How Old Is The SEMCI Debate? Would You Believe 35+ Years?

New information has been unearthed that puts the age of the much-publicized debate over single-entry transactions between independent agents and carriers at nearly 36 years.

According to a letter from none other than former U.S. presidential contender H. Ross Perot (then with Electronic Data Systems Corporation in Dallas), EDS was offering to fund the design, development and implementation of "a Universal Terminal System to meet the needs of the Property and Casualty Companies and the Independent Agents."

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