Business Change vs. System Change: The Slippery Slope
(Wouldn’t It Be Nice If…) Wouldn’t it be nice if vendor product administration systems could be configured to your exact specifications, screen designs, workflow, automation, and include flick of a...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons for System Implementation Failure
Insurance carriers are not typically custom development or system integration experts – their business is insurance, not software. There are some national carriers that have built their company around...
View ArticleThe Benefits to Insurance Carriers of Automated Workflow Processing
Do you still distribute paper files and mail the old fashioned way? I see this all the time. Even Underwriting departments have people that distribute paper policy files to Underwriters for review of...
View ArticleInsurance litigation in the economic downturn
I heard a report on the news this morning that in a recent survey, lawyers have indicated that they expect a dramatic decrease in business in 2009 and do not anticipate earning income at the same...
View ArticleCan Insurance Help People Go Green?
About two months ago, Google released its latest mobile technological advancement – Latitude. Now everyone with a mobile device (which is just about every living soul over the age of 14) can track, or...
View ArticleBust For Big Three Auto Could Be Boom For Warranty Insurance Companies
With the big three US automakers impacted by the recent recession and becoming very unsteady – closing dealerships, factories, laying off workers, discontinuing lines, and possibly even filing chapter...
View ArticleDo you see the recession as an opportunity or are you panicking?
The Dow was down about 200 points earlier this week – is that bad or good? The Dow has been picking up fairly consistently over the past 6 weeks or so and this is probably just an “adjustment” rather...
View ArticleIs your IT department the last to know?
Remember the last time you needed a real person to give you directions? Some people provided milestones and markers, making it easy to find your way. Others were a lot more vague and in the end, not...
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