Cover Story Ready for Your Close-Up It can be hard for insurers to quantify the specific financial benefits of investments in customer analytics. But the competitive advantages enabled by improved customer insight are countless. Features Location, Location, Location Location is fundamental to underwriting and other core insurance processes, but enjoying the full benefits of geographic information systems (GIS) requires carriers to bring their grasp of location data to a new level. From The Editor Best Friends Forever One of the most interesting things about smart and successful insurance technology executives is that they typically combine confidence and pride with a realistic and almost wry sense of both technology and human limitations. Back to Business Workers' Comp Database Striving to Stand Out Automating Agents Principal Selects SunGard Securing Easier Access |
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