Agency Technology

The problem insurance carriers face when they wish to do business with independent agents is that the agents are exactly that: independent.

The advent of the data mining discipline allows actuaries to leverage the use of more advanced techniques and overcome data obstacles.

Insurance professionals have another online spot for engaging in conversation about insurance, technology and related topics.

Insurance-related keywords result in 24 percent of Google’s AdWords revenue, more than any other search term, according to a WordStream study. Search terms using the word "claim" came in at No. 10.

Learn how to insure clients against privacy losses when dealing with hackers, identity thieves and lawsuits.

Protect your business from risks related to social networking

You may have seen the pictures from a baseball game played last week by the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The two teams went 19 innings and played for over six hours before the Braves won thanks to one of the more egregious umpiring calls in recent years.

We haveliterally at our fingertipsaccess to a dizzying array of smart phones, iPads, apps, cloud computing, interactive software. Our only dilemma seems to be choosing the right technology at the right time.