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Inside Track
Insurance companies are finding themselves faced with increased pressures due to new regulatory requirements, more-demanding customers, and the competitive imperative to innovate and launch new products. ...
Trends & Tech
I was at home one day ranting about the iPad around the time it was newly announced—pointing out the obvious to my captive audience....
Stats Watch
A look at the IT outsourcing landscape for insurers, which recently was released by Novarica, shows midsize carriers turn to external partners for more expensive project-based work and have yet to adopt the philosophy of a blended sourcing strategy....
Departments
Industry Intelligence
Many companies find themselves caught in a vicious circle. They need specialized capabilities in building new applications but don’t have the available talent in-house to develop those systems. ...
Business Solutions
MutualAid eXchange Insurance Company (MAX) is a reciprocal insurer owned by its members—and safely can be described as unlike any others. ...
Top Tech
ULLICO Inc.’s IT infrastructure today looks much different than it did when CIO Jim Tierney joined the company four years ago....
News
The ACE Rankings are based on an online survey of senior technology and operational executives at either five or 10 (Standard or Gold Rankings) clients that have direct experience with the vendor product and organization....
Although the insurance industry has a long history of building its own technology solutions, the pendulum has been firmly paused on the “buy” side of the “buy vs. build” spectrum for the last few years across most core application areas. ...
Offering an intuitive and easy-to-install financial accounting solution is paying dividends for StoneRiver in terms of customer praise.
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Deep experience in the insurance industry helped NxTech founders, Thad Bauer and Bill Tedrick, develop a suite of connectivity products that has earned rave reviews from customers.
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In business for only a decade, AgencyPort is earning high praise from customers and attracting top-tier insurers to its easy-to-use portal solution. ...
As a global software and technology company, SunGard knows how important it is to align its products to address specific customer needs. ...
When it comes to its relationships with clients, Ebix views itself as more of a business partner than as a developer of on-demand and transactional systems. ...
When Accenture first developed its claims software solution more than 10 years ago, it did so with one key feature in mind: flexibility....
Client input is key to the success of the DocFinity solutions from Optimal Imaging Technology, Inc., according to Jim Thumma, vice president of sales and marketing at the company. ...
PilotFish Technology uses its own integration products before putting them on the market, which helps the company ensure it delivers what it promises, according to Neil Schappert, president and CEO of the company. ...