.S. customer service operations
Bill Sinn | June 03, 2019
Roger Putnam has joined Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) as chief operating officer of the company’s Enabling Solutions organization...
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Prudential names Stacey Goodman chief information officer
Bill Sinn | May 24, 2019
Role places technology at heart of customer experience...
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MEMIC Hires Kerr as Director, Organizational Development & Training
Bill Sinn | May 24, 2019
In this newly created role, Kerr will execute enterprise wide organizational development solutions aimed at talent management, performance development...
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Ernie Feirer Joins Activer Solutions as Chief Marketing Officer
Bill Sinn | May 29, 2019
New Leadership Role Reflects Company’s Preparation for Growth...
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Klinger Elected AIMS Society President
Bill Sinn | May 22, 2019
2 New Board Members Announced...
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Instec Promotes Industry Veteran Mike Fagan to President of Operations
Bill Sinn | May 16, 2019
Instec, the market leader in insurance software for commercial program and specialty writers, announced today the promotion of Mike Fagan to President...
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The Doctors Company Names Howard Mills to Board of Governors
Bill Sinn | May 16, 2019
The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, announced the appointment of Howard Mills to the Board of...
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MEMIC Hires Lieberman as Production Underwriter in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Bill Sinn | May 14, 2019
Ted Lieberman has been appointed to the role of Production Underwriter by workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group to support continued growth...
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ValueMomentum Selects Erie as Site of Regional Development Center
Bill Sinn | May 10, 2019
ValueMomentum is expanding its reach with a new regional development center to be located in Erie, Pennsylvania...
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Euan King Joins Instanda to Lead Business Development
Bill Sinn | May 09, 2019
Emphasis on North American market recognizes move of insurers away from core system replacement toward projects more focused on digital enablement and...
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Vidado Elevates Elaine Zhou to Chief Technology Officer
Bill Sinn | May 07, 2019
Product strategy and vision to inform direction for Vidado’s technology...
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Electronic Chat with Dr. Dan Shoham
Bill Sinn | May 02, 2019
ITA interviews Dr. Dan Shoham, Chief Science Officer of Betterview...
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ValueMomentum experienced 31% revenue growth in FY 2018
Bill Sinn | April 30, 2019
Notable growth is led by digital, data and core transformation initiatives...
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Dedicated Educator and Insurance CEO to Receive Honorary Degrees from Husson
Bill Sinn | April 29, 2019
As part of its 120th Annual Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine, Husson University will...
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Improving Speed to Market
Bill Sinn | April 25, 2019
For many insurers, small decisions may be made that will have large impacts on the ease of implementation...
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Majesco Crushes Attendance Records at Convergence 2019, Unveils New Brand and Strategy for the Future of Insurance and Announces Major Product Enhancements and Strategic Partnerships
Bill Sinn | April 22, 2019
Launch puts a stake in the ground, promising leadership for Majesco partners and the industry, and creating a bold new landscape that’s on-demand, in...
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NetVU Appoints Linda Dodson as Executive Director
Bill Sinn | April 15, 2019
Leader Brings Deep Agency, Carrier Experience to Network of Vertafore Users...
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Electronic Chat with Todd Greenbaum
Bill Sinn | April 11, 2019
ITA interviews Todd Greenbaum, President and CEO of Input 1...
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Majesco Appoints Finance and Operations Expert Wayne Locke As New CFO
Bill Sinn | April 08, 2019
The company continues expansion of its executive team, strengthening alignment across the business with an eye towards the future of insurance...
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Madison Advisors Hosts a Successful 2019 CCM Executive Roundtable
Bill Sinn | April 09, 2019
Top Financial Services and Insurance Enterprises Join in Highly-focused Interactive Sessions...
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Insurtech AI Leader Betterview Appoints Dan Shoham, PhD, as Chief Science Officer
Bill Sinn | March 21, 2019
“Betterview’s New Chief Science Officer Dr. Dan Shoham will Lead Betterview’s Predictive Analytics and Computer Vision Teams...
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Majesco Acquires Insurance Software Business in India
Bill Sinn | March 18, 2019
Acquisition of the India Insurance Software Business ensures simplification of group’s operating structure and consolidation of the business under...
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Effective Board Communication Strategy Essential to Sustain Support for CIOs' IT Initiatives, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | March 14, 2019
A carefully thought out and well-executed board communication strategy helps CIOs obtain and sustain the commitment they need to move their...
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Marias Technology Hired by Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company
Bill Sinn | March 12, 2019
Marias will provide program specs and testing services during FUMICO’s system conversion...
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The Prima Solutions-Effisoft Group Appoints Christel Thorson Vice President of Sales, North America
Bill Sinn | March 12, 2019
Christel Thorson has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. She began her career in global business with major...
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Nationwide partners with BlueVine to help business owners get online growth financing
Bill Sinn | March 07, 2019
Company continues to provide innovative solutions for member success...
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MVP Advisory Group Names Ajay Kelshiker Data & Analytics Partner
Bill Sinn | March 07, 2019
Consulting Firm Adds Partner in its Data & Analytics Practice...
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MEMIC Hires Austerman as Senior Production Underwriter in New York
Bill Sinn | March 04, 2019
Beth Austerman has been appointed to the role of Senior Production Underwriter by workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group, to support...
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Insurance Executive and Strategist Andrew Robinson Joins PLNAR Board of Directors
Bill Sinn | March 06, 2019
PLNAR, an InsurTech startup and provider of a virtual claims solution for interior property and casualty (P&C) insurance claims, is pleased to...
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Steve Kronsnoble Joins CastleBay Companies as Insurance Principal Consultant
Bill Sinn | February 20, 2019
CastleBay Companies (CastleBay), parent company of CastleBay Consulting and CB Technology Services and specialists in high-impact, business-technology...
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Instec Expands Insurance Expertise with Hiring of Industry Veteran CJ Lotter
Bill Sinn | February 19, 2019
Instec, the leading provider of policy administration systems to insurance program and specialty markets, today announced the hiring of 14-year...
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Electronic Chat with Larissa Tosch
Bill Sinn | February 20, 2019
ITA interviews Larissa Tosh, CIO of Glatfelter Insurance Group...
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February is Insurance Careers Month. Let's Celebrate!
Bill Sinn | February 14, 2019
This month, the ITA celebrates Insurance Careers Month and encourages carriers, brokers, agents and our industry associations to plan their own...
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David Fisher joins FRISS board as non-executive member
Bill Sinn | February 13, 2019
Today FRISS, the global provider of fraud and risk solutions for the P&C insurance industry, announced that David Fisher has joined their board as a...
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Global Insurance Accelerator Announces Nicole Cook as Next Managing Director
Staff Writer | February 11, 2019
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) is pleased to announce Nicole Cook will join the GIA full time February 11, and take over as Managing Director...
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Martha Notaras Will Join ITA LIVE 2019 as a Keynote Speaker
Bill Sinn | February 08, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Martha Notaras, Partner with XL Innovate, will be serving as one of three keynote speakers at ITA LIVE 2019...
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Synergy Between Insurers' IT and Analytics Teams Key to Operationalizing Insights, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | February 05, 2019
In a new CIO Checklist report, Building IT/Analytics Alignment , research and advisory firm Novarica provides a guide for IT leaders to build and...
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CONTACT Software launches own AI unit
Bill Sinn | January 31, 2019
With the new Data Science Group, CONTACT Software underlines its commitment in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI...
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MEMIC Promotes Greco to Business Segment Leader in Northeast and Pitts to Production Underwriter in New Hampshire
Bill Sinn | January 30, 2019
Workers' compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has announced the promotion of Dustin Greco to Business Segment Leader to support the company’s...
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Global Atlantic Financial Group Invests in Global Insurance Accelerator
Bill Sinn | January 30, 2019
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), the world’s first business accelerator focused solely on innovation and technology for the insurance industry...
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ITA LIVE Keynote Speaker
Jim Daggett | January 24, 2019
ITA Announces 1st of Three Keynote Speakers at ITA LIVE 2019...
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30% of Insurers Plan to Expand Use of Blended IT Staffing, Novarica Profiles 41 Vendor Solution Providers
Bill Sinn | January 24, 2019
IT services providers fulfill demands for modernization, innovation, and rare skill sets...
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Life CIOs in P/C Companies Can Ensure Advancement of Priorities Despite Unique Challenges, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | January 24, 2019
Key strategies to enable business growth, capture market share, and adapt to changes in the marketplace...
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ITA Announces 1st of Three Keynote Speakers at ITA LIVE 2019
Bill Sinn | January 23, 2019
ProSight Specialty Insurance Founder and CEO Joe Beneducci will discuss how insurers can strike the right balance between meeting evolving customer...
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Anshuman Purohit Assumes Senior Technology Leadership Role at CastleBay Companies
Bill Sinn | January 15, 2019
CastleBay Companies (CastleBay or CBC), parent company of CastleBay Consulting and CB Technology Services and specialists in high-impact, business-...
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NSM Insurance Group (4Paws Insurance)and Allstate were each winners of the fourth annual ITA Bridge Awards.
Jim Daggett | April 23, 2018
The Insurance Technology Association (ITA) announced that representatives of NSM Insurance Group and Allstate were each winners of the fourth annual...
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Top 10 Tips for Securing Your Mobile Devices and Sensitive Client Data
Keith Daniels | March 08, 2018
One thing’s certain: BYOD looks set to continue with its exponential growth in popularity in 2018...
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At Year End 2017, Will Your Organization Be Protected from Cyber Risks?
Keith Daniels | December 13, 2017
We are approaching one of the busiest seasons, not just for the Holidays, but for new business and renewals in the specialty lines insurance...
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Don Honeycutt | December 04, 2017
The expression “feast or famine” obviously started as a personal reference to how much one may, or may not, have to eat at any given point...
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Addressing Staffing Challenges Critical to Success of Transformational Programs, Says Novarica
Staff Writer | November 28, 2017
Large, complex projects benefit from organized staffing management...
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Adaptik Named Among Best Workplaces 2017 List
Staff Writer | October 05, 2017
“We are honored to be named one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for the eighth consecutive year,” says John Pettit, President and CEO of...
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Guidewire Brings Salesforce CRM to P&C Insurers
Staff Writer | September 28, 2017
Guidewire Software announces it is teaming with Salesforce to bring to market a new solution to deliver CRM optimized for the needs of P&C insurance...
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ACORD Bolsters Executive Leadership with New Board Appointments
Staff Writer | September 07, 2017
ACORD announces it has strengthened its executive leadership with the election of two new board members...
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Guidewire Announces Alliance Partnership with ITS
Staff Writer | August 17, 2017
Insurance Technology Services and Guidewire Software announce that ITS has joined Guidewire PartnerConnect as a consulting alliance member at the...
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Alaska National Implements Cincom’s Customer Communications Software
Staff Writer | July 19, 2017
Cincom Systems announces Alaska National Insurance Company has successfully implemented Cincom Eloquence as its new customer communications solution...
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Patriot National Replaces Mariano with Rearer as CEO
Staff Writer | July 14, 2017
Patriot National, a provider of technology and outsourcing solutions to the insurance industry, announces that its board of directors has accepted the...
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ITA Pro Magazine Honored with APEX Award of Excellence
Staff Writer | July 10, 2017
Magazine earns its second honor in its first three years of publication...
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New CEO Named at Insurity; Glazer Named Executive Chairman
Staff Writer | July 10, 2017
Insurity announces the appointments of Jeffrey Glazer as executive chairman and Chris Giglio as CEO, effective immediately...
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Family Acquires Marias Technology from Buckeye Insurance
Staff Writer | July 05, 2017
Marias Technology, a provider of software testing, project management, integrations, implementation, hosting services, and more to the insurance...
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Hyland Accelerates Digital Transformation with Latest OnBase Release
Staff Writer | June 27, 2017
Hyland announces the latest release of its enterprise information platform, OnBase by Hyland. With greater configurability, enhanced mobile...
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Brunson Named President, CEO of Gulfstream and Catawba
Staff Writer | June 16, 2017
The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. and Gulfstream Property & Casualty Insurance Company announce executive leadership changes with both companies...
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Exari Expands CLM Presence with Purchase of Adsensa
Staff Writer | June 06, 2017
Exari, a provider of enterprise contract lifecycle management solutions, announces it has acquired Adsensa, a market leader in contract data discovery...
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Hyland Names Hanna Domestic Director of Insurance Solutions Group
Staff Writer | June 05, 2017
Hyland announces Charles Hanna is the new domestic director of its insurance solutions group...
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Vertafore Launches Centers of Excellence
Staff Writer | May 23, 2017
Vertafore announced the launch of a centers of excellence strategy designed to further enhance customer service and accelerate innovation...
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Patriot National Names Haddad CEO of Patriot Technology Solutions
Staff Writer | May 18, 2017
Patriot Technology Solutions, a subsidiary of Patriot National, announces Judith Haddad, president and CIO of Patriot Technology Solutions, will...
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Rearer Named CEO of Patriot Underwriters
Staff Writer | May 17, 2017
Patriot Underwriters (PUI), a subsidiary of Patriot National, announces the promotion of John Rearer to Chief Executive Officer...
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Kansas City Life Selects Xpertdoc to Modernize Customer Communications
Staff Writer | May 12, 2017
Xpertdoc announces that Kansas City Life Insurance Company will use Xpertdoc’s CCM platform to modernize their legacy document systems...
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Duck Creek Joins Agents Council for Technology
Staff Writer | May 09, 2017
Duck Creek Technologies is the newest company partner of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Agents Council for Technology (ACT...
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Connealy to Transition from ProAg CEO; Jones Named Successor
Staff Writer | May 01, 2017
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Race to the Finish Line
Robert Regis Hyle | April 24, 2017
Mergers and acquisitions are a part of every industry, particularly those where profits are steady and increasing...
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Xceedance Joins AAIS as Associate Member
Staff Writer | April 20, 2017
Xceedance announces the company has joined the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) as an associate member...
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Pegasystems Launches Pega Intelligent Virtual Assistant
Staff Writer | April 18, 2017
Pegasystems announces the launch of Pega Intelligent Virtual Assistant, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered bot that turns applications into smart...
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Patriot Announces Sale of Global HR Research
Staff Writer | April 04, 2017
Patriot National, a provider of technology and outsourcing solutions to the insurance industry, announces it sold substantially all of the assets of...
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Funeral Directors Life Converts to OnBase
Staff Writer | March 31, 2017
Funeral Directors Life, a provider of pre-planned funeral insurance, will replace its prior document management and imaging system with OnBase by...
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Fulfilling the Insurance Promise—and the ITA Promise as Well
Robert Regis Hyle | March 27, 2017
The insurance promise basically amounts to when a policyholder presents a legitimate claim to their insurer, the insurer pays the claimant...
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2017 NetVU Award Winners Honored for Outstanding Achievements
Staff Writer | March 23, 2017
Network of Vertafore Users (NetVU) celebrated outstanding achievements in automation excellence, technology advocacy, leadership, volunteer service...
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Smart Communications Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Staff Writer | March 23, 2017
Smart Communications, a customer communications management software provider, announces the appointment of Jon Stratford as Chief Financial Officer...
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Erie Insurance, Digital Partners/Slice Labs Partnership Awarded 2017 ITA Bridge Awards
Robert Regis Hyle | March 13, 2017
Multiple winners honored for their collaborative efforts to bring together business units and IT departments...
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Majesco Adds Pai to Leadership Team
Staff Writer | March 10, 2017
Majesco announces the expansion of the leadership team with the appointment of Ganesh Pai as the executive vice president of Majesco Consulting...
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Insurance Shifts Driven by People, Technology, Market Boundaries: Majesco Research
Staff Writer | February 27, 2017
Majesco published a new thought leadership report, Future Trends 2017: The Shift Gains Momentum, which provides a framework of three forces—people...
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Sapiens to Acquire StoneRiver for Approximately $102 million
Staff Writer | February 15, 2017
Sapiens International announces it has entered into a definitive agreement (subject to customary closing conditions) to acquire privately held...
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North Star Converts to OnBase by Hyland
Staff Writer | February 13, 2017
North Star Mutual Insurance selected OnBase by Hyland to support its digital enterprise strategy...
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Blockchain Insurance Use Cases Discussed at ITA LIVE
Staff Writer | January 30, 2017
As with any promising, new technology, distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as blockchain, is often discussed in terms of being a...
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ITA LIVE Offers Attendees Learning, Collaboration Options
Robert Regis Hyle | January 30, 2017
Collaboration, networking, and sharing are the key components to any successful conference...
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Slice Labs CEO Attia to Keynote ITA LIVE
Robert Regis Hyle | January 30, 2017
Jim Daggett, executive director of the Insurance Technology Association, announces that Tim Attia, co-founder and CEO of Slice Labs, a technology...
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GhostDraft Appoints Lockwood-Hall as CEO
Staff Writer | January 05, 2017
GhostDraft, a specialist in document automation and customer communications, announces the hire of Larsen Lockwood-Hall as Chief Executive Officer...
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Novarica adds Raymond, Eberly to Insurance Team
Staff Writer | January 05, 2017
Novarica announces that Keith Raymond and Christopher Eberly have joined the firm, both as vice presidents of research and consulting...
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Willis Re: 2017 to be Demanding Year for Reinsurers
Staff Writer | January 03, 2017
Despite the pressures the global reinsurance market is facing, the industry remains on track to close out another profitable yea...
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New Date, Venue for ITA LIVE 2017
Robert Regis Hyle | December 20, 2016
Jim Daggett is co-founder and executive director of the Insurance Technology Association. Periodically he checks in with the ITA membership to discuss...
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QBE Launches Regional Program with Patriot National
Staff Writer | December 14, 2016
QBE North America announces the launch of a program with Patriot National to write workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance policies...
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Technology at the Heart of Change in Insurance
By Doug French, Michael Hughes, Christopher Raham, Gerry Murtagh, Vikas Sharan, Gary Shia, Katie van Ryn, Yuan Yuan, and Logan Smith | December 05, 2016
With stagnant growth and lingering low interest rates, the life insurance industry faces a challenging future...
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Duck Creek Names Chief Revenue Officer
Staff Writer | November 30, 2016
Duck Creek Technologies announces the addition of Eugene Van Biert to its executive team. Van Biert will be responsible for sales and global revenue...
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Financial Independence Group Leverages FireLight as Strategic Approach to DOL Compliance
Staff Writer | November 30, 2016
Insurance Technologies announces that Financial Independence Group, Inc. (FIG), a financial and insurance marketing organization, will be using the...
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Access Purchases Massachusetts Book of Business from IAT
Staff Writer | November 29, 2016
Access Holdco Management, an insurance managing general agency focused on the non-standard auto market, has purchased the Occidental Fire & Casualty...
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QLAdmin Solutions Names COO, Director of Support
Staff Writer | November 18, 2016
QLAdmin Solutions announces two promotions within the company’s leadership and employee management group...
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Patriot National Announces New Board Members
Staff Writer | November 18, 2016
Patriot National announces the appointment of James O'Brien and Sean Bidic, M.D., to the board of directors...
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Nominations Accepted for 2017 ITA Bridge Award
Robert Regis Hyle | November 16, 2016
The Insurance Technology Association is seeking nominations for the 2017 ITA Bridge Award to honor both insurance IT leaders and their counterparts on...
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PIEtech, Covr Collaborate on Insurance Platform
Staff Writer | November 08, 2016
PIEtech, Inc., and Covr Financial Technologies announce a partnership that brings together the power of MoneyGuidePro, which brings together financial...
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Genpact Study Finds Digital Technology Drives Transformation
Staff Writer | November 08, 2016
Digital transformation can propel the insurance industry forward; however, barriers exist, with a significant gap between organizations that leverage...
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FAST Holds First Customer Forum
Staff Writer | October 28, 2016
FAST, a software provider for the life and annuity industry, demonstrated its commitment to customer success by hosting its first live customer forum...
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Guidewire Lists its 2016 Innovation Award Winners
Staff Writer | October 26, 2016
Guidewire Software congratulates the winners of its 2016 Innovation Awards: Atlas Financial Holdings, Economical Insurance with Deloitte, Nationwide...
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Guidewire Connections Showcases P&C Insurance Technology
Staff Writer | October 24, 2016
Guidewire Software hosts its 12th annual user conference, Connections 2016, in San Francisco this week...
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Insurance Technologies Appoints Massey as VP of Sales
Staff Writer | October 21, 2016
Insurance Technologies announces the appointment of Doug Massey as senior vice president of sales...
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ISCS User Group Conference Highlights Collaboration and Cloud
Staff Writer | October 21, 2016
ISCS announces a record number of individuals from customer and prospect companies participated in the SurePower User Group (SPUG) Conference 2016...
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Serious Social Media Secures Additional Funding from GIA Investors
Staff Writer | October 19, 2016
Serious Social Media, developer of the automated social media marketing solution InsuranceSocial.Media, announces the company has secured second-round...
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Global Insurance Accelerator Hosts Insurtech Week
Staff Writer | October 18, 2016
The Global Insurance Accelerator, a business accelerator focused on developing and growing innovative insurance-centric startups, is hosting 12 young...
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Erie Insurance Assists Mercyhurst University in Creating Innovation District
Staff Writer | October 14, 2016
There are challenges that face this once-thriving manufacturing center of Erie, Pa., as it attempts to re-chart its own path toward growth and...
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The Co-operators Selects EquiSoft’s Wealth Planning Platform
Staff Writer | October 12, 2016
EquiSoft announces that The Co-operators will implement WealthElements and its new Client Portal Module across its financial advisor network...
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FireLight Solution Provides DoL Fiduciary Rule Support
Staff Writer | October 12, 2016
Insurance Technologies announces solution enhancements to its e-application SaaS solution, FireLight...
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Aite Group Announces Partnership with Alphacution Research Conservatory
Staff Writer | October 11, 2016
Aite Group announces a partnership with Alphacution Research Conservatory, a data and analytics firm focused on technical infrastructure intelligence...
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Denim Launches Social Media Advertising Platform for Insurance
Staff Writer | October 05, 2016
Denim Labs announces the launch of the company’s cloud-based, social media advertising automation platform for insurance and financial services...
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Global Insurance Accelerator Adds New Insurer Investors
Staff Writer | October 05, 2016
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), a business accelerator focused on developing and growing innovative, insurance-centric startups, announces two...
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Tokio Marine HCC Names Chief Information Officer
Staff Writer | October 05, 2016
Tokio Marine HCC announce that Brad Breau has joined the company as senior vice president and CIO, reporting to William N. Burke, Tokio Marine HCC’s...
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Slice Launches First Insurance Product
Staff Writer | October 05, 2016
Slice Labs, an insurtech startup, announces the launch of their first on-demand insurance product to support the on-demand economy...
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Jornaya Introduces Insurance Shopping Activity Index
Staff Writer | October 04, 2016
Jornaya introduces Jornaya Insurance Shopping Activity Index, a new barometer of consumer shopping behavior for home, auto, life, and health insurance...
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Slice Labs Announces Additional Funding from Munich Re/HSB Ventures
Staff Writer | October 04, 2016
Slice Labs, an insurtech startup set to launch an on-demand insurance platform to support the on-demand economy, and Munich Re/HSB Ventures, the...
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ISCS Announces Charitable Giving Program
Staff Writer | September 30, 2016
ISCS announces the launch of a new corporate charitable giving program, ISCS Cares...
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Fifth SMA Summit Demonstrates Insurer Progress
Staff Writer | September 29, 2016
Strategy Meets Action has released a new research report: 2016 SMA Summit Recap Report. This report provides highlights of all the speakers from the...
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Capgemini, inQuba Join to Deliver Better Customer Experience for Insurance
Staff Writer | September 28, 2016
Capgemini and inQuba announce the signing of a formal strategic partnership agreement with Capgemini’s global financial services strategic business...
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EquiSoft Expands with Opening of India Office
Staff Writer | September 28, 2016
EquiSoft announces the addition of a new team of technology experts located in Hyderabad, India...
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Lemonade Insurance Launches in New York
Staff Writer | September 28, 2016
Lemonade, a peer-to-peer insurance company, announces it has been licensed as a full-stack insurance carrier by New York State...
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Slice Labs Among Plug and Play Insurance's First Startup Batch
Staff Writer | September 28, 2016
With the rapid growth of insurtech, Plug and Play Insurance has selected the top 23 startups to join their Innovation Platform...
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Business Transformation Process Report Released by Majesco
Staff Writer | September 27, 2016
Majesco published a new thought leadership report, Transformation Framework: Arrive Successfully at Your Future State Using a Framework-Driven...
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Majesco Appoints Thompson to Board of Directors
Staff Writer | September 21, 2016
Majesco announces that Wes Thompson was appointed to its board of directors...
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Duck Creek Appoints Chippari as CFO
Staff Writer | September 20, 2016
Duck Creek Technologies announces Vincent Chippari will join their executive team as its chief financial officer...
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Vertafore Launches API Developer Portal, Partner Program
Staff Writer | September 20, 2016
Vertafore announces the launch of the Vertafore API Developer Portal, which opens Vertafore APIs to customers and partners and continues the company’s...
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SMA Announces 2016 Innovation in Action Award Winners
Staff Writer | September 19, 2016
Strategy Meets Action announces the winners of the SMA Innovation in Action Awards during the annual SMA Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in...
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Golden Joins RiskMatch as Market Engagement Officer
Staff Writer | September 12, 2016
RiskMatch announces that Michael P. Golden has joined the firm as chief market engagement officer...
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Reinsurance Software Firm Effisoft Moves U.S. Base to Miami
Staff Writer | September 06, 2016
Effisoft USA, Inc., has moved its office from Dallas to Miami. The new office houses additional staff who support U.S. insurers using Effisoft’s...
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Brunson to Head Seibels Business Development
Staff Writer | August 23, 2016
The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. (Seibels), an insurance services provider of BPO solutions, announces the appointment of Nan D. Brunson to vice...
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Aviva Announces Partnership with Plug and Play
Staff Writer | August 23, 2016
Aviva is to partner with Plug and Play, a global digital start-up accelerator headquartered in Silicon Valley...
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Security First Expands, Adds Jobs at Florida HQ
Staff Writer | August 16, 2016
Security First Insurance Company has expanded and added new positions to its Ormond Beach, Fla.-based headquarters...
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SMA Conducts Research on Groundbreaking Technology for Insurance
Staff Writer | August 15, 2016
Strategy Meets Action (SMA) announces new research on Emerging Technologies and Innovation on Insurance. A survey live now in the market is aimed at P...
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Insurance Disruption is Happening Right Now
Kevin Wang | July 22, 2016
Insurance occupies a sector of our economy that has not seen any major technology disruptions until recently...
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Karen Pauli Joins SMA as Principal
Staff Writer | July 11, 2016
Karen Pauli has joined Strategy Meets Action as a principal. Pauli will support the expansion of SMA's advisory business and provide advice, guidance...
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Insurance Technologies Appoints Lunman as Board Member
Staff Writer | July 11, 2016
Insurance Technologies, a provider of sales and regulatory automation solutions for the insurance and financial services industries, announces the...
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Slice Labs Partners with Munich Re to Deliver Products Globally
Staff Writer | July 11, 2016
Slice Labs, an insurtech startup set to launch an on-demand insurance platform to support the on-demand economy, has partnered with Munich Re...
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Insurer VC and Accelerators Focused on Learning, Financial Return: Novarica Report
Staff Writer | July 06, 2016
Insurers have become increasingly active in accelerators and venture funds over the past year...
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Insurity Adds Strategic Investment Partner, General Atlantic
Robert Regis Hyle | June 29, 2016
Insurity announces that General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has made a strategic growth investment in the insurance solution provider...
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Beyond Transformation: The Convergence of Finance, Risk, and Actuarial Functions
Doug French, Steven Abel and Carol-Ann Back | June 28, 2016
C-suite executives and senior leaders in finance, risk, and actuarial are under intense pressure to navigate a wide range of megatrends and market...
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1insurer Announces New Top Management Team
Staff Writer | June 27, 2016
1insurer, a global provider of software to the P&C insurance sector, announces the appointment of Henry Bonner as CEO and Kevin Hesselbirg as chairman...
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Three Insurers Choose Cincom’s Customer Communications Solution
Staff Writer | June 24, 2016
Cincom Systems announces that The Baltimore Life Insurance Company, Glatfelter Insurance Group, and Lititz Mutual Insurance have chosen Cincom...
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IASA Grants $25,000 in 2016 for Scholarships
Staff Writer | June 23, 2016
The IASA Scholarship Program, established in 2010, demonstrates the association’s commitment to aiding undergraduate college students currently...
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Plug and Play Insurance Opens its Call for Startup Applications
Staff Writer | June 22, 2016
Plug and Play's Insurance Platform announces a call for applications from startups for its accelerator program, giving them the chance to compete for...
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Slice Labs Hires Former Google Insurance Program Executive
Staff Writer | June 20, 2016
Slice Labs, an insurtech startup set to launch an on-demand insurance platform to support the on-demand economy, announces that Dawid Glawdzin has...
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Merchants Insurance Group Becomes Xpertdoc’s First ISO Forms Services Customer
Staff Writer | June 20, 2016
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Effisoft Names Moliner CEO of U.S. Operations
Staff Writer | June 17, 2016
Effisoft USA, Inc. has named Grégory Moliner chief executive officer...
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IDP Adds Industry Veteran to Boost Sales, Marketing
Staff Writer | June 16, 2016
IDP announces Steven C. Craig has joined the company as senior vice president of sales and marketing with additional management and profit and loss...
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Insurity Acquires WC Solution Provider Tropics
Staff Writer | June 16, 2016
Insurity, Inc., a provider of core insurance processing and data integration and analytics solutions, announced its acquisition of Tropics Software...
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1insurer Appoint Shinde Chief Technology Officer
Staff Writer | June 09, 2016
1insurer announces the appointment of Yogesh Shinde as chief technology officer, as it builds on recent successes and accelerates its growth across...
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CSC Announces Merger with Enterprise Services Segment of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Staff Writer | May 31, 2016
CSC announces that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to merge the company with the enterprise services segment of Hewlett Packard...
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How Connected will the Connected World Be?
Mark Breading | May 31, 2016
The idea of a fully connected world has become quite popular in the press and is driving much of the innovation and startup activity these days...
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Xceedance Adds Freimarck as VP of Business Development
Staff Writer | May 31, 2016
Xceedance, a provider of insurance and consulting services for P&C insurers, announces George Freimarck has joined the company as vice president for...
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EquiSoft Adds Soppe to Insurance Team
Staff Writer | May 31, 2016
EquiSoft, a provider of design and development of digital business solutions for the insurance, wealth, and publishing industries, announces Roger A...
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30 Insurers Qualify for Novarica Impact Awards
Staff Writer | May 24, 2016
The fifth Annual Novarica Research Council Impact Awards recognize insurer CIO’s impactful initiatives with the industry’s only purely peer-reviewed...
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Verisk Expands Roles for Senior Executives
Staff Writer | May 24, 2016
Verisk Analytics announces new and expanded roles for members of its senior executive team...
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Re-Cognition Factor: Changes Coming to Insurance Risk Management
Jennifer Overhulse | May 23, 2016
For fans of science fiction, it truly is a fantastic time to be alive. For conspiracy theorists, not so much. Movies like “Terminator” brought a...
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Daniels Selected Vice President of Business Development for ITS
Staff Writer | May 17, 2016
ITS announces the addition of Marti Daniels as vice president of business development for the Midwest...
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Insurers Recognize the Glass is Half Full
Monique Hesseling | May 17, 2016
Over the last few months, SMA has facilitated regional roundtables for insurers. Attendance was good, food was good, and the conversations were...
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Insurance Technologies Names Lintecum VP of Sales
Staff Writer | May 13, 2016
Insurance Technologies announces the hire of Christopher Lintecum, vice president of sales, for the company’s SaaS e-application product, FireLight in...
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Customer Enhancements Included in Hyland’s Latest Software Release
Staff Writer | May 12, 2016
Hyland announces the annual release of its enterprise information platform, OnBase 16...
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Insuresoft Appoints Terry Brown as New President
Staff Writer | May 12, 2016
Insuresoft announces that Terry Brown has been promoted to President. She has been with Insuresoft since 2005, serving first as vice president of...
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Insurance Leaders, Not Just Industry, Must Evolve
Jennifer Overhulse | June 01, 2016
The insurance industry has been aflutter lately talking about the staggering pace of change. To date, and to be realistic, that’s all most of the...
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Xpertdoc Expands Leadership; Experiences 58% Growth
Staff Writer | May 11, 2016
Xpertdoc announces additions to its C-suite executives as well as accelerated growth in all areas of business for its fiscal year ending in April...
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The Digitalization of Insurance Comes Home to Roost
Frank Petersmark | May 10, 2016
At the recent Digital Insurance Conference in Austin, I had the opportunity to moderate two panels that highlighted the different perspectives on...
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Novarica Adds Former Prudential Executive to Team
Staff Writer | May 10, 2016
Novarica announces that Donald Metz, a former vice president of IT program management at Prudential Insurance, has joined the company’s senior team...
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Hyland Acquires AcroSoft Enterprise Content Management Business
Staff Writer | May 10, 2016
Hyland, creator of OnBase, announces the acquisition of substantially all of the AcroSoft enterprise content management business from Interactive...
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Slice Labs Adds Hutton to Board of Directors
Staff Writer | May 03, 2016
Slice Labs Inc., an insurtech startup set to launch an on-demand insurance platform to support the on-demand economy, announces that Tom Hutton...
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Agents, Policyholders Enjoy Micro Moments
Ellen Carney | May 03, 2016
When it comes to improving the satisfaction of policyholders and agents, there’s nothing like a mobile “micro moment...
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Incessant Technologies Becomes a Pegasystems SI Partner
Staff Writer | April 29, 2016
Incessant Technologies, a NIIT Technologies company, announces a strengthened alliance with Pegasystems Inc. as a systems integrator (SI) partner...
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Vertafore Releases Version 6.2 of ImageRight; Strengthens Commitment to Carriers
Staff Writer | April 26, 2016
Vertafore unveiled the latest version of ImageRight, which includes key feature updates designed to help carriers streamline operations, increase...
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Product or Services? Insurers Have to Choose
Karlyn Carnahan | April 26, 2016
Limited customer interactions in insurance have pushed incremental innovation to focus on products rather than customer experience...
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GroupHEALTH Selects Xpertdoc to Improve Client Experience
Staff Writer | April 21, 2016
Xpertdoc Technologies announces their partnership with GroupHEALTH Benefit Solutions to implement Xpertdoc’s Smart Forms technology...
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ITA LIVE Will Be Illuminating for CIOs
Robert Regis Hyle | April 19, 2016
Pardon me for bragging a bit, but this is one of the most important weeks of the year for the Insurance Technology Association...
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New Insurance Technology: Enthusiasm and Uncertainty
Rod Travers | April 11, 2016
When considering how insurance carriers view new technology, I would characterize the feeling on the business side as a combination of enthusiasm and...
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Flow of New Technology Can Overwhelm
Mike Fitzgerald | April 05, 2016
I am sensing a good deal of change fatigue when I present on emerging technologies in insurance...
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Time Waits for No Insurance Company
Rob McIsaac | March 22, 2016
I had the opportunity to participate in the 2016 iPipeline Conference in Nevada and it offered carriers and solution providers a content-filled agenda...
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ACORD Holds Semifinals of Insurance Innovation Challenge in Silicon Valley
Staff Writer | March 17, 2016
ACORD announces the second semi-final for the 2016 ACORD Insurance Innovation Challenge, an innovation competition-business incubator hybrid launched...
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Place Your Bets: What’s Next for Insurers?
Deb Smallwood | March 15, 2016
What an exciting time to be part of the insurance industry. Change is coming from all directions and with it comes both opportunity and peril...
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Pieroni Succeeds Maciag as president and CEO of ACORD
Staff Writer | March 10, 2016
ACORD, the insurance industry’s global data standards and services organization, announces that William N. Pieroni was elected by the board of...
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Hyland Enters Enterprise File Sync and Share Market with New Product
Staff Writer | March 09, 2016
Hyland, creator of OnBase, announces the launch of ShareBase by Hyland, a cloud-based enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) application for securely...
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Legacy Systems Prevent Financial Services Retailers from Embracing “Age of Personalization”
Staff Writer | February 29, 2016
Twenty-four percent of global financial services organizations run the risk of falling behind competitors because legacy systems are preventing them...
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Will Google Compare Be Viewed as a Successful Failure?
Robert Regis Hyle | February 24, 2016
Failure is not always a bad thing. There are many reasons why projects and initiatives don’t succeed and they can’t always be blamed on a lousy...
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New Players Find Insurance Isn’t for Them
Karen Furtado | February 16, 2016
Cargill, Monsanto, Wells Fargo, and John Deere are officially out of the crop insurance business, according to a recent article from Bloomberg...
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Optimizing IT is Top Priority in 2016 for Insurers
Staff Writer | February 15, 2016
The need to improve IT performance is a top challenge for insurer CIOs in 2016...
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ITS Promotes Chris Belle to President
Staff Writer | February 12, 2016
ITS, an insurance consulting and services firm announces the promotion of Chris Belle to president...
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Majesco Publishes Thought Leadership Paper on Reinventing Insurance
Staff Writer | February 10, 2016
Majesco has published a new thought leadership paper, Reinventing Insurance: Leveraging the Power of Data, Analytics and Cloud Core Systems...
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To Move Forward, Insurer CIOs Must Look Outward
Chuck Ruzicka | February 09, 2016
In our recent report on IT Budgets and Projects for 2016, CIOs cited their top challenges as IT operations, talent availability, and budgetary...
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ACORD Partners With Global Insurance Accelerator for Innovation Challenge
Staff Writer | February 04, 2016
ACORD announces a partnership with the Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), a global business accelerator focused on developing and growing innovative...
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Sunlight Solutions Partners with GhostDraft
Staff Writer | January 27, 2016
Sunlight Solutions, a provider of an insurance solution on the cloud that connects carriers to their agents and customers, announces it has partnered...
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Kerford Joins IDP as President
Staff Writer | January 22, 2016
IDP, a Pennsylvania-based developer of software and SaaS services for the Property & Casualty insurance segment, announces the appointment of Dave...
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Boston Mutual Partners with Onyx Data Solutions
Staff Writer | January 13, 2016
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company announced it has partnered with Onyx Data Solutions to develop and implement a comprehensive IT strategy...
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Jag Randhawa Selected Keynote Speaker for ITA LIVE 2016
Robert Regis Hyle | January 12, 2016
The Insurance Technology Association announces that Jag Randhawa, an insurance technology executive, venture capital advisor, professional speaker...
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Anybody Home? How Do Insurance CIOs Deal with Vendors
Larry Fortin | January 12, 2016
An insurance carrier on the front line addresses the issue of vendor relations and cold calls...
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Customer Connectivity Confounds Carriers
Wayne Umland | January 12, 2016
Insurers struggle to satisfy the different needs and issues of their customers...
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EquiSoft Acquires Universal Conversion Technologies
Staff Writer | January 12, 2016
EquiSoft announces it has acquired Dallas-based Universal Conversion Technologies...
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Nominations Accepted for 2016 ITA Bridge Award
Robert Regis Hyle | January 05, 2016
The Insurance Technology Association is seeking nominations for the 2016 ITA Bridge Award to honor both insurance IT leaders and their counterparts on...
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Looking Back on a Pivotal Year for Insurance
Deb Smallwood | January 04, 2016
What we have all experienced the last 12 months in terms of decisions, investments, and developments are vastly different than we have ever seen...
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Lemonade Funding Will Help Launch Peer-to-Peer Insurer
Staff Writer | December 14, 2015
Lemonade Inc., announces it will soon launch a peer-to-peer (P2P) insurance company after it secured $13 million in funding in a round led by Aleph...
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The Rapid Evolution of Consumer Protection Regulation
Doug French | December 11, 2015
Consumer protection considerations are rapidly evolving. There are many regulatory initiatives underway that are aimed at better educating and...
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Talent Hunt: Finding, Attracting, Retaining Top People
Doug French | December 10, 2015
Talent management and human capital issues have become so critical to the industry’s future outlook that one survey respondent expressed a belief that...
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Insurers Flexing Their Distribution Models
Doug French | December 09, 2015
Survey respondents are clear-eyed about the shifts away from traditional distribution models, as well as rising consumer empowerment and the breakdown...
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Admitting There Is a Problem Is First Problem
Rob McIsaac | December 08, 2015
The majority of carriers have perfected looking at the world from the inside out, which may be fine in an era of limited change, but it is exactly the...
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Technology Driving Disruption in Insurance
Doug French | December 08, 2015
As we continue to do business in an era marked by a continuous disruption and new competitive threats, the insurance industry, which has never been...
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Novarica Adds Former Liberty, Progressive Executive
Staff Writer | December 07, 2015
Novarica, a research and advisory firm focused on insurance technology strategy, announces that Chuck Ruzicka has joined the firm as a vice president...
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Fear of ‘Next Bubble’ Challenges Life, Annuity Carriers
Doug French | December 07, 2015
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, insurance executives are justifiably worried about macroeconomic trends and the prospect of slow...
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New Technology Creates Excitement for Insurers
Robert Regis Hyle | December 04, 2015
Drone technology is just one example of the many exciting opportunities awaiting insurance companies that are looking for new and better ways to...
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ICMIF Introduces Mutual Insurance to China
Staff Writer | December 01, 2015
More than 120 officials from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) and potential mutual insurers assembled in Shanghai, China for the...
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Time for Boards of Directors to Increase Focus on Technology
Frank Petersmark | November 17, 2015
Most IT leaders have experience with the various committees that are part of a company’s Board of Directors structure...
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AIG’s Branca Replaces Leonard as Chairman of ACORD Board
Staff Writer | November 12, 2015
ACORD announces that Sal Branca, senior vice president at AIG and current chair of ACORD's finance committee, will become the next chair of its board...
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Guidewire User Conference Experiences Continued Growth
Staff Writer | November 11, 2015
Guidewire Software recently hosted its 11th annual user conference, Connections 2015, in San Francisco, which provided a forum for the Guidewire...
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Who is Leading Innovation within Insurance Carriers?
Deb Smallwood | November 09, 2015
New SMA research shows insurers have increased their focus in the past year...
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Agencyport adds 15 ACORD Certified Experts
Staff Writer | October 15, 2015
At the beginning of 2015, Agencyport Software set out to become the industry solution provider with the most ACORD Certified Experts (ACEs...
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Delphi Partners with GhostDraft to Manage Forms, Document Libraries
Staff Writer | October 09, 2015
Delphi Technology announces it has partnered with GhostDraft to be able to easily create and modify forms and other customer communications without...
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Tick-tock: Insurance IT Could be Unrecognizable in Five Years
Matt Josefowicz | October 06, 2015
The good news from the recent PCI Tech Conference is that futurists such as Vivek Wadhwa give the insurance industry at least three to five years...
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Novarica: Insurers to Increase IT investment in Mobile, Big Data
Robert Regis Hyle | October 01, 2015
The pace of change in the insurance industry is accelerating, and insurer IT budgets are starting to shift priorities...
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What Lies Ahead in 2020 for Insurance IT
Robert Regis Hyle | September 25, 2015
Looking ahead is not easy, particularly when technology for the entire world—even the insurance industry—is changing so quickly. What we do know is...
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SMA Announces Winners of 2015 Innovation in Action Awards
Staff Writer | September 21, 2015
Strategy Meets Action announces the winners of the SMA Innovation in Action Awards during its annual SMA Summit in Boston...
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Hartnett Named Head of Innovation for ACORD
Staff Writer | September 17, 2015
ACORD announces that Bill Hartnett will spearhead initiatives to bring new ways of thinking and doing business to ACORD and the industry at-large as...
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Personalization in Insurance and the Death of the Middle Class
Jennifer Overhulse | September 11, 2015
In the beginning, the whole premise of insurance centered around the homogenization and distribution of risk across a group or segment in order to...
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Insurance IT Leaders Struggle to Admit When They Are Wrong
Frank Petersmark | August 31, 2015
One of the most difficult things for any executive to do, but particularly CIOs, is to admit that a mistake has been made...
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‘Change’ Is Not a Word Insurance IT Leaders Should Fear
Robert Regis Hyle | August 20, 2015
Strategy Meets Action will hold its annual Summit in Boston on Sept. 14 and the focus for this year is: Becoming the Next-Gen Insurer...
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Novarica Adds Petersmark to Research and Consulting Team
Staff Writer | July 29, 2015
Novarica announces Frank Petersmark has joined the firm as an associate vice president of research and consulting...
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Sapiens Acquires an Insurance Software Provider in Poland
Staff Writer | July 28, 2015
Sapiens International announces it has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Insseco, a software provider for the insurance...
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Majesco Research Indicates UK Insurance Market Failing to Deliver on Customer Expectations
Staff Writer | July 14, 2015
Majesco announces the results of its UK insurance market research into the quality of the customer experience...
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Xpertdoc Announces Support for Latest Version of Microsoft Word
Staff Writer | July 14, 2015
Xpertdoc Technologies announces first-to-market support of Microsoft Word 2016 for its CCM suite months before the platform’s official release to the...
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ITS Announces Availability of Test Automation Platform
Staff Writer | July 09, 2015
ITS announces the immediate availability of the ITS Test Automation Platform (ITAP...
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Insurer Selects Cincom's Customer Communications Software
Staff Writer | July 06, 2015
Cincom Systems announces that MMIC, a policyholder-owned medical liability insurance company in the Midwest, has chosen Cincom Eloquence as its new...
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ACORD Announces Insurance Innovation Challenge Finalists
Staff Writer | July 02, 2015
ACORD, a global provider of insurance data standards, business and technology leadership, announces 12 finalists who will compete for this year’s top...
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E-SignLive Uses IBM Cloud to Expand to New Markets
Staff Writer | July 01, 2015
E-SignLive, by Silanis, has capitalized on its strategic relationship with IBM Cloud to bring its e-signature software to six new international...
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hybris Unveils Accelerator for Financial Services Companies to Improve E-Commerce
Staff Writer | June 29, 2015
hybris software, an SAP company, launched its Financial Services Accelerator, an omni-channel commerce and customer experience solution tailor-made...
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Four Top Technology Priorities for Personal Lines Carriers
Jeffrey Goldberg | June 29, 2015
Today’s personal lines marketplace is more competitive than ever due to slow growth, intense price competition, and customer acquisition costs rising...
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ITA Bridge Award: Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Robert Regis Hyle | June 25, 2015
The winners of the first ITA Bridge Award not only supported a philosophical change in their company, but pushed for it in order to get the greatest...
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Are Insurers Doing Innovation Wrong?
Deb Smallwood | June 23, 2015
Recently, I read the article, You’re Doing Innovation Wrong by Brian Solomon in Forbes. So immediately I thought: Are you doing it wrong...
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Single View and the Customer Experience in Insurance
Mark Breading | June 16, 2015
Now that the customer experience is front and center in insurers’ strategies, it’s time to revisit the single view, a/k/a the 360 degree view of the...
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Innovation is Everywhere for Insurers
Deb Smallwood | June 09, 2015
For insurance carriers to realize the opportunities available to them, they first have to examine the threats...
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Challenge Ahead for Insurance IT Leaders
Robert Regis Hyle | May 12, 2015
If you were unable to attend the recent ITA LIVE conference, the inaugural event put on by the Insurance Technology Association, you missed out on the...
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Executives from Union Mutual of Vermont Win First ITA Bridge Award
Robert Regis Hyle | April 13, 2015
Business, IT leaders honored for their work to develop outstanding synergies between organizational needs and IT execution...
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Agile Development Creates Collaborative Culture
Janeen Blanton and Sujey Edward | March 31, 2015
Bringing agile development across the enterprise requires a new roadmap...
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Celent Presents Model Insurer Awards to 15 Carriers
Staff Writer | March 26, 2015
Celent announces its Model Insurer Award winners for 2015 at its annual Innovation & Insight Day at Carnegie Hall. The awards, now in its ninth year...
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Hope Is Not a Plan for Insurance IT Leaders
Rob McIsaac | March 24, 2015
As Baby Boomer COBOL programmers increasingly have the opportunity to say “bon voyage” to working 9-5 and retire, some insurance IT executives are...
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The Black Swans and Unicorns of Insurance IT
Denise Garth | March 02, 2015
Insurers examine ways to fuel disruption and innovation...
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SMA Report Examines Innovation Maturity Levels
Staff Writer | February 20, 2015
Strategy Meets Action (SMA) announces the release of a new research report, Innovation Maturity in Insurance: Enabling the Next-Gen Insurer...
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Tindall Acquired by Joint Venture of MSG Global Solutions and LOGiQ3
Staff Writer | February 20, 2015
Tindall Associates (TAI), a life reinsurance software and consulting service, is at the center of a new joint venture...
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Brave New World for Insurance CIOs
Robert Regis Hyle | February 16, 2015
CEOs increasingly turn to their IT leaders, not just for fancy new software platforms, but for new ideas and ways for technology to make the business...
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Looking for a Good Night’s Rest
Robert Regis Hyle | January 26, 2015
A favorite question of journalists—and I admit to using it myself at times—is what keeps people up at night. In our case, the question is normally...
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Consumer Electronics Show Highlights Business Needs
Denise Garth | January 26, 2015
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has been the preeminent show for seeing, hearing, and feeling what is emerging and hot in consumer electronics at...
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Where Are the Insurance Innovators?
Denise Garth | January 20, 2015
Many insurance carriers are taking advantage of the innovations developed by those from outside the industry, but carriers are conspicuously absent...
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Earning the Respect of the CEO
Robert Regis Hyle | January 19, 2015
When ITA LIVE takes place in April, what promises to be one of the more interesting sessions will focus on the relationship between CIOs and their...
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SMA Identifies Strategic Shifts in Technology Investments
Staff Writer | January 19, 2015
Strategy Meets Action has released a new research report, 2015 Strategic Investments: Making sense of the shifts, which reveals that the leading...
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For CIOs, the Best Offense is a Good Defense
Mike Fitzgerald | January 12, 2015
There are two aspects to the issue of what CIOs need to do to improve their relationship with the CEO: defense and offense...
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CIOs are the Rosetta Stone for Insurers
Rob McIsaac | January 06, 2015
The relationship between CIOs and CEOs is critical for both success and longevity. Failing to cultivate these connections can lead to early and...
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The Next Great Year for Insurance IT?
Robert Regis Hyle | December 19, 2014
Insurers are excited about the prospects for 2015 (and a little nervous as well) as emerging technology trends and expectations for a bright future...
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The Eureka Moments of 2014 in Insurance IT
Denise Garth | December 16, 2014
Technology found a way to disrupt, transform, and innovate the world of insurance technology over the last 12 months...
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Next Gen Insurance IT Workers
Robert Regis Hyle | December 05, 2014
There are dozens of issues that keep insurers tossing and turning all night. We’ve learned over the years that no two insurance carriers are alike, so...
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Maciag Announces Retirement from ACORD Effective January, 2016
Staff Writer | December 03, 2014
Gregory Maciag, president and CEO of ACORD, announces his plan to retire on January 15, 2016. The ACORD board of directors accepted the plan and...
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Giving Thanks for Insurance Technology
Robert Regis Hyle | November 25, 2014
This traditionally is a week of reflection amidst the hustle and bustle of getting home for the holidays or preparing a feast for a bunch of relatives...
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Some Insurance IT Issues Just Won't Go Away
Matt Josefowicz | November 24, 2014
In the midst of the massive changes sweeping the economy driven by the rapid evolution of information technology, insurers’ IT plans for 2015 are...
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Modernization Investments Propel Insurance Industry Forward
Deb Smallwood | November 17, 2014
2014 was not the norm for our traditionally “steady and slow” industry. Transformation and wise technology investments continue to be significant in...
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SMA Report: Focus, Momentum Expanding around Innovation in Insurance
Staff Writer | November 14, 2014
Strategy Meets Action (SMA) a leading insurance strategic advisory firm, has just released a new research report, “Innovation in Insurance: Expanding...
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Financial Crisis Still Takes a Toll on Insurers
Jamie Macgregor | November 11, 2014
In a post-global financial crisis world, continued low interest rates and lackluster investment performance continue to take their toll on the...
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Insurity Announces Investment from TA Associates
Staff Writer | November 07, 2014
Insurity announces that TA Associates, a private equity firm based in Boston with more than 45 years of experience investing in innovative software...
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Insurance IT Professionals Going Back to School
Denise Garth | November 04, 2014
The three Rs of planning for the future are reimagine, redefine, and refocus...
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Mercury Enhances Automation, Information management with OnBase Solution
Staff Writer | October 28, 2014
Mercury Insurance announces it selects OnBase to convert from multiple document management systems...
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Right Before Our Eyes, Technology Vendors Are All Grown Up
George Grieve | October 28, 2014
When it comes to the insurance IT vendor market the closer you look the more differentiated and specialized the vendors become. Some vendors are...
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Once Upon a Time, Implementation Stories Were Truly Spooky
Robert Regis Hyle | October 28, 2014
Halloween is a night for scaring people, too. There will be plenty of zombies and vampires walking through the neighborhoods this week, but there...
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Crawford Thrives on Change to Deliver Value
Brian Flynn | October 27, 2014
Our industry is in a state of flux. Organizations that can metabolize change faster than the competition will come out on top...
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IDMI Systems, GhostDraft Partner on Document Creation to Insurers
Staff Writer | October 23, 2014
GhostDraft, a document automation and customer communications provider announces that IDMI Systems, a developer of real-time insurance policy...
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Looking Beyond the Insurance Horizon
Denise Garth | October 21, 2014
Amazing. Extraordinary. Powerful. Disruptive. Transformative. Destructive. Constructive. Innovative. These are the words that describe what I heard...
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SMA Report Focuses on Re-shaping Insurers Through Emerging Technology
Staff Writer | October 16, 2014
Strategy Meets Action (SMA) released a new research report, Emerging Technologies: Reshaping the Next-Gen Insurer that assesses nine emerging...
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Motorists Draws More Ceded Reinsurance Data
Staff Writer | October 16, 2014
As The Motorists Insurance Group’s ceded reinsurance program became more complex, its system for tracking reinsurance claims with Excel and Access...
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Technology Investment Cited by Bermuda Reinsurers as Top 2015 Priority
Staff Writer | October 09, 2014
Xuber announces the release of its report on the business priorities of Bermuda executives over the next year and the steps companies plan to take to...
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Novarica Adds New Members to Insurance Team
Staff Writer | October 07, 2014
Novarica announces that Mitch Wein, former CTO at AXA UK, AXA Equitable, and AIG Domestic Brokerage Group, is joining the insurance practice as a...
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Is Price Optimization a Dirty Word?
Monique Hesseling | October 07, 2014
There seems to be a misperception about what price optimization really is, largely driven by publicized assumptions that it will only serve the best...
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Insurers Reminded to Look to Their Own Future
Robert Regis Hyle | October 07, 2014
At the MajescoMastek customer conference in Chicago last week, an insurance CIO made an interesting point that all of us should consider as we compete...
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Inspiration Comes from Many Windows
Robert Regis Hyle | September 29, 2014
Last weekend I had the opportunity to view a masterpiece up close, Grant Wood’s American Gothic, possibly the most well-known American piece of art...
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Solution Providers Abandoned the IKEA Approach
Robert Regis Hyle | September 23, 2014
Have you shopped much at IKEA? The prices are great and the furniture looks good in a practical sort of way. The bigger challenge, at least for guys...
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The Clash of Digital Vision and Harsh Realities
Craig Weber | September 22, 2014
I recently spent an energizing day with a client at a Silicon Valley innovation center. We were there to collaborate on a digital vision for the firm...
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Alaska National Picks Xpertdoc for Report Generation Project
Staff Writer | September 16, 2014
Xpertdoc Technologies Inc., has been selected by Alaska National Insurance Company for its online audit reporting project...
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StoneRiver, Cincom Create Strategic Alliance
Staff Writer | September 16, 2014
StoneRiver, Inc., and Cincom Systems announce a cooperative marketing and technical alliance that will allow the two companies to jointly market and...
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Innovation is More than a Catchy Topic
Robert Regis Hyle | September 16, 2014
Innovation should be on the minds of nearly everyone these days. It certainly was on the minds of the 100 or so who took part in the SMA Summit on...
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Verisk Names Fitzgerald Head of ISO Insurance Programs, Analytic Services
Staff Writer | September 10, 2014
Beth Fitzgerald, a leader in predictive analytics and actuarial science, has been named president of ISO Insurance Programs and Analytic Services, the...
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Electronic Chat: Arne Herenstein
Robert Regis Hyle | September 09, 2014
The challenge is to keep the team learning and growing while at the same time delivering products rapidly, with high quality, and in the right price...
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Stagg-Macey Rejoins Celent in Advisory Capacity
Staff Writer | September 03, 2014
Catherine Stagg-Macey rejoined Celent as an executive advisor, strengthening Celent's position as a global financial services analyst firm...
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SMA Report: New Challenges, Competitors Face Insurers
Staff Writer | September 03, 2014
Strategy Meets Action released a new research report, which describes a new breed of industry challengers coming from technology and Silicon Valley...
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IVANS Enhances Carrier Compliancy with Automobile Liability Insurance Reporting
Staff Writer | August 28, 2014
IVANS Insurance Solutions, a division of Applied Systems, announces the release of IVANS ALIR Pro 2014 to increase compliancy in automobile liability...
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Means, Motivation and Money Will Keep Carriers Ahead of the Pack
Robert Regis Hyle | August 19, 2014
One of the things I looked forward to when we began the ITA Pro magazine and website was to keep asking one simple question: What is going to be...
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Platform for Success: How to Maximize Legal Technology Solutions
Chris Fields | August 19, 2014
Property and casualty insurers have a multiplicity of concerns that require the attention of legal staff and services...
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Bissell Joins ACORD as Senior VP of Global Operations
Staff Writer | August 12, 2014
John Bissell, former COO at Capita Commercial Insurance Services, will join ACORD as senior vice president of global operations...
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Hersh Leaves Novarica for Nolan; Meanwhile, Nolan, Novarica Form Alliance
Robert Regis Hyle | August 11, 2014
The Nolan Company, a management consulting firm that specializes in process and operational effectiveness for insurance carriers, announces that Chad...
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Electric Insurance Selects Agencyport for Self-Service Portal
Staff Writer | August 07, 2014
Agencyport Software announces that Electric Insurance Company has chosen the vendor’s AgencyPortal point-of-sale and service platform...
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Smaller Insurers Often Threatened by Technology Changes
Robert Regis Hyle | August 04, 2014
Carriers wisely worry about process management, but not nearly enough attention is paid to the fundamental changes in culture that come with true...
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For Insurers: A Change is Gonna Come
Robert Regis Hyle | July 29, 2014
Insurance projects are getting larger and cycle times are getting longer as carriers are forced to spend huge amounts of money on transformation...
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Share the Future or Fight Over It
Denise Garth | July 14, 2014
Once again, IASA was a busy and engaging conference for the insurance industry. With a record number of exhibitors, strong attendance, engaging...
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Xuber Adds Chris Baker as Managing Director
Staff Writer | July 07, 2014
Xuber announces the appointment of Chris Baker, formerly a senior vice president of Oracle, as managing director of Xuber within Xchanging Technology...
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TIA Releases Product Factory to Speed Time-to-Market
Staff Writer | July 03, 2014
TIA Technology announces the release of the Product Factory, a Professional Services offering that significantly reduces the time and resources needed...
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Profits, Profitability Fall in First Quarter for Property & Casualty Insurers
Staff Writer | July 03, 2014
Private U.S. property & casualty insurers' net income after taxes fell to $13.8 billion in first-quarter 2014 from $14.3 billion in first-quarter 2013...
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Filling the Gaps Between Dreams and Reality
Robert Regis Hyle | June 30, 2014
I guess the biggest difference in who I am as a journalist and what I cover as a journalist is the skepticism that some of the things I hear—or even...
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Xuber Whitepaper Focuses on How Software Design Drives Adoption
Staff Writer | June 25, 2014
Xuber published a new report that discusses how design impacts the development and delivery of commercial insurance software...
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ISCS Observes 20th Anniversary; Scurto Predicts Major Changes Ahead
Robert Regis Hyle | June 23, 2014
Two decades ago in the technology world is almost like reaching back to the Dark Ages compared to what is being done today by IT departments, but for...
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Failing to Plan is an Insurer's Biggest Risk
Oscar Lewis | June 23, 2014
Independent studies have shown that most small- and medium-size enterprises do not devote enough time to the planning process. Time constraints, lack...
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Don’t Look Now, but Process Changes are Coming
Robert Regis Hyle | June 23, 2014
Is there anything that draws leery looks from the staff than the announcement that the company is going to re-examine the processes being used to...
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Pegasystems Acquires Collaboration and Co-Browsing Provider Firefly
Staff Writer | June 18, 2014
Pegasystems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Profeatable Corporation, the provider of Firefly co-browsing technology. The...
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Policyholders and Their First Impressions
Wendy Aarons-Corman | June 16, 2014
If the user experience isn’t right, you are chasing away potential customers and partners...
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The Responsibility to Fail
Robert Regis Hyle | June 12, 2014
How often in life have you asked yourself, “Where did I go wrong?” It’s an important question for those who like to get things right, but none of us...
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Embrace the Power of Open Innovation, Collaboration
Denise Garth | June 12, 2014
Innovation ecosystem. Open innovation. The combination of these two empowers the collaboration and sharing of knowledge, information, and ideas that...
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The Right Way of Dealing with Customers
Robert Regis Hyle | June 09, 2014
The customer is always right. Except, of course, when they’re not and then we have all sorts of issues. Back in a previous lifetime, I was editor/...
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Failure is the First Step to Success
Rob McIsaac | June 09, 2014
The world where business meets technology is one that is full of examples of failed implementation. Or perhaps, better stated, it’s full of good...
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Pegasystems Upgrade Maximizes Customer Experience, Loyalty Across All Channels
Staff Writer | June 06, 2014
Pegasystems announces upgrades to the company’s Customer Process Manager for Insurance (CPMI) solution that will improve the user experience and...
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Electronic Chat: Tricia Blair
Robert Regis Hyle | June 05, 2014
I think there’s always something you can do to improve the connection between IT and your business partners. We’re looking at business engagement...
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High and Dry: Insurers Search for Disaster Recovery Plans
Michael P. Voelker | June 04, 2014
It was strangely appropriate—albeit very annoying—that in the midst of working on an article dealing with disaster recovery, I suffered a random...
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Life Insurers Joining the Technology Spending Party
Robert Regis Hyle | June 03, 2014
Celent is in the business of analyzing the insurance industry with a strong focus on technology. Its report on global spending (IT Spending in...
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Reflections of a Retired Insurance CIO
Wayne Umland | May 20, 2014
Glatfelter Insurance Group is one of the top 20 privately held brokerages in the country. I had the pleasure of serving as the company’s first Chief...
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Reverse the Perspective and Become Demand-Led
Matt Josefowicz | May 13, 2014
The insurance industry has a tendency to view the world from the inside out, but the industry needs to reverse that perspective and look at itself...
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Handshakes and Business Cards: It’s Time for Conference Season
Robert Regis Hyle | May 02, 2014
We’re off to Orlando once again for the 11th annual ACORD LOMA Forum and, as usual, expectations are high as the insurance technology field enters a...
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Memories of Manual Rating
Karlyn Carnahan | May 05, 2014
Once upon a time, long ago when I was an underwriter, we manually rated risks—yes, on a napkin—and quoted them over the phone. Risk assessment was...
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Which Way Do You Lean on AXA/Facebook Deal?
Denise Garth | May 02, 2014
The reactions and responses to the SMA blog The Shot Heard Around the Industry: AXA and Facebook have been very interesting and enlightening. It has...
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J'accuse: When Insurance Carriers, Vendors Disagree
George Grieve | April 25, 2014
Last year I participated in a new and different play—the final act between carrier and vendor—a legal proceeding. This project had gone so wrong that...
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Electronic Chat: Lance Fisk
Robert Regis Hyle | April 24, 2014
The biggest challenge we face today is transitioning our technology organization from one focused on the direct provision of legacy technology...
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Insurers Battle Through Content Chaos
Michael P. Voelker | April 23, 2014
Rapid growth in content from new and nontraditional sources has added a big data element to insurers’ traditional content management challenges...
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2014 Priorities Checklist: What’s on Your Radar?
Karen Furtado | April 21, 2014
As one would expect, there is a strong linkage between the most pressing P&C business solution projects and the investments currently being made in...
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Removing the Guesswork for Improved Premium Rating
Stuart Rose | April 21, 2014
The business of insurance consists of evaluating and pricing risks, resulting in a business model that is unlike any other industry. Insurance is the...
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Start the Revolution: Prototyping Helps Developers Get it Right
Michael Overend | April 11, 2014
Prototyping, the iterative modeling of a system, enables users to be actively involved in the development process...
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IT Leaders Must Quit Looking at the Past
Robert Regis Hyle | April 08, 2014
Insurers need to be aware of history, but one strategic thinker believes not enough energy is spent by insurers looking to the future...
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Hesseling Joins SMA as Partner to Expand Global Reach
Staff Writer | April 01, 2014
Strategy Meets Action (SMA) announces that insurance industry veteran Monique Hesseling has joined the strategic advisory firm as a partner. Hesseling...
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Don’t Bail on Your Vendor Partners
Martina Conlon | March 26, 2014
Our 2014 projects and priorities research has shown that, once again, policy system replacements are the top priority for most insurers today. I’m...
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ITA Publishes Premier Issue of ITA Pro, Launches Publication Website
Staff Writer | March 24, 2014
Insurance Technology Association (ITA) announces the publication of the premier issue of the association’s new magazine, ITA Pro, as well as the...
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Outsiders Provide Next Challenge for Insurers
Robert Regis Hyle | March 24, 2014
One of our goals when we launched the ITA Pro magazine and website was to look beyond what was happening today and spend some time examining the goals...
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Web-based Systems are the Next Evolution in Claims Technology
Steve Discher | March 12, 2014
Claims technology in the Property & Casualty insurance industry has significantly changed over the last 20 years and continues to evolve rapidly...
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Three Dots for Insurers to Connect
Robert Regis Hyle | March 10, 2014
There’s no doubt insurance is unlike any other business that operates in our universe, but as we’ve learned, that doesn’t mean there aren’t certain...
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Gaining a “Wow” Experience from Web Users
Wendy Aarons-Corman | March 07, 2014
For years the insurance industry has focused on providing Internet access to products and information to their agents. Insurers have responded to a...
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Time to Shift from Business/IT Alignment to Business/IT Alliance
Deb Smallwood | March 06, 2014
There is no question that alignment between the views and actions of business and IT professionals is critical for synchronizing strategies...
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Stagg-Macey Joins Novarica for UK/European Insurance
Staff Writer | March 06, 2014
Novarica, a research and advisory firm focused on insurance technology strategy, announces that Catherine Stagg-Macey, will serve as the associate...
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Healthcare Insurers Changing to Consumer Model
Lori Gelter | February 24, 2014
Healthcare payers are dealing with a lot in the volatile market with expanding regulations. They are seeing inevitable changes in their business...
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Organization is the Key for Selecting Software Vendors
Larry Fortin | February 12, 2014
An inside look at how one insurance IT manager goes about the difficult task of keeping existing systems humming while searching for new software...
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Analysts Expound on the Needs of the Mid-tier Insurance Market
Robert Regis Hyle | February 12, 2014
In each issue of ITA Pro, we will be asking a group of insurance technology analysts their view on important industry issues. This month, we have four...
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Why CIOs Need Executive Peers
Frank Petersmark | February 10, 2014
Other senior executives have them, but insurance CIOs rarely do; why it’s crucial for the success of your IT department...
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It’s a New Dawn for the ITA
Robert Regis Hyle | February 10, 2014
I’ve been fortunate in my career to be involved with two start-up magazines. It’s been nearly 15 years since I had the first opportunity and all I can...
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Life Insurers Fail to Follow Through on Customer Service
Rob McIsaac | February 10, 2014
We live in a time of remarkable convenience and incredible advances in the technologies which permeate our daily lives. The once unimaginable stuff of...
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Electronic Chat: Wade Rugenstein
Robert Regis Hyle | February 06, 2014
I feel IT leaders are always worried about having a “seat” at the table, but I believe we should always focus on properly serving the table while...
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The Email Chat is a regular feature of the ITA Pro magazine and website. We send a series of questions to an insurance IT leader in search of thought-provoking responses on important issues facing the insurance industry.
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