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Datum nieuwsfeit: 15-09-2008
Insurance Networking News maakt resultaten van het 2008 Innovators Awards programma bekend
( BW)(IL-INSURANCE-NETWORKING) Insurance Networking News Releases
Results of the 2008 Innovators Awards Program
Business Editors/Technology Editors
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2008--Insurance Networking
News magazine, a SourceMedia publication, today released the results
of its 2008 INNovators Award, a special designation intended to
advance the spread of business technology acumen in the insurance
industry.
Nominees for the second annual INNovators program included
insurance carriers, agencies and brokerages. The 2008 winners were
determined to have led or contributed to a business application
innovation or project anywhere in the insurance industry supply chain
that uses technology to successfully drive business impact, technical
impact or the innovation itself.
"From an editorial perspective, it's inspiring to see the depth
and breadth of dynamic and versatile technology innovations that serve
as critical engines moving our industry forward," said Pat Speer,
Editor in Chief of Insurance Networking News.
Winners were determined by a panel of judges representing several
insurance stakeholder communities, including industry
analysts/consultants such as Matthew Josefowicz from New York-based
Novarica, Mark Gorman from Mark B. Gorman & Assoc., Minneapolis, INN's
editors and members of the prestigious INN Board of Advisers.
The following companies are recognized as 2008 INNovators:
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First Place
Pinnacle Life, New Zealand
Online direct-to-consumer sales
(Nominated by Pinnacle Life)
Second Place
Allied North America, Jericho, N.Y.
Online collaboration implementation
(Nominated by Allied North America)
Third Place
Harleysville Insurance, Harleysville, Pa.
Predictive analytics/underwriting solution
((Nominated by Harleysville Insurance)
Runner Up
Cincinnati Insurance Co., Fairfield, Ohio
Claims systems implementation
(Nominated by SAP)
Runner Up
Metropolitan P&C Insurance Co.
Integrated litigation system
(Nominated by Computer Sciences Corp.)
Runner Up
Transamerica Reinsurance
Mortality management system
(Nominated by MajescoMastek)
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"We were pleased to see the number of technology innovations that
support collaboration, as well as those that are dedicated to
increasing their organization's awareness and acceptance--both on the
business and IT side--of emerging technologies that impact the entire
insurance value chain," said Speer. "Congratulations to our
INNovators."
Holli Gronset, Insurance Networking News' Associate Publisher,
remarked, "These winners did not accomplish their INNovations in a
vacuum. Many are dependent on technology solutions and consulting
services to achieve their goals, and those technology providers played
a key role in fostering their successes. Insurance Networking News
would like to congratulate the following TOP 20 select number of
nominees, whose "innovation" deserves special recognition."
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Nominee Nominated By Innovation
Accident
Compensation Corp. FINEOS Claims Center Solution
Solution Center
AIG SAP Implementation
Transaction
Allianz Life TrinTech Reconciliation
Allied North America Online Collaboration
Insurance Brokerage Allied North America Implementation
Sales Management
AON Accenture/Salesforce.com Implementation
Bennion Taylor AMS Services Agency Management System
Cincinnati Insurance
Co. SAP Claims System Solution
Policy
Darwin Professional Processing/Underwriting
Underwriters OneShield Platform
Customer Experience
Esurance Tealeaf Technology
Geico AT&T Contact Center Solution
Harleysville Predictive
Insurance Harleysville Insurance Analytics/Underwriting
The Hartford Bottomline Technologies Legal E-Billing Solution
Infinity P&C Predictive
Insurance Co. SPSS Analytics/Claims
MarineBid Exchange Nationwide Online Auction/Claims
Distribution
Mass Mutual Mgt./Compensation
Financial Group SAP Solution
Metropolitan P&C Integrated Litigation
Insurance Co. CSC System
Texas Health & Life Norvax Online
(Agent) Texas Health & Life Quote/Sales Automation
Online Direct to
Pinnacle Life Pinnacle Life Consumer Sales
Spreadsheet-Based Rating
Southern Risk LLC Pagos System
Transamerica Mortality Management
Reinsurance MajescoMastek System
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The 2008 INNovators program was designed as an educational vehicle
and, as such, Insurance Networking News will publish the winners'
stories as a special supplement that mails with its October issue.
About Insurance Networking News and SourceMedia, Inc.
Insurance Networking News is a trusted source for information on
how technology is being implemented to support insurers' strategic
business objectives, providing insightful analysis of - and case
studies on - how technology is being innovatively utilized to automate
critical processes. Every issue of Insurance Networking News is
written to help senior insurance executives bypass the hype and get to
the heart of resolving industry challenges. Readers rely on carefully
researched content that is both engaging and analytical.
SourceMedia, an Investcorp company, is the pre-eminent provider of
timely and essential market information - including industry news,
analysis, research and insights - for members of the financial
services community, as well as related fields such as accounting and
technology. Through its comprehensive library of professional
publications, suite of industry-standard data applications, and
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CONTACT: Insurance Networking News
A SourceMedia Company
Holli Gronset, 312-983-6178
Associate Publisher
holli.gronset@sourcemedia.com
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