Profile of Greg MacSweeney
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Greg MacSweeney is editorial director of InformationWeek Financial Services, whose brands include Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology, Advanced Trading, and Insurance & Technology.
Articles by Greg MacSweeney
posted in October 2001
10/24/2001
With insurance carriers focusing more and more on reducing costs and improving efficiencies, many are turning towards end-to-end processing. However, as a panel of industry executives pointed out at this week's Financial Technology Conference & Expo, straight-through processing (STP) in insurance is no slam dunk.
10/16/2001
Yates uses "thrifty" experience to streamline IT and gain respect of senior management.
10/16/2001
At Prudential Financial, Barbara Koster is working to make IT nimble to respond quickly to customer demands.
10/16/2001
Bob Walters does "more with less" as John Hancock consolidates use of external partners.
10/16/2001
Carriers' call centers proved to be up to the job of handling claims and providing service following the terrorist attacks.
10/10/2001
Zurich Life has named Michael Sladek as director of field Technology services for e-business. He will focus on
developing and implementing field technology initiatives designed to enhance Zurich's distribution channels.
10/10/2001
In order to help the families of employees of Aon and Marsh & McLennan who lost family members during the Sept. 11 attacks, OpenFLEX, Inc., will provide an AIMS-I system to
each of the first five insurers that donates $50,000 or more to aid in the relief for the families that lost loved ones. OpenFLEX will match that amount up to $50,000 per system.
10/3/2001
With budgets being squeezed, the return on investment for IT projects can pay off in the long run.