What’s New: In Brief (January 23, 2008)

Keal Technology and ING Insurance Company of Canada announced a “commercial integration relationship,” in which Keal’s commercial management system (CMS), comXP, will exchange data with the ING Insurance broker application SaversCL.
Using CSIO XML standards, data can be exchanged between broker and insurer using CMS applications like Keal’s comXP, a Keal release says.
The integration will allow the brokers who use comXP the ability to upload customer property information directly from comXP to ING’s Web portal to request a quote, it adds. “This integration represents significant workflow enhancement for brokers.”

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) has sold more than 80,000 licence plates supporting the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, marking a solid step towards its goal of 100,000 plates in the program’s first year.
As part of the “Show Your Support to Win” promotion, a new car was awarded to a driver upon purchasing one of the plates, an ICBC release says.
Net proceeds from the plate program, which began in April 2007, go towards supporting the Canadian Olympic team and to the successful staging of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. They are part of the ICBC’s sponsorship as an official Olympic supporter in the motor vehicle insurance category.