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Insurers Jump into the e-Signature Ring; As the technical and legal merits of the technology improve, carriers are increasingly implementing to achieve true straight-through processing and a competitive advantage.(Cover Story/e-Signatures)
July 1, 2009... Byline: Daniel Joelson The Fight for acceptance for e-signatures among insurers has been a long and rocky one. Since its inception in the 1990s, a thicket of legal, technological and cultural issues have blocked the technology. Now, with these issues largely resolved, forward-thinking...

A Surgical Approach to Regulatory Reform; Expert says Congress should proceed with caution when revamping regulation of insurance industry.(The most popular content on INN's Web site - InsuranceNetworking.com)
July 1, 2009... Byline: Bill Kenealy Given the enormity of the financial crisis, a predisposition toward bold legislative action among lawmakers seems natural. Yet, a measured, surgical response that takes into account the peculiarities of insurance while recognizing its central place in the financial...

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Portals Ease Issuance of Reinsurance Contracts; Arch Re is employing a Web-based system to ease the manual burden of the insurers with which it works.(Front Office - The latest on customer-facing issues that drive revenue)
July 1, 2009... Byline: Joe McKendrick It's a given that placing business with reinsurers has never been a simple matter; its complexities are the bane of many an insurer. Add the burden the underwriter faces in submitting a facultative risk, only to find that the application does not fit the terms...

BUSINESS ANALYTICS: Analytics Emerge All Around the Enterprise; Insurers are finding new parts of the enterprise suitable for business analytics.(Back Office - Strategies and technologies to boost behind-the-scenes efficiencies)
July 1, 2009... Byline: Bill Kenealy If Data is indeed the lifeblood of insurance companies, one might consider analytics its hemoglobin. While long familiar to central organs such as claims and underwriting, analytics is now making its way to extremities such as marketing and auditing. But a look at the...

FRONT OFFICE SOLUTIONS.(Front Office - The latest on customer-facing issues that drive revenue)
July 1, 2009... WAUSAU Launches Payment Processing Solution WAUSAU Financial Systems (WFS), a Mosinee, Wis., provider of payment and remittance processing solutions, unveiled PremiumWorks, a new solution designed to meet the needs for premium payments to the insurance industry. PremiumWorks is a...