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Profile of Anthony O'Donnell
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Anthony O'Donnell has covered technology in the insurance industry since 2000, when he joined the editorial staff of Insurance & Technology. As an editor and reporter for I&T and the InformationWeek Financial Services of TechWeb he has written on all areas of information technology in the property/casualty, life and health insurance industries, following the trends and issues faced by senior technology executives. In addition to reporting and editorial duties for I&T, O'Donnell also serves as a moderator and speaker at industry events and broadcasts. He began his editorial career in the healthcare industry where he reported and edited for medical publications with a variety of audiences, from the general public to physicians and researchers. He has also worked in the healthcare field as a media relations professional and Spanish/English interpreter/translator, and has taught English composition and conversation classes to native speakers of Spanish, both in the United States and in Latin America. O'Donnell lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and two sons.
Articles by Anthony O'Donnell posted in February 2009
2/27/2009
As the national debt self-indulgence hangover throbs on, any remaining voices crying, "No Money Down!", "Buy Now Pay Later" or "First Six Months Free!" are increasingly greeted with scorn and resentment. Those whom consumers might have seen before as allies towards common gain are now viewed as charlatans and crooks. Special venom is reserved for those whose resort to false promises when pretending to address the snares of consumer credit, as the following video shows:
2/26/2009
Sircon's Web-based Compliance Express system streamlines U.S. Bancorp Investments' producer licencing process, leaving agents with more time for revenue generating activities.
2/25/2009
Standalone distribution system within MajescoMastek's flagship Elixir Suite of product allows a carrier to manage the entire distribution landscape, according to the Vendor.
2/24/2009
Klapper has held senior executive positions at 21st Century and Charles Schwab, in addition to his recent CEO role at lifelong learning firm One Day University.
2/23/2009
The notion that carriers will be spending liberally in 2009 is borne out by carriers' late 2008 budget projections, and subsequent research on their current activity. My own conversations with industry contacts have provided abundant corroboration. To give one example among many, a senior technology officer at a large P&C carrier recently said to me that whatever his company's troubles, with regard to technology spending, "our appetite is no less than it was last year."
2/23/2009
Leading Swedish group life assurance company cites FINEOS solution's ease of configurability for IT and business users in support of greater business agility and customer service.
2/19/2009
Opponents of the National Insurance Consumer Protection and Regulatory Modernization Act (NICPRMA) call the bill an attempt to shoehorn optional federal charter into government regulatory activity meant to address systemic risk within financial services, while other observers offer qualified support.
2/17/2009
One of three new senior vice president appointments by AXA, Vincent Cohan will be responsible for defining and implementing AXA Tech's information systems.
2/13/2009
American Council of Life Insurers president and CEO Frank Keating argued that optional federal regulation will address risks to consumers, the insurance industry and the financial system as a whole.
2/12/2009
Levine will shepherd claims modernization, user-friendly portals and improvements across the health insurer's technology infrastructure and application portfolio.
2/11/2009
New site features simpler navigation, better search capabilities and new account management tools, among other features, according to the insurer.
2/10/2009
This represents success on the part of carrier IT organizations from a technical standpoint, and on the part of the carriers generally in terms of their relationships with their independent distributors. It also represents a threat to carriers who are yet to provide real-time functionality to their agents, but that will push further penetration of the related technologies through the carrier community.
2/10/2009
Nexidia professional services worked with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee to implement call driver and average handle time analysis for reprocessed claims, plan to plan unit calls, medical records calls, duplicate claims calls, and other areas.
2/9/2009
For most insurers, business intelligence means point solutions at best. But those carriers that weave analytics into the fabric of their organizations are equipped to drive more precision in pricing and greater profitability to the bottom line.
2/6/2009
A quarter million food stamp benefits recipients have been sent electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards in order to cope with food spoilage caused by prolonged electric power loss.
2/5/2009
Esurance's marketing strategy has opened up into an interesting new channel aimed at reinforcing the impact and reach of its brand. Following the adventure theme of Erin Insurance, the carrier has partnered with Paramount Pictures to promote the studio's new Star Trek film via a microsite at Esurance's homepage.
2/4/2009
Insurance carriers that adopt Willis Re's conNext single Web-based platform for portfolio management can dispense with multiple, disparate products for mapping, reporting and performance monitoring.
2/4/2009
INSTEC's customized rating and policy admin solution will support HMIC's specialized liquor liability and commercial general liability business.
2/4/2009
Kelly adds communications, corporate affairs and HR to her duties as executive vice president, general counsel and senior regulatory and compliance officer.
2/3/2009
In consolidating systems for enterprise business intelligence, Great American discovers that demonstrating business value is critical to accelerating adoption of a single BI tool.
2/3/2009
INX's virtual data center solution will reduce the number of physical servers, consolidate data storage to capture efficiencies, and increase availability by leveraging virtualization technology and supporting infrastructure.
2/2/2009
ING Life Companies' Resource Avenue delivers a wide variety of sales support functions that general agency and producer groups can share with affiliated distributors on their own sites.
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