In the early 1990s I was scratching out a living as an underwriting manager when my phone rang with one of the most asked questions in our industry: "What does my credit score have to do with my car insurance rates?"
Insurance mergers and acquisitions may be down and out, but they're not dead. New independent agency and private equity-funded buyers drove the deals, especially in the second half of 2009.
One of the challenges insurance technology leaders dealt with over the past year was to create better transparency as IT helped its business partners deal with the economic realities of 2009.
With a health care reform bill already passed by the House earlier this month, and with the Senate giving the green light to debate its own very different proposal after Thanksgiving, it looks like legislation might yet be passed after all.
In a year when most are satisfied with holding their own in a sinking economy, the Applied Systems Client Network reported growth in a number of key areas thanks to the resilience of its volunteer members, the user group's outgoing chair says.
As incoming chair of the Applied Systems Client Network, Lisa Parry Becker is targeting more educational opportunities for members and increased engagement at all levels.
In a year when "growth" has meant "flat" and economic recovery remains frail, the fact that almost 1,000 attendees came to Kansas City last week for the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet) TENCon proves the organization's success.
s incoming chair of the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), Lisa Parry Becker, vice president of William B. Parry & Son, Ltd., Langhorne, Pa., is targeting more educational opportunities for members and increased engagement at all levels.
In a year when "growth" has meant "flat" and economic recovery remains frail, the fact that almost 1,000 attended the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet) TENCon here is proof of the organization's success.