Insurance Networking News: Executive Strategies for Technology Management

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Articles in February, 2007 issue of Insurance Networking News: Executive Strategies for Technology Management

• Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Gap?(Insurance industry)
• Once Can Be Enough When Entering Data: Farmers Mutual of Nebraska has eliminated a time-consuming step in claims estimating.
  by Burns, Carrie
• Putting Silos Out to Pasture: Relatively new laws allow combinations of life, annuity and long-term care. Expect a frenzy of product introductions.
  by Kendrick, Stephen
• News Briefs.(nationwide health information network )(www.nuestrobien.com)
• Deadly Pandemic May Close Down The Unprepared: A forward thinking logistics and technology plan can keep a carrier operating even during a deadly, long-term influenza pandemic.
  by McKinley, Ed
• Disposal Questions.(Electronic Industries Alliance launches web site for helping customers to know about the usage of electronics)(Brief article)
• Solutions.
• News Briefs.(National Association of Insurance Commissioners' code of ethics for insurance industry)(Baljit Dail promoted)(LIMRA International and LOMA merger)
• IT Asset Management: Aging Techno Marvels Sometimes Defy Disposal.
  by Burns, Carrie
• IT Best Practices: With Help from ITIL, Business Comes First.(Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
  by McKinley, Ed
• News Briefs.(American International Group Inc. formed centralized-Customer Link And Information Management)(Lloyd's of London)
• Communicating in Real Time: State-of-the-art, comprehensive enterprise communications can help keep customers satisfied, while reducing time to market.
  by Keene, Neal
• News Briefs.(Business process management suites)(email management)
• State of SOA Governance.
• Special Report: What Other Industries Can Teach Carriers: It isn't stealing, honest. Insurers are learning from innovations currently in play in manufacturing, banking and other markets.(W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.)
  by McKendrick, Joe
• It Isn't That Simple.(Property and casualty insurance)
  by Speer, Pat
• Solutions.(IPLocks Inc. launches IPLocks database security and compliance solution version 6.0.)(TerreStar Network Inc. and CGI Group Inc. form partnership)
• Who's Buying What: Recent deals for technology software and services.(Canal Insurance Co. and Trumbull Services in agreement)(U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. deploys Skywire Software's Policyware)(Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan Inc. and Magic Software Enterp
• A Matter Of Focus.(Safety Insurance Group Inc.)
• Ad Index For February 2007.(advertisements)(Website list)(Brief article)
• Solutions.(Adobe Systems Inc. introduced Adobe Acrobat Connect software)(RPost and SettlementRoom in agreement )(Brief article)
• SOA: IT Fountain of Youth?: Service-oriented architecture can bring out the best in legacy systems.(Andy Labrot of Innovation Group Ltd.)(Interview)
• Information SWAT Team: For the newly named business information group at Hartford Life, turning data into actionable information is more than a rescue and recovery effort: it's a step toward profitable growth.(Planco)
  by Speer, Pat
• ASPs Finding New Markets, Overcoming Old Objections: Application service providers aren't just for the little guys any more. Carriers use ASPs to cut costs and reduce time to market.
  by Mueller, Bob
• Solutions.(partnership of NAFCU Services Corp. and BioPassword Inc.)(XAware Inc. introduced XA-Suite 4.3)(Brief article)