Technology

Agents Council for Technology Releases Agency Cyber Guide

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 2, 2017—The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has released the ‘Agency Cyber Guide 1.0’ which addresses cybersecurity regulations and provides…

Autonomous/Crash-Avoidance Vehicles

Industry Maturity Index: ‘Now’, and ‘Short-term’(1-2 years) Why this is important: The ACT Changing Nature of Risk workgroup feels that Autonomous Vehicles overall – including the early-phase subset of Collision…

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Virtualization

Industry Maturity Index: ‘Now’,‘Short-term’(1-2 years), and ‘Long-term’ (3-7 years or more) Why this is important: Virtualization (Automation) will impact theinsurance industry by allowing agencies, carriers, and clients in otherindustries to…

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Big “I” Markets Offers New Cyber Product for Small Businesses

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 19, 2017—Big “I” Markets (BIM), a division of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”), has expanded its small commercial offerings…

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Blockchain

Industry Maturity Index: ‘Future‘ Why this is important: As digital transformation takes hold, traditional business models will be challenged with new technologies. Blockchain is one of the digital technologies starting…

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Big “I” Presents Company Partners Best Practices Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2017—The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) today presented Applied Systems, Central Insurance Companies, EMC Insurance Companies and Travelers Insurance…

Voice Computing

Industry Maturity Index: ‘Short-term (1-2 years)‘ Why this is important: The ACT Changing Nature of Risk workgroup feels that Voice Computing, also known as Conversational Computing is the next major…

NetVU Presents ACT Leader with Professional Award

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 30, 2017—Ron Berg, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Agents Council for Technology (ACT) executive director, is the recipient of the NetVU’s 2017 ‘Wade S. Dunbar…

Whitepaper: Privacy & Data Breach Language for Insurance Company Agency Agreements

Insurance company agency agreement wording for both Property Casualty agents and Group Health agents require unequivocal compliance with all current state and federal privacy and data breach response laws. Failure…

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