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The Test of Relevance: Ed Zore, Northwestern Mutual
May 06, 2008 @ 01:27 AM | By Anthony O'Donnell
 Anthony O'Donnell, Senior Editor of Insurance & Technology, speaks with Edward J. Zore, one of I&T's 2008 Tech-Savvy CEOs, about the need to balance opportunism and prudence in technology investment in pursuit of business success.
The Virtues of Virtual: Ron Boyd, Midwest Family Mutual
May 06, 2008 @ 01:24 AM | By Anthony O'Donnell
 Anthony O'Donnell, Senior Editor of Insurance & Technology, speaks with Ron Boyd, one of I&T's 2008 Tech-Savvy CEOs, about his role in driving paperlessness and remote work while expanding Midwest Family Mutual's geographic business footprint.
Eyeing the Competition: Thomas C. Godlasky, Aviva North America
May 06, 2008 @ 01:19 AM | By Nathan Conz
 Nathan Conz, Associate Editor of Insurance & Technology, speaks with Thomas C. Godlasky, one of I&T's 2008 Tech-Savvy CEOs, about Aviva North America's technology turnaround, the carrier's foray into Second Life and the importance of looking outside the industry.
Fast Company: Stephen Sills, Darwin Professional Underwriters
May 06, 2008 @ 01:17 AM | By Kathy Burger
 Kathy Burger, editorial director of Insurance & Technology, speaks with Stephen Sills, one of I&T's 2008 Tech-Savvy CEOs, about how five-year-old Darwin Professional Underwriters is shaking up the specialty liability insurance segment by bring straight-through processing and self-service to a traditionally unautomated, paper-bound business.
The Utilitarian: John Leonard, MEMIC
May 06, 2008 @ 01:08 AM | By Nathan Conz
 Nathan Conz, Associate Editor of Insurance & Technology, speaks with John Leonard, one of I&T's 2008 Tech-Savvy CEOs, about his role in defining technology philosophy at MEMIC, the importance of a strong CIO and his work on board of industry standards group ACORD.
Real Opportunity or Hype?: Video Games and Insurance
May 05, 2008 @ 05:27 PM | By Nathan Conz
As a member of the I&T editorial team, I’m constantly inundated with new product announcements, story pitches and press releases -- with each e-mail or phone call assuring me that the product or concept in question is revolutionary, industry-changing or both. As a result, a big part of our job here at the magazine is to cut through the hype and find out what really works -- not in theory, but in practice.
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Why Tech Savvy Matters to CEOs – And To Those Who Judge Them
May 05, 2008 @ 03:20 PM | By Anthony O'Donnell
Every once in a while, when acquaintances jocularly question the economics of a trade publication dedicated to the subject of insurance IT, I ask them to guess how much the largest insurance carriers spend annually on IT. My interlocutors typically answer, "I dunno; maybe $10 million?" I laugh in a way reminiscent of the characters responding to Dr. Evil's pathetic ransom demand in the first Austin Powers film and say, "Try again." They give their second answer, sure that this time they vastly overshoot the mark: "OK, one hundred million!" I laugh some more.
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