Agency Technology

With threats to agents' personal and customer information, cyberspace is the next employers' practices liability exposure

Is there renewed enthusiasm regarding the potential for IT in insurance? Take a look at what insurers have on their drawing boards for the next wave of projects.

A new agent portal that helps small- and mid-size property and casualty insurance companies to compete with large of insurrers has been introduced by Insurance Data Processing, Inc.

Allstate’s plans to consolidate its direct-writer agencies and alter commissions is receiving a lot of negative feedback, including criticism from the executive director of the agent’s association.

More and more auto-insurance buyers are changing their habits and going direct to such carriers as GEICO and Progressive. This presents a big technology challenge to independent agents and the companies that distribute through them.

Managing general agents (MGA) face the daunting technology challenge of having to act as a data go-between with all the many groups with which they have relationships—so their focus remains on the basics, not next-generation technology.

The majority of first time auto insurance buyers now turn to the internet for a quote, bypassing traditional local agents or call centers, a J.D. Power and Associates report says.

OneShield, Inc., the developer of OneShield Dragon, a policy management solution, announces a strategic partnership with Brovada Technologies, which enable the integration of their insurance-focused products.