Be Aggressive: How Insurance Executives Can Fight Back Against Increasing Costs, Risk and Fraud by Analyzing All of Their Data [ Source: Trillium Software ]

March 2013- Despite investments in the latest claims management systems, data warehouses and analytical tools, you are overlooking valuable information hidden away in free form text fields such as claims adjuster notes and documents in electronic formats such as PDFs.

This white paper demonstrates how insurance companies can access and analyze the 50%+ of your claims data that is just out of reach.

• Reduce annual claims and LAE costs by millions of dollars<...

Is Your Claims Management System Falling Short of Expectations? [ Source: Trillium Software ]

February 2013- After investing millions of dollars and countless hours over multiple years to implement, is your claims management system providing the information and analytical capabilities that you need?

By analyzing adjuster notes and content in electronic documents - the 50%+ of information that is often overlooked by a claims management system - you can gain unprecedented insight into your claims operations.

Read this paper and learn how to leverage this information to reduce ...

Achieving Technology Self-Sufficiency Requires a Marathon, Not a Sprint [ Source: Sapiens ]

February 2013- As insurers work to achieve self-sufficiency, they need to proceed with eyes wide open. They should be well prepared, and take stock of both their organization, and the vendor's organization and solution offering.

The Best-of-Class Financial Systems Strategy: An Alternative to ERP Platforms [ Source: UNIT4 CODA, Inc. ]

November 2012- This white paper features insight from the UNIT4 group (which includes the CODA Financials software suite) about the issues facing companies that need an adaptable financial system but not necessarily a full-blown enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.

Also featured in this white paper: TEC's suggestions for identifying financial system functionality that will support your organization's changing processes. The latter portion of this white paper includes a descriptive checklist for soliciting such information about ...

Driving New and Organic Growth: Identify and Capitalize on Enterprise Leads and Referrals [ Source: NexJ ]

November 2012- More and more, multi-line insurance organizations are focusing on driving revenue opportunities through leads, referrals and enterprise cross-selling. As a result, the lead and referral management paradigm has expanded beyond traditional lead generation methods to include new opportunities derived by mining existing customer bases for cross line of business and cross-product leads and referrals.

Download the whitepaper, Driving New and Organic Growth:Identify and Capitalize on Enterprise Leads and Referrals, and learn how ...

Insurance Carriers: Here's Your Clear Path For Growth [ Source: Vertafore ]

November 2012- Straight from the horse's mouth: The following infographic presents expansion bottlenecks, resource restraints, strategic influencers, & a toolkit for success around transforming Producer Lifecycle Management, as offered by other insurance companies hoping to elevate Producer Lifecycle Management to a strategic initiative.

Bottom line? To achieve growth objectives, carriers need to spend more time pursuing strategic initiatives and less time on the tasks and communication required to get and keep their sales channel authorized to ...

The Oracle Insurance Survey: Overcoming IT Hurdles to Success [ Source: Oracle ]

November 2012- New research by Oracle and Insurance Networking News sheds light on insurers struggle to attain agility. This white paper reveals the research findings to illuminate challenges that hinder insurers efforts to meet their business goals.

Company's Annuity Operations Increases Scale and Gains Efficiencies Using Straight Through Process (STP) and Best of Breed platforms [ Source: Oracle ]

November 2012- The "Company" examined in this White Paper is a major financial services firm offering Variable and Fixed Annuity products through six insurance manufacturers, including its own. The Company recognized the need to improve the services they provide to their advisors to spur continued growth, increase annuity product offerings, and simplify the sales process.

The distributor and their insurance partners made a commitment to move toward an automated environment. Together, they improved operations without ...

Accounting for Change: Finance Technology in the Insurance Industry [ Source: UNIT4 CODA, Inc. ]

August 2012- The demands of the insurance industry are high and change happens fast. Insurance companies need business software solutions that can meet those demands simply, quickly and cost effectively.

This paper examines finance technology in the insurance industry and explores effective strategies for insurers to optimize performance, reduce risk and seize new opportunities.

Insurers Gain New Insights with Integrated Process and Content Management [ Source: Perceptive Software ]

July 2012- Most insurance companies realize that their IT infrastructure is one of their most valuable assets. The question is: How can they leverage these systems to improve how they acquire and retain customers, manage risk, attain regulatory compliance and optimize business processes?

The answer is to invest in technologies, such as enterprise content management (ECM), business process management (BPM), business intelligence (BI) platforms and analytical tools.

Property and Casualty's Secret Weapon: Mobile Workforce Management [ Source: ClickSoftware ]

March 2012- Automating mobile workforce management can allow insurers to increase efficiency and improve service levels. When business is tough, that's a great advantage. With customer demands for better service increasing, many insurance providers can find themselves squeezed.

By automating mobile workforce management, companies can achieve a 10 to 20 percent increase in efficiency, freeing money to improve margins while increasing service levels.


This white paper will discuss:
• Customer appointment scheduling
• Automated ...

The Digital Self Service Imperative In the Personal Insurance Industry [ Source: Avoka ]

February 2012- If you support your organization's e-commerce initiatives, you know of critical business transactions that still haven't made it to the Internet. The majority of insurance transactions remain paper-based, despite the fact that customers are increasingly demanding anywhere/anytime interaction for all their needs.

In the wake of explosive growth in HTML 5, smart phones and tablets, consumers now receive world-class digital experiences from retailers, banks, and investment firms. Those experiences are setting insurance customers' ...

Better Business Intelligence for Insurers: Three Ways to Think Differently [ Source: Oracle Insurance ]

January 2012- Why are so few insurers able to realize the vision and capture the value of such a promising technology? And if Bl is so beneficial, why aren't more insurers reaping the benefits? In this strategy brief, we look at the underlying factors that make it difficult to implement Bl and suggest three strategies to think differently about insurance data warehouses. By exploring these possibilities, insurance carriers can gain a better understanding of how ...