The E-Fusion Podcast

EFusion Presentation: Towers Perrin's "CATography"

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Wed, Oct 21 2009 12:00:00 EST

Towers Perrin's "CATography" is a comprehensive catastrophe exposure management system which helps insurers manage their exposure to risk with precision and evaluate how new risks will impact existing portfolios. Insurers like United Fire Group have been able to use the system to implement a catastrophe risk and claims management strategy custom-tailored for its organization. Speakers include: David R. Langon of Towers Perrin, Kevin Lewin of Abacus Insurance Brokers, Jaimie Pickles of Canal Partners, Patricia Saporito of SAP, and Paul Tinnirello and Lee McDonald of the A.M. Best Company.

EFusion Presentation: Capitol Insurance Companies, Cap Online Producer Functionality Project

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Thu, Oct 8 2009 12:00:00 EST

Capitol Insurance Cos. demonstrates the operations and development of their Cap Online 3 Producer Functionality project. Speakers include: Alan Ogilvie and Jeanne Smith of Capitol, John Black of Axiom Insurance Managers, Steve Franklin of Wyde, Kevin Lewin of Abacus Insurance Brokers, Jaimie Pickles of Canal Partners, Patricia Saporito of SAP, and Paul Tinnirello and Lee McDonald of the A.M. Best Company.

E-Fusion Presentation: The Payback of the Information Dashboard

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Thu, Jan 25 2009 12:00:00 EST

The benefits of strict information management are huge, but so are the risks. Becoming too dependent on simplistic information can be limiting. Learn how insurers are refining their information-collection and management systems to build internal guidance systems that boost productivity. Presenters include: Patricia Saporito of Business Objects, a SAP company; Mark Allaben of The Hartford Insurance Group.

E-Fusion Finalist Presentation: Allied North America: Contractor Portal - mySocrates

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Tue, Nov 25, 2008 12:00:00 EST

mySocrates is a major initiative to unify people, process and information at Allied NA. By utilizing portal technology and creating smart places for employees, customers and partners to connect with data, systems and each other, Allied NA intended business process transparency, improved communications and collaboration across the extended enterprise. Innovative applications will provide a user experience not available anywhere within the industry positioning Allied NA as a technological leader in risk management for the construction industry.

E-Fusion Presentation: Building A Knowledge-Based Insurance Organization

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Tue, Nov 25, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Insurers are automating processes and storing all the data they can, but knowledge escapes retention with each major retirement. We’ll explore the ways organizations are building smarter workforces and how savvy technologists are educating themselves and their teams for 21st century competition.

Is the Web Out of Control?

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Mon, Nov 17, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Social networking, instant communications, blogging: They’re all important but huge threats to corporate security and consistent delivery of strategy. Managed poorly, these technologies can become strains on productivity. Hear how companies use communication technology to their advantage and reach customers they might never have otherwise.

E-Fusion Finalist No. 2: The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies: F3 Internet Quoting Application

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Tue, Nov 11, 2008 12:00:00 EST

F3 is an insurance quoting application designed for consumers who want to purchase their insurance directly from the company via the Internet. It uses a Flash interface to collect consumer inputted data and provide an accurate car insurance rate. Dan Gehrmann of Progressive presents.

E-Fusion Finalist Presentation No. 1: American Family's Teen Safe Driver Program

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Mon, Nov 3, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Rick Fetherston, William Westrate and Deborah Brancel of American Family Insurance Co. demonstrate and explain the insurer's "Teen Safe Driver" program. In the program, families place video recorders and transmitters in the vehicles of their young drivers. Much of the early value of the program has been its marketing impact, but it may eventually have value by helping with underwriting and claims.

E-Fusion Presentation 3: John Pogas, Jaimie Pickles & Brian Ocheltree on Value-Centric E-Commerce

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Mon, Oct 27, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Selling insurance is unlike selling anything else and best new e-commerce practices reflect that. We'll discuss how marketing employs, pushes and trumps technology to better the online insurance-shopping experience. See where outside vendors fit in and how an insurer can make certain that e-commerce initiatives continue to reinforce the brand. Presenters include John Pogas of Aon Corp.; Jaimie Pickles of Canal Partner LLC; Brian Ocheltree of DoublePositive. Hosts: Paul Tinnirello and Lee McDonald.

E-Fusion Presentation 2: Glen Daraskevich and Barry Rabkin on Technology Based Underwriting

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, Oct 10, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Glen Daraskevich of Karen Clark and Company and Barry Rabkin on Financial Insight discuss the latest developments in high-tech assisted underwriting. Both pay particular attention to location-based technologies. Daraskevich demonstrates some new handheld tools for claims and data collection. Rabkin surveys the landscape for providers offering tools to navigate the new landscape for location-based underwriting. Paul Tinnirello and Lee McDonald host.

Karen Clark and Glen Daraskevich of Karen Clark & Company Discuss Next-Generation Modeling and Underwriting

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, Oct 3, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Risk Modeler Karen Clark has a new company: Karen Clark & Company. She and Senior Vice President Glen Daraskevich discuss their new focus, along with their efforts to better help insurers prepare for and deal with catastrophes, including the use of new metrics and techniques.

E-Fusion Presentation 1: Matt Josefowicz and Jeff Goldberg on Redefining the Economic Value of IT

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Thu, Oct 2, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Matt Josefowicz of Novantas and Jeff Goldberg of Celent review economic trends for insurance technology, including where insurers are allocating resources, which technologies are gaining traction and which are losing, along with the outlook for specialized areas of insurance technology. Paul Tinnirello and Lee McDonald host.

Demonstrating the Economic Value of Insurance Tech

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, Sep 12, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Leading insurance technologists discuss on how technologists can demonstrate the economic return of technology initiatives, despite a difficult economic environment. Members include: Paul C. Tinnirello, EVP & CIO, A.M. Best Company; Sue Langley, director of market operations and North America, Lloyd’s; Craig Weber, senior vice president, Celent; David Boucher, assistant vice president/health care services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina; Craig Simms, senior vice president, VantisLife Insurance Company; and William Jenkins, vice president and chief information officer, Penn National Insurance.

John Pogas of Aon Affinity on Usability for Insurance E-Commerce

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Wed, Sep 10, 2008 12:00:00 EST

John Pogas oversees more than 50 insurance-related websites for Aon Affinity. He shares the latest thinking on e-commerce strategy, usability metrics and why selling insurance online needs to be managed by marketers, not technicians.

Jaimie Pickles of Canal Partner and Brian Ocheltree of DoublePositive on the State of Insurance E-Commerce

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Thu, Sep 4, 2008 12:00:00 EST

E-Commerce veterans Jaimie Pickles and Brian Ocheltree review developments and best practices in presenting insurance. Ocheltree discusses DoublePositive's new approach to converging online inquiries to phone leads.

Pat Saporito of Business Objects on Information Dashboards and Better Claims Management

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Thu, Sep 4, 2008 12:00:00 EST

Pat Saporito, Service Line Leader, Insurance & Healthcare at Business Objects, an SAP company, describes how insurers are getting a better handle on large quantities of internal information. It starts with technology but also involves heavy doses of common sense and management skills.

2007 E-Fusion Award Recipient Announcement

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Wed, Nov 7, 2007 12:00:00 EST

Paul Tinnirello, Lee McDonald, William Jenkins, Patricia Saporito, John Pogas, Steve Landberg and Mike Wise review the 2007 E-Fusion Award finalist presentations. And the recipient is ...

E-Fusion Award Presentation No. 5 - Paul Budde, Jon M. Gohr and Doug Olson Demonstrate Benfield's ExposureView Project

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Wed, Oct 31, 2007 12:00:00 EST

Benfield's Paul Budde, Jon M. Gohr and Doug Olson present ExposureView, an internally developed policy mapping tool that it makes available to its primary insurance clients.

E-Fusion Award Presentation No. 4 - Dan Maurer and Robert Dearman Demonstrate Curian Capital's Simplified Proposal Process

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Thu, Oct 25, 2007 12:00:00 EST

Dan Maurer and Robert Dearman explain Curian Capital LLC's Simplified Proposal Process platform allows financial professionals to better work with separately managed accounts by allowing the opening of accounts, customized proposals, suitability checking and generating marketing proposals.

E-Fusion Award Presentation No. 3 - Mark Harle and Praveen Kotha Demonstrate Marsh's Global Choice Auto Platform

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Thu, Oct 18, 2007 12:00:00 EST

Marsh's Mark Harle, Senior Vice President of Marketing, and Praveen Kotha, Senior Vice President, present the company's Global Choice Auto Platform, which provides personal lines auto insurance programs to clients in numerous U.S. and global market segments.

E-Fusion Award Presentation No. 2 - Frank Pierson and Lester Pierre Demonstrate Holborn Corp.'s Demonstrate 'Eye in the Sky' Risk Exposure Project

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Wed, Oct 10, 2007 12:00:00 EST

Holborn Corp.'s Eye in the Sky is a web-based management information application that provides clients with easy access to their exposure data in graphical and analytical formats.

E-Fusion Award Presentation No. 1 - David Boucher of BlueCross Blue Shield of South Carolina

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Mon, Oct 8, 2007 12:00:00 EST

David Boucher, Assistant Vice President of Health Care Services at BlueCross Blue Shield of South Carolina, explains the business strategy and technology behind the insurer's "Superbill" project.

E-Fusion Podcast: Reaching Out With Abacus

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Tue, Aug 7, 2007 12:00:00 EST

Darren Lewin of Abacus Insurance Brokers, a Los Angeles-based retail and wholesale brokerage, on the Abacus Platform for insurance placement, and the impact of their involvement in the E-Fusion Awards. It has since grown to encompass more types of coverage and lines of business.

E-Fusion Podcast: Introducing the 2007 E-Fusion Award

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, Jun 15, 2007 12:00:00 EST

Paul Tinnirello and Lee McDonald explain the format, timing and criteria for the 2007 E-Fusion Award. This year the award will be judged as an online event.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 15

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, Nov 17, 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Thomas Brown and Niki Arena of E-Claim.com, recipient of the 2006 E-Fusion Award in the category of claims management. E-Claim experienced the perils of catastrophe management firsthand last year when they had to abandon their own headquarters during Hurricane Katrina, yet managed to run their system and grow their business.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 14

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Mon, Oct 14, 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Penn National CIO William Jenkins on effective IT presentations. Jenkins, a judge for the E-Fusion Awards, also describes how those principles apply to making an effective and memorable awards presentation.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 13

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, Oct 13, 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with George Davis, a vice president with AIR, discusses the importance of insurance-to-value, as well as ways to achieve and maintain it. In 2004, New York Central Mutual won an A.M. Best E-Fusion Award for its implementation of ISO HomeValue, the web-based property replacement valuation system developed by AIR and ISO.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 12

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Mon, Oct 9, 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Clinton Libbey of Harvard Design and Mapping, a division of First American Real Estate Services, on managing claims by coordinating weather and catastrophe data with insurer underwriting records.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 11

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Mike Bondura of Robert.E. Nolan Co. on insurers' use of wireless technology.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 10

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with researcher Matt Josefowicz of Celent on the changing landscape for insurance technology providers.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 9

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Craig Bedell of MapInfo on the importance of location-based intelligence.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 8

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Rick Gilman of ACORD on online video and other multimedia communication.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 7

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Jaimie Pickles, EVP, InsWeb Corp., on the future of insurance on the Web.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 6

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Alex Letts, chief executive of RI3K, the London-based online insurance and reinsurance risk marketplace.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 5

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST

A discussion about claims technology with Randy Wheeler, CEO of Valley Oak Systems.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 4

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Wed, 2 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with Pat Saporito of Business Objects Americas on how insurers are revamping to better utilize their own information.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 3

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST

Interview with David Johnson and Tony Shepse of Availity.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 2

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST

Update on E-Fusion Conference; interview with Larry Cowles and Denise Szczebak of MassMutual's corporate podcasting team.

E-Fusion Podcast Episode No. 1

e-Fusion@ambest.com (A.M. Best Company) — Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EST

Conference agenda; E-Fusion Award details; Interview with Igor Best-Devereux, CEO of eReinsure