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Baton Rouge, La. - Chance Perry of Vinton, La., has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the Stephen Cavanaugh Scholarship. Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp. (LWCC) established the Stephen W. Cavanaugh Scholarship Fund in 2006 in honor of Cavanaugh's leadership and lasting contributions to the insurance industry in Louisiana. Cavanaugh was LWCC's CEO from the company's inception in 1992 until his resignation in 2006. He was diagnosed in September 2006 with Stage IV pancreatic cancer and died November 15, 2006, at age 55.
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Columbia, S.C. - Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. announced a partnership with ESPN that involves the sole sponsorship for the "one-on-one" match-up analysis to run during ABC's college basketball game of the week each Saturday for the remainder of the regular NCAA season.
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San Mateo, Calif. – While the industry has traditionally viewed billing as a back-office function, Guidewire’s newest version of its BillingCenter product takes advantage of the J3EE standard to enable insurers to move billing front and center, the company reports.
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Competitors from unlikely verticals, a reduction in IT staff, and the ability to clean up data stores and use them to garner business intelligence are but some of the challenges insurers will face through the year 2012.
February 6
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Alpharetta, Ga. – ChoicePoint has resumed its acquiring ways by snapping up Optimal Decisions Group (ODG), an Australian firm that develops analytics and software for the insurance industry.
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Hartford, Conn. — Aetna reports that it has entered into an agreement with Flexible (Flex) Benefit Service Corp., a third-party administrator based in Rosemont, Ill., to provide self-funded HRA (Health Reimbursement Arrangement) administrative services to Aetna’s small group market, with the Aetna HealthFund HRA for Small Group. The agreement with Flex is designed to enable Aetna to support the growing needs of the small group market. The HRA will be available nationally for small group customers (groups with two to 50 employees).
February 4
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Business intelligence constitutes relevant, accurate, timely information that can be used in an integrated fashion.
February 1
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PREFERRED HEALTH CHOOSES SALES AUTOMATION SYSTEM
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E-business has become a critical component of life and health insurers' way of doing business with agents, prospects and policyholders.
February 1
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Its tempting to view STP implementation as an enterprise-scale undertaking, but the best approach may be step-by-step.
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Foresight, and a focus on usability, will help those converting to straight-through processing reap dividends from the process.
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A widening array of solutions is giving carriers more options to backup and safeguard their critical data.
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Insurers need to create the right mix of technology and human interaction to better serve their multi-generational customers.
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Insurers with legacy systems face an uphill battle: find replacements for retiring IT workers or retire their legacy systems.
February 1
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When does an IT project officially become a formal project, worthy of the care and attention of management, with the resources of the organization placed at its disposal?
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New technologies take virtualization to the application and database level, helping it reshape and transcend the data center.
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Hillsdale, N.J. — Despite the ongoing crisis in the real estate industry, MyClosingSPACE.com is making its debut in New York, offering residents across the state the ability to purchase title insurance and mortgage closing services directly online.
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Researchers say India is only just beginning to tap its enormous potential, and stands poised to become a giant in the world economy, with its insurance industry playing a part.
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