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Applied Systems acquires TechCanary
April 10, 2019 by Jason ContantBroker management system provider Applied Systems announced Wednesday it has acquired TechCanary. TechCanary is a cloud-based insurance customer relationship management (CRM) system built natively on the Salesforce.com platform for brokerages, managing general agencies (MGA), wholesalers and insurers. Details of the…
Industry veteran Steve Whitelaw joins Applied Systems
April 5, 2019 by Jason ContantApplied Systems has appointed Steve Whitelaw as vice president of industry and partner relations for the Canadian marketplace. With more than 20 years of technology leadership and industry relations experience, Whitelaw was previously vice president of IT planning, execution and…
All provinces saw rate increases in Q4 2018: Applied
January 10, 2019 by Jason ContantEvidence of a hard market in personal lines in Canada was apparent in Applied Systems’ latest quarterly Applied Rating Index, released Tuesday. The Q4 2018 index found that average premiums for personal auto and personal property lines increased by more…
Where premiums actually went down in Canada
July 17, 2018 by Jason ContantAverage premiums for personal auto in Atlantic Canada decreased for the second consecutive quarter, according to Applied Systems’ latest quarterly rating index. On the other side of the country, in British Columbia, average personal property premiums also decreased for the…
Are independent brokerages in Canada adopting digital technology?
June 13, 2018 by Jason ContantWhile independent brokerages in four countries (including Canada) are not fully embracing digital technology in 2018, Canadian brokerages are showing an increased adoption of cloud hosting, according to a new annual report from software vendor Applied Systems. Applied released Tuesday…
New index measures quarterly premium rate trends in Canadian personal lines
May 16, 2018 by Jason ContantApplied Systems has released its Applied Rating Index, measuring the quarterly premium rate trends being experienced by consumers, brokerages and insurers across the Canadian market. Stephane Lacasse, vice president of product management for Canada and rating products with Applied, told…
Online tool allows brokers to cache data in BMS
May 7, 2018 by Jason ContantApplied Systems’ new IVANS Exchange online tool for Canadian brokers will include a feature that allows caching and housing of data in a broker management system (BMS) for 90 days. This allows brokerages to keep the data, even if their…
Strength of Canadian broker channel may lead to agnostic tech solutions
May 3, 2018 by Jason ContantWith an estimated 45% of personal insurance written through the broker channel in Canada, tech vendors understand the importance of the channel. “Our only business is broker,” Jeff Purdy, senior vice president of international operations with Applied Systems, told reporters…
Industry close to consensus on insurer-broker connectivity
May 2, 2018 by Jason ContantThe insurance industry in Canada is getting close to consensus on connectivity between insurance brokers and carriers, an Applied Systems executive said Tuesday at the company’s Executive Symposium in downtown Toronto. “I truly believe that we are fairly close to…
New data translator to put brokers on same level as directs
April 9, 2018 by Jason ContantApplied Systems’ new “translation services” will provide broker data distribution as effectively as direct distribution and enable the broker channel to better compete, the software provider said Friday. Jeff Purdy, senior vice president of international operations with Applied, talked to…
Applied launches “translation services” to improve broker-insurer connectivity
April 4, 2018 by Jason ContantApplied Systems announced Wednesday the launch of its insurer “translation services,” allowing Canadian insurers to translate and distribute policy-related data directly into [broker] management systems. The translation services provide the connectivity technology required to easily move data between insurer and…
Some broker BMS providers offering connectivity to CSIO’s eSlips solution
March 27, 2018 by Jason ContantIn a sign of cooperation within Canada’s competitive P&C industry, some broker management system (BMS) providers are using APIs supplied by the Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO) to make eDelivery available to Canadian brokers using a variety of…