Our Blog
We’re insurance experts and insurance-technology experts, if we do say so ourselves. So, we think we’ve earned the right to have opinions here and there. And we believe we should share those opinions with the people in the industry we serve. That’s why we created this blog. We want to share what we know and what we’ve seen. We want to share what works and what doesn’t. We want to give you the benefit of our experience so you don’t have to come by your experience the hard way. Most important, we want you to think of us — and this blog — as a resource. Please come back often. There’s no telling what you’ll find on any given visit. But we’ll do our level best to ensure it has value to you, to the industry, and to the work in which we all share, one way or the other.
Young Guns
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer For years, the insurance industry was slow to adopt new technology. It was no secret and not just insurance. All financial services were behind the curve when it came to technology. But in the last few...
Integrations
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer Who’s going to lead your integration projects? If you work in insurance technology and haven’t been touched by integrations, you must be living off-grid somewhere. System integrations are everywhere....
Hosting
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer Are you in the Cloud? If not, you’d better get in the Cloud. All the cool kids are in the Cloud. That’s a good enough reason, isn’t it? If you are in the Cloud, why are you there? What sold you? The...
IT Management
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer You Get (Only) What You Pay For Usage-based insurance (UBI) is currently one of the more popular topics in insurance. (It already has its own abbreviation.) Pretty cool concept. You pay only for what...
Perspective
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer On the Inside Looking Out Things have really changed in insurance technology over the years. Not all that long ago, insurance systems were almost completely internal-facing. They were used only by...
Implementation Support
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer Right This Way Wouldn’t your software implementation benefit from a tour guide? Think about it: When you’re traveling in unknown territory, it’s a great benefit to have a tour guide. Someone who knows...
Optimizing Technology Investments
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer You’re Going to Do What? So let me get this straight. You needed a new policy administration system. Or you wanted a new policy admin system. You were not happy with or were giving up on your previous...
Vendor Neutrality
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer Choose Your Partners Wisely. Most insurance companies that succeed with insurance technology seem to use third parties to help them get the most out of their insurance systems. System integrators,...
Software Testing
By R. Christopher Haines, Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer Software needs to be tested. It’s that simple. Before all the software vendors in the room get in an uproar, that’s not a knock on software vendors. It’s the nature of the beast. Anyone who knows the...
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