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      • Sanjay Pandey Named CIO of National Life Group
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 10, 2013
        Pandey seeks to build on his successful enhancements to agent ease of doing business undertaken during his tenure as CIO of Donegal Insurance Group.
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      • Xchanging Aims at "Transformational Play" With Launch of Netsett Net Settlement Utility to US Market
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 07, 2013
        Settlement processes similar to those that reduce needed capital from $80 billon to $12 billion on the London market are poised through an Xchanging/Deutsche Bank partnership to address $3 trillion global market, with the possibility of a 85% reduction in the working capital required.
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      • Fortegra Launches New Consumer-Focused Product Line Through E-Commerce
        By Nathan Golia | April 09, 2013
        The new division offers life, health and accident protection products.
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      • SeaPass BOLT and the Sea Change in Commercial Lines
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 04, 2013
        The BOLT Platform reflects the rapid evolution of the insurance distribution ecosystem in which now both commercial and personal customers demand multi-channel availability of quotes, comparisons, customer service and transactional efficiencies.
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      • What Matters in IT: Part 3, Business Impact of Architecture for Continuous Migration (ACM)
        By Ravi Koka, Polaris Financial Technology | March 08, 2013
        The paramount IT tasks for every firm should be to shift to the most agile possible approach for dealing with legacy issues, thereby reducing legacy spending, and then devote the freed-up funds to innovation instead of to overhead.
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      • Insurance Customer Diversity Means Increased Expectations, Opportunities
        By Denise Garth, Innovation Group | February 10, 2013
        To determine growth opportunities, insurers need to gain customer insight on the varying heterogeneous segments within existing and new markets.
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      • Lincoln Financial Group Chooses Insurance Technologies' E-application Business Fulfillment Platform
        By Kathy Burger | January 08, 2013
        Implementation of FireLight solution will provide distributors with a mobile platform that takes them "from illustration to application."
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      • Rapid Emergence of Driverless Cars Demands Creation of Legal Infrastructure, Stanford Scholar Says
        By Anthony O'Donnell | January 03, 2013
        The inherent autonomy of self-driving cars raises issues about driver liability and also data privacy, according to Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford’s Center for the Internet and Society.
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      • Torus Leverages Portal Tech for Expanded Small Business Strategy
        By Anthony O'Donnell | November 05, 2012
        The global specialty insurer has adapted its industry-leading ESCAPE portal capabilities from its beginnings in excess casualty to commercial E&O and healthcare/medical professional liability.
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      • GAO Urges Action On Mobile Device Security
        By | September 20, 2012
        Watchdog agency advises private sector and federal agencies to step up efforts to educate consumers against malware, other threats.
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      • 9/11/2012: Reflections on a Normal Day
        By Kathy Burger | September 10, 2012
        "Back to business" in the post-9/11 era has also meant many changes in routine business activities.
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      • Allstate Crowdsources to Test Usage-Based Insurance Product
        By Kathy Burger | July 25, 2012
        Allstate crowdsources to test usage-based insurance product; employee, agency owner testing of Drive Wise product will provide telematics feedback about driving habits.
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      • Calcubot Application Enables Lead-Generation and Quoting Via Facebook
        By Anthony O'Donnell | July 02, 2012
        Calcubot could be an effective lead-generator for insurers that is also likely to result in referrals between friends, according to Aite Group senior analyst Stephen Applebaum.
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      • XL Group Touts "Dramatic" Website Redesign
        By Anthony O'Donnell | June 26, 2012
        Created with help from Brooklyn, N.Y. digital marketer Huge, the site provides a streamlined experience aimed at easing navigation for users who may not be familiar with XL and its products.
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      • Jackson Launches iPad App to Educated Distributors on New VA Product
        By Anthony O'Donnell | June 26, 2012
        The app is designed to help wholesalers educate financial advisors about Jackson's Elite Access variable annuity, which the carrier says enables greater portfolio diversification by using alternative asset classes.
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      • Usage-Based Insurance: 5 Reasons This Is the Year
        By Nathan Golia | June 13, 2012
        Telematics-powered, usage-based auto insurance has been slow to get off the ground. But industry observers insist it finally is poised for a meteoric rise.
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      • Looking Forward to IASA: Aite Group’s Stephen Applebaum
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 31, 2012
        Hot topics discussed at the conference include business innovation and agile process transformation; the management and analysis of “big data”; a focus on customer-centricity; and evolving mobile and portal solutions for insurance distribution.
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      • 5 Steps Insurers Can Take to Meet Consumer Demand for e-Payment Capabilities
        By Grant Brown, Profluent ePayment Consulting | May 29, 2012
        The maturing of e-payments technology, changing customer demographics and the shift to a customer-centric approach to winning and retaining policyholders are combining to are compel insurers to change the way they interact with customers during the payment process. The author presents five steps toward adopting e-payments capabilities.
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      • Q&A: Great-West Life Crafts Mobile Service Solutions for Group Benefit Customers and Plan Members
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 24, 2012
        Brad Fedorchuk, VP, Group Marketing, talks about the opportunities and challenges of mobility, and how Great-West Life has created a strategy to complement its existing online and and call center capabilities.
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      • CIO of Mobile Innovator 1st Guard Talks Strategy, Trade-Offs
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 10, 2012
        1st Guard CIO Dan Ribar discusses how the truck insurer's unique customer base has shaped a comprehensive mobile strategy that includes web site, device, content management and the latest enhancements to its TRUCKER1 iPhone app.
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      • Where Do Insurers Stand on Mobile Security Today?
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 03, 2012
        Measures such as wiping only enterprise data from the phone of a terminated employee, limiting access and installing virus protection are only the start of what insurers must do to address the vulnerabilities of the emerging mobile channel.
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      • 4 Critical Questions About Mobile IT Security Strategy
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 01, 2012
        How to ensure that your strategy clear about the planned usage of capabilities when shaping a security strategy for mobile devices.
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      • Lincoln Financial Selects Andesa Services Portal System
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 25, 2012
        Andesa Services' Participant and Policy Owner System (POPS) will be integrated with existing Lincoln technology platforms, providing enhanced functionality for distributors, plan sponsors and plan participants.
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      • Social Media Success: South African Insurer Santam's Viral "Touché" Advertisement
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 25, 2012
        Fast food restaurant Nandos, known for its cheeky advertisement parodies, punked Santam's original ad, only to be pwned in a sequel.
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      • ICANN System Glitch Delays "Big Reveal" of gTLD Application Information
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 23, 2012
        Insurers and other applicants must be ready to begin a massive review task to defend their brands from potential abuse of generic top level domain name abuse.
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