Hear insurance industry leaders discuss their experiences at the annual executive summit; Insurancetech; summit; System resources are stressed to the breaking point during events such as hurricanes, fires, terrorist attacks or even market panics Sprint Emergency Response Team ensures customers and financial firms can continue to communicate. ; Advanced Trading; Bank Systems & Technology; cell; disaster response; emergency response team; ERT; Insurance & Technology; Insurancetech; insurancetech_home; Nextel Direct Connectñ; Rachel Alt-Simmons; Sat COLT; satellite; sprint; TowerGroup; Wall Street & Technology; For Penn National Insurance, moving to an enterprise-wide document on demand model meant rigorous due diligence before selecting HP Exstream.; Bill Jenkins; document management; Exstream Software; hp; HP Exstream; Insurance & Technology; Insurancetech; Penn National Insurance; soa; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Automated document management provides benefits both to Unum and to its customers. For Unum, document management improves efficiency and for customers, document management makes it easier to do business with the insurer. ; document management; Exstream Software; hp; Insurance & Technology; Insurancetech; Kathy Owen; soa; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Unum; CSC introduces POINT IN J, a Java-based policy administration system that has wide-spread appeal both to legacy insurers and to new entrants to the insurance industry. POINT IN J heralds a new era of policy admin systems. ; Chad Hersch; csc; Insurance & Technology; Insurancetech; java; Novarica; Pete Shulte; Phil Ehlen; POINT IN J; Ray August; Roger Rudell; Solaris Connect 2008; Sun Microsystems; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Insurance & Technology talks to several Microsoft partners about the challenges they face and the benefits of partnering with Microsoft.; Acord LOMA; Insurance & Tech; Insurance & Technology; Insurancetech; microsoft; real-time information; IBM's Jamie Bisker, Insurance Leader, Institute for Business Value, and Mark McLaughline, Director of Insurance Global Team talk about componentization and globalization, customer driven business models, Web 2.0 solutions, and IBM research.; Acord LOMA; ibm; Insurance & Tech; Insurance & Technology; Insurancetech; Jamie Bisker; mark mclaughlin; TechWeb; Carriers Have Many Ways Of Making Agents More Effective ; Insurancetech; management-strategies; By adopting green computing principles, financial services firms can reduce energy consumption in the data center. However, becoming environmentally is not just a tech issue -- it's also an important business issue. ; achieving ROI; cooling consumption; data center; energy efficiency; green computing; improve operational efficiency; Insurancetech; power consumption; reduce energy consumption; ..; Insurancetech; IBM's Director of Insurance Business Solutions, Richard Hoehne discusses technology innovation, balancing customer satisfaction with operational efficiency, industry standards and green initiatives.; Acord LOMA; ibm; innovation; insurance; Insurance & Technology; Insurance Innovation; Insurancetech; Rick Hoehne; Straight Through Processing; Techweb TV; Linda Dodson, AVP, E-Business Manager, Chubb, speaks with Insurance & Technology Executive Editor Anthony OÕDonnell ; Acord LOMA; Insurancetech; Take a video tour of Aviva USA's island in Second Life, an online, virtual world that the insurer is leveraging to reach and recruit younger agents.; Insurancetech; BA Scott, AVP, New York Life; Deb Smallwood, co-founder, Smallwood Maike Associates; Frank Neugebauer, senior enterprise architect, ACORD; and Anthony OÕDonnell, Executive Editor, Insurance & Technology; ACORD; Insurancetech; Alvito Vaz, IT Director, Progressive Group, speaks with Kathy Burger, Editorial Director, Insurance & Technology; Insurancetech; The HartfordÕs Keven Busque, VP of automation technology services, and D. Michael OÕConnor, CIO, Small Commercial Insurance, about business continuity planning (BCP) strategies and business drivers at The Hartford; Insurancetech; Accelerate your market speed using today's next-gen policy administration solutions; Insurancetech; ACORD LOMA Forum 2007; Acord LOMA; Insurancetech; 8 industry executives were recognized at Insurance & Technology's 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony.; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Bill Jenkins, Vice President and CIO of Penn National Insurance, is one of Insurance & Technology's Elite 8. Bill was recognized at the 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony.; Bill Jenkins; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; Penn National Insurance; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Jeff Carlson, Executive Vice President and CIO of AIG American General is one of Insurance & Technology's Elite 8. Jeff was recognized at the 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony.; AIG American General; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; Jeff Carlson; TechWeb; Techweb TV; John Golden, Executive Vice President and CIO of CNA is one of Insurance & Technology's Elite 8. John was recognized at the 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony.; CNA; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; John Golden; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Akhil Tripathi, Senior VP and CIO of Harleysville Insurance, is one of Insurance & Technology's Elite 8. Akhil was recognized at the 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony. ; Akhil Tripathi; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Harleysville Insurance; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Charles Cornelio, CIO and SVP of shared services at Lincoln Financial Group is one of Insurance & Technology's Elite 8. Chuck could not attend the 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony. His colleague, Tricia Blair, filled in for him.; Charles Cornelio; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; Lincoln Financial Group; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Tricia Blair; Raymond Voelker, CIO at Progressive Insurance, is one of Insurance & Technology's Elite 8. Ray was recognized at the 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony.; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; Progressive Insurance; Raymond Voelker; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Linda Squires, the Senior Executive of Operations and Information Systems at North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. is one of Insurance & Technology's Elite 8. Linda was recognized at the 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony.; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; Linda Squires; North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Stephen K. Wiggins, the Executive Vice President and CIO at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina , is one of Insurance & Technology's Elite 8. Steve was recognized at the 10th annual Elite 8 awards ceremony.; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina; Elite 8; Elite 8 awards ceremony; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit; Stephen Wiggins; TechWeb; Techweb TV; Rick Roy, CIO of CUNA Mutual Group and former recipient of the Elite 8 award, joined us at the Insurance & Technology Summit 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. ; CUNA Mutual Group; Elite 8; Fritz Nelson; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit 2008; Rick Roy; Alan Hoffman, the Senior Enterprise Architect at MetLife, joined us at the Insurance & Technology Summit 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. Fritz Nelson caught up with Alan to talk to him about the innovative things MetLife is doing.; Alan Hoffman; Elite 8; Fritz Nelson; innovation; Insurance & Technology; Insurance & Technology Executive Summit 2008; Metlife;