Our favorite insurance technology-related blog posts from around the Web (May 3-9, 2009):Rx Cyberjacking

InsureBlog has been all over a story developing out of Virginia, where a hacker or group of hackers may have stolen millions of patient records from the state's prescription monitoring program Web site. "On the one hand, EMR (electronic medical records) promises convenience and efficiency. Having one's records easily accessible by one's provider saves both parties time, and can help avoid potentially dangerous medication interaction problems,"' writes InsureBlog's Henry Stern. "On the other hand, one's data is only as convenient and safe as the holder of that data makes it." ---

Slick, Quick and Easy!

AgencyPort, a Boston-based vendor, continues its 4-week, 15-state tour of insurance agencies down the east coast. On a blog post from Tuesday, AgencyPort president and co-founder Steve Hauck recaps the team's recent visits with commercial lines agents who, quite often, said that quick quoting differentiated good carriers from bad ones

--- All Software Pricing Models are Imaginary

Novarica's Matt Josefowicz links to InformationWeek's Global CIO Blog and a report that SAP and Oracle have both loosened their tough stances on "non-negotiable" maintenance fees. "Buyers should not feel constrained by any 'proposed' fees, as long as they have the option to walk," Josefowicz says. ---