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E-Business Position at The Hartford]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210101769&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Decision not to renew contract ends five-year tenure as senior vice president, nine-year executive role at the carrier.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:43:24 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Introduces Prepaid Card for Workers Comp Payments]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210101320&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chase Workers Compensation Debit Card brings efficiencies for insurers, convenience for individuals through a single card that can enable claimants to receive multiple payments. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:30:01 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CTO Mathias Drives Agility at Aetna]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210100715&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Aetna chief technology officer Michael Mathias will focus on the insurer's integrated platform strategy, services-oriented architecture, business process optimization and improved technology delivery. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:10:59 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A With James McGlennon, VP and CIO, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210003826&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty Mutual Agency Markets CIO James McGlennon discusses the status of the Ohio Casualty integration, vendor relationships and IT talent retention.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:50:01 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analytics Key to Proactive Detection and Prevention of Fraud]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210003821&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advancements in technology have made it so that fighting fraud is no longer as closely linked to searching for the proverbial needle in the haystack. The availability of a greater number of tools to insurance companies is changing special investigation units from reactive to proactive organizations. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:43:54 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emerging Technologies Fight Claims Fraud ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210003678&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Industry insiders discuss predictive modeling and other tools allowing SIUs to be more proactive in their fight against claims fraud.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:25:31 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Predictive Analysis Allows Insurers to Stay Ahead of Constantly Evolving Fraudsters]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210003589&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[When used with data mining tools and street investigations, predictive analytics can be among the biggest electronic enemies of the fraud rings that cost insurers tens of billions of dollars annually.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:20:12 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ahmed Named VP of Insurance at CT TyMetrix]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210002935&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faiz Ahmed has been named vice president, insurance at CT TyMetrix.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:51:30 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allstate Names a President of Social Networking]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210000371&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desiree Rogers has been named president of social networking at Allstate Financial.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:00:08 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christopher Maguire Prioritizes IT at Philadelphia Insurance Companies]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210000352&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Newly appointed COO Christopher Maguire will oversee the delivery of straight-through processing and the establishment of manufacturing-standard capabilities in Philadelphia Insurance Companies' IT organization. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:15:08 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flexibility, New Technology Key To Attracting Young IT Workers]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210000328&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insurers are finding that both their technology environments and their working environments are keys to attracting top IT talent from younger generations. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:30:27 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy Admin System Replacement: Insurers Shift Focus From Systems to Functionalities]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209904503&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[The age of monolithic policy admin systems may be over as carriers recognize that capabilities, not systems, create a modern, competitive insurance organization.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:25:06 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carrier Confidential: Liberty Mutual Agency Markets	]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209904452&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty Mutual Agency Markets needs its IT team to continue its strong integration work if it wants its Ohio Casualty and Safeco acquisitions to be successful.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:00:07 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurers&amp;rsquo; Fraud Technology Is Behind the Times]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209904384&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:15:07 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraud Detection and Prevention Starts With Good Data]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209904338&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neural nets, predictive modeling, and other analytic technologies allow insurers to address potential issues proactively.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:30:07 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics Offer Business Lessons for Insurance industry]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209904318&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are likely to be useful lessons about emerging markets, distribution, customer analysis and risk for Insurance company executives following the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:45:08 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Main Street America Group Dumps Legacy Claims Applications for Guidewire]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209903392&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[After attempting to rebuild legacy systems, The Main Street America Group adopts Guidewire's ClaimCenter for streamlined claims management.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:10:09 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EMC Rolls Out New EMC CLARiiON CX4 Series]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209903888&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new series of midrange storage systems is optimized for VMware and other virtual environments.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:16:25 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209903883&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[OpenQuote 1.0, an open-source software, is designed to reduce costs of web enabling quotations for insurance products.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:12:56 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emdeon Business Services Releases Automated Electronic Solution]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.insurancetech.com/feed/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209903882&cid=RSSfeed_IST_All]]></link><description><![CDATA[New solution helps streamline workers' compensation and auto medical bill filing and processing.
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