January 2011

Tech Decisions: PAS or Play?

"Argo Group has grown significantly through acquisitions over the past ten years, collecting a number of PAS systems along the way. The company sought a PAS solution that it could use as a going-forward platform for policy administration systems consolidation. However, the legacy platforms at its disposal were inflexible and ill suited to handle growth goals. In an enterprise initiative, Argo Group selected Instec’s quicksolver software for all its major standard commercial lines of business that require bureau content. In October 2010, nine months after project kickoff, rollout was completed for Argo Group’s business owners, commercial package, commercial auto, and workers’ compensation product lines in all states, as well as for the AARS division." Read More>>

April 2010

ProgramBusiness.com: New Applications Enrich User Experience, Improve Productivity

"The basic theory behind the web initially was accessibility. With a simple browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.), you can be anywhere in the world and log-on to the web and access thousands of sites. This works real well for many things – such as ordering products from sites such as Amazon or eBay. Over time, the web evolved into an interactive and collaborative platform as demonstrated by Facebook where you can modify content; the underlying technology at work was transforming what were once static, brochure-type sites into immersive and interactive user experiences." Read More>>

June 2009

Tech Decisions: Ready for Replacement?

"Commercial lines P&C carrier Western World Insurance Group is in the process of replacing a 20-year-old policy administration system built on a midrange platform that is 'highly customized,' according to Thad DeBerry, the company's senior vice president of IT. The company chose the quicksolver platform from Instec as the basis to begin a policy administration upgrade." Read More>>