Key Senate Democrats said on Thursday the cost of their plan to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system has dropped to $611 billion over a decade, a figure they hope will help draw wider bipartisan support in Congress.
Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy and Christopher Dodd, who are leading the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee’s efforts [...]
ISCS, a leading provider of P&C policy administration systems, is pleased to announce its new Web 2.0 state-of-the-art direct-to-consumer (DTC) personal auto policy quoting, purchase, and issuance product as an addition to the standard feature set of SurePower Innovation, the company’s comprehensive SOA insurance automation solution.
Property and casualty insurance companies need to automate critical business [...]
Thunderhead, recognized innovators in document automation and multi-channel communications solutions, today announced that SafeAuto® Insurance Company has selected the Thunderhead NOW platform to streamline the creation and delivery of customer communications across the enterprise.
SafeAuto provides personal auto insurance on a consumer-direct basis exclusively through online and telephone distribution channels. The company specializes in providing low-cost, [...]
The SOA Consortium™announced that a podcast and slide deck of the presentation by JP Morgenthal, EA, SOA, BPM & Cloud Computing Strategist on “Disassembling the SOA & BPM Relationship,” recorded at the March 2009 meeting of the SOA Consortium in Washington, D.C. are now available. To access the podcast, visit http://www.soa-consortium.org/pr-dc-jpm.
JP Morgenthal gave a provocative [...]
Instant issuance is a phenomenon many banks already embrace. It offers a flexible way of issuing cards and services to new and existing clients and offers increased service levels with a decrease of fraud and costs.
But good can always be better. We truly believe that instant issuing at localized branches could be improved in many [...]
In the January 3, 2009 Fiesta Bowl Parade, Farmers Arizona will soar to new heights!
A Farmers Insurance Group of Companies-sponsored float or balloon has been in the annual Fiesta Bowl Parade for over 15 years. This year a new customized car-balloon will fly in the Parade, sponsored by Farmers Arizona and proudly displaying the Farmers [...]
A 2008 survey, undertaken on behalf of Atradius, the leading global credit insurer, by the Economist Intelligence Unit, shows that the countries of Latin America continue to be attractive markets for businesses looking for opportunities to expand their sales, as their traditional markets are becoming increasingly crowded.
Over half of those surveyed (53%) said that their [...]
More than 500 of the top business minds in the world discussed, debated and collaborated in Orlando last week about how to engage in a successful, sustainable, environmentally conscious business in the wake of the current global economic slowdown as HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL) hosted its fourth-annual Global Customer Meet. Dubbed Unstructure 2008, the concept [...]
The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (“USASBE”), the leading non-profit national organization dedicated to training the next generation of entrepreneurs and supporting the vital entrepreneur sector of our nation’s economy, has announced its keynote speaker line-up for its 2009 conference “Advancing Entrepreneurship”.
The keynote speakers will be five prominent venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and [...]
For the eighth consecutive year, Aflac will introduce a new plush duck for the holidays. The Aflac Holiday Duck will be available starting November 1 at participating Macy’s department stores and online at www.aflacholidayduck.com . Proceeds from the sale of the Holiday Duck go toward helping children with pediatric cancer in the area where the [...]
