White Papers for Insurance Technology and Administration Software

• Futures Trading – What is it?

  Basic components of futures trading and why you may want to consider adding futures to your investment or trading plan

• REVAMPING YOUR HR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT TO COMPLY WITH COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS

  With the robust framework of DynaFile’s scan to cloud HR document management solution, your organization can overcome these hurdles and leverage the power of instant and secure reporting that provides actionable insights.

• Whistleblower Hotline Poster

  Business-owners are beginning to understand the many benefits that come with implementing a whistleblower hotline. If used correctly, it improves office safety, reduces risk and saves money. But, what good is a whistleblower hotline if no one knows about it? To help raise office awareness, we...

• Electronic Document Management: Capture the Benefits

  Today, it’s hardly a secret that EDMS (Electronic Document Management Systems) deliver significant monetary savings and numerous other advantages over the use and maintenance of hard copy records. Consequently, you can bet that any company or firm looking to expand profitability and viability...

• Technology Independence

  Technology, you can’t live without it, but how do you keep up with it without breaking the bank? It’s the age old issue that companies continue to face; only today technology is evolving at an ever faster pace....So the question remains, how do you develop your life insurance sales applications...

• Opportunity Cost of Retaining Legacy Systems

  Opportunity Cost -- The "cost" of selecting one alternative is the benefit foregone from the next best alternative. While the insurance industry was a leader in adopting technology in the early days of software, it has fallen behind in maintaining the lead. The percentage of companies still...

• How XML Helps Improve Supplier Efficiency

  XML helps improve supplier efficiency by enabling electronic document exchanges with customers, providing a technology friendly interface with suppliers’ in-house systems, and increasing reliability.

• Why Just Insure When You Can Ensure? Moving From Insurance to Holistic, Dynamic Risk Management

  If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. The wisdom of this old adage is just as applicable in risk management as it is in life where the tool that organizations fixate most on is insurance. Once this fixation sets in, every risk issue (right or wrong) begins to...

• Guidelines for Claims Management System Selection

  Selecting a new claim system can be an intimidating task due to the risks involved in going with the wrong choice. The complexity of the evaluation process requires an understanding of technology, change management, licensing and support options among others. I’ve worked for big 5 consulting,...

• Growth Speed Agility and Profitability ... Oh My!

  The past two years have shaken the historical assumptions underpinning insurance and business models. The "Great Recession" has exposed underlying issues within the P&C insurance industry which are contributing to a lack of underwriting profitability which has proliferated in the industry for...

• Making Strategic and Wise Investments for Policy Administration & Other Systems

  By Deborah Smallwood, principal with the consultancy Strategy Meets Action (SMA). This research paper covers SMA's framework for the breadth of technology functions that an insurance company needs and how today's technology enables a range of options from one-vendor-for-each-function...

• The Transformative Economics of Professional Open Source on Business Intelligence Technology

  Business intelligence (BI) is a well-established and generally well-known software category that spans a wide range of functional capabilities. Specific definitions will vary from customer to customer and vendor to vendor, but most will agree that business intelligence typically refers to the...

• Do you know your chemical footprint?

  Addressing domestic and global regulatory issues for chemicals along with having a chemical data management strategy are critical components to a complete risk management model in the industry. With the increase in regulations from agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, it has...

• Consolidating and Automating Policy Administration and Underwriting

  Time and again, risk managers and underwriters experience a very real pain – the pain of using dozens to hundreds of different data sources (Excel spreadsheets, Access databases and paper) to perform policy administration, underwriting, and exposure tracking. And the pain continues when they try...