Digital distribution

Boston-based research and advisory firm, launches a new service dedicated to the Indian financial services space.

Insurance Networking News would like to congratulate the following select number of nominees, whose innovation deserves special recognition. Watch for their stories in upcoming issues of Insurance Networking News and online at www.insurancenetworking.com.

INN is proud to present the 2009 INNovator Awards, recognizing key advances in the use of technology and practices in the insurance industry.

While Web apps are a critical part of many insurers’ business strategies, there needs to be better, more systematic approaches to addressing potential performance issues.

Insurers would be wise to keep tabs on addressable television advertising, which uses financial and cable company data to generate targeted TV commercials.

Online insurance quoting system designed to enable end-to-end trace and analysis of transactions to pinpoint problems as they move through application topologies across the network.

In this age of tight markets and a floundering economy, some are suggesting that carriers take all their sales in-house, but will that happen?

Carriers are sending more than 41,000 claims download transactions per month using IVANS communications platform.

Changes to the insurer's wholesaling model are a result of distributors' desires, and the opportunity to increase its sales of investment, annuity and guaranteed-income products.

Colony Term UL is designed to meet the needs of term buyer market.

A lack of funding for IT and eBusiness initiatives, channel conflicts and confusion about the role of social networking also plague overseas insurers.

Deal melds policy administration and Web-based distribution technologies.

The insurer's retirement services division recorded a 76% increase in nonprofit retirement plan sales in the first 10 months of 2009 when compared with 2008.

Aon, Marsh and Willis agree to support endorsement exchange based on ACORD standards.

The new model introduces additional hybrid wholesalers in order to ensure advisors have access to all solutions, including annuities, mutual funds and guaranteed income products.

Producers’ status affects unique preferences, and shapes business plans, notes Mintel Compermedia.

Program administrators and managing general agents are interested in growing through acquisition—in other PAs/MGAs and carriers, according to a recent survey.

IIABA study finds that buyers foregoing savings when purchasing insurance.

Vendor offers up to 300 consulting hours for insurance companies through HP Exstream Competitive Switch Program

In the past five years, BB&T Insurance developed a network of agencies in both the Orlando and Tampa-St. Petersburg areas.