| In This Issue
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| Featured WebEx: Storm Surge
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| Virtual MGA Partners with RiskMeter
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| Integrating RiskMeter into
Your UMS or AMS Provider
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| Four States Added to Fire District
Report |
| 500 Sinkholes Added to Clearinghouse
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| IL Fire and Tax Districts Updated
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| SC Wind Pool Update
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| Newsletter Format Update
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| What Reports Does the RiskMeter
Online Offer? |
| Upcoming Events
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| Online Training Schedule
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| Welcome to our Newest Customers
& Partners |
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Featured WebEx: RiskMeter
Online Integration
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Eliminating repetitive steps
during the quoting and
underwriting process is
vital in today's competitive insurance industry.
More and more organizations are seeing for
themselves how automation has improved
underwriting
efficiency and helped to boost
agents' sales. By integrating
with the
RiskMeter Online, it's possible to:
- Eliminate duplicate data entry
- Validate information as it is entered
- Pre-fill natural hazard data and building
characteristics
- Truly quote and bind online, because the
data is validated prior to being bound
RiskMeter understands the need to
streamline your processes and can help you make
that happen. Integrating the RiskMeter into
in-house or 3rd party quoting and underwriting
systems is easy! We have excellent tools and
support available, including sample programming
code,documentation, an XML generator and a
complete integration support portal.
On
Thursday, May 7,
2009 at 2pm
(EDT) Dan Munson, Founder, RiskMeter Online
will lead a live, online demonstration about the
various integration options available, its
advantages, as well as answer any questions.
To secure your spot for this event, please
register here.
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Virtual MGA Partners
with RiskMeter Online
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Virtual MGA., a leading
provider of web-based trading platforms for
Managing General Agents, has partnered with the
RiskMeter Online to pre-fill natural hazard risk
data (Distance to
Coast, FEMA Flood
Zones, Storm Surge,
etc.) into the rating engine component of its
on-line platform. This partnership will
reduce the communication between Managing General
Agents and their retailers, as well as streamline
the underwriting process.
"In the Property
& Casualty insurance industry many risk
factors are related to the location of a risk when
it comes to
pricing or meeting underwriting
guidelines," explains Jake Hampton, President,
Virtual MGA. "Unfortunately, for many
Managing General Agents and retailers, a large
amount of their time is spent checking the natural
hazard risk for a piece of business by using
various third party vendors, making phone calls or
trading Emails. This partnership will
streamline the underwriting process by eliminating
unnecessary steps and in turn will help Virtual
MGA users to quote and bind business much faster,"
says Hampton.
"Right now there's a huge
push in the insurance industry to automate the
underwriting process," says Dan Munson, Founder,
RiskMeter Online. "Although underwriting
automation helps organizations to quote and bind
business much faster for a competitive advantage,
it also requires IT departments to take on another
costly long term project. One great
advantage of this partnership between RiskMeter
Online and Virtual MGA is that we've done all of
the IT grunt work, so there's only a minimal
amount of programming required, so users can hit
the ground running," explains Munson.
For
more information about this partnership, please
contact Dan Munson, Founder, RiskMeter Online
at
dmunson@cdsys.com or Jake Hampton,
President, Virtual MGA at Email |
| Pre-Fill Data by
Integrating RiskMeter into Your UMS or AMS
Provider |
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Did you know the RiskMeter
Online can be integrated into
your
Underwriting Management System (UMS) or
Agency
Management System (AMS)? Some of
vendors we have
already integrated with are
ACS2000,
AgencyPort,
BIPT,
FirstBest,
IDP and
Sapiens.
The
are many advantages of integrating the RiskMeter
Online into your UMS or AMS system, such as eliminating duplicate
data
entry, ability to automatically
pre-fill fields, quoting and binding
business faster and most importantly, eliminating another IT
project, by having RiskMeter do all of the
programming. Our goal is to work with as
many systems providers as possible and to make
RiskMeter an off the shelf option for
them.
Let
Us Help You!
Tell us who your UMS
or AMS provider is and we'll contact them about
integrating. For more information about
integration, please contact Val Feeney, Business
Partnership Manager, RiskMeter Online at 617.737.4444
or
vfeeney@cdsys.com
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Five States to be Added
to Fire District Report
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CDS will soon be adding
GA, MA, NJ, NY and RI to its
Responding Fire District Report. Currently, this
report provides coverage for the following states:
AZ, CA, FL, HI, IL, KS, KY, MS, ND, SC and VA.
How will this report
benefit users?
In order to accurately
price a policy for fire, underwriters must refer
to their ppc manual to get a rating.
Unfortunately, a community name is needed to
assign a rating. If underwriters don't have this
information, they are forced to flip through paper
based maps in order to find the community name.
This can be a very time consuming and error prone
process. That's why the RiskMeter Online developed
its Responding Fire District Report. By simply
typing in an address, users can get the community
name in a matter of minutes. For more information,
please contact Dan Munson at 617.737.4444 or
dmunson@cdsys.com
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| 500 Sinkholes Added to
Clearinghouse |
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CDS is proud to announce that
500 sinkholes have been added to the RiskMeter
Online's sinkhole database! In an effort to
provide the most comprehensive sinkhole report for
Florida, CDS is coordinating a sinkhole clearing
house for carriers. By sharing sinkhole
information, CDS believes this will allow carriers
to have the most accurate picture of sinkhole
activity in FL. CDS has added roughly 4,000
sinkholes not available from public sources to its
database from carriers. Missing
just one of these could lead to a very costly
claim! Get involved today!
For
people who aren't familiar with this program,
here's how it works. Insurers who submit reported
sinkholes will
have access to an exclusive
database, that is comprised of our data and other
carriers' data. Taking part in this
program is
a win-win situation because it will give users a
better picture of their sinkhole risk. To find out
more
about this program, contact Jamie Munson
at 860.854.6125 or
jmunson@cdsys.com
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| IL Fire and Tax Districts
Updated |
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| CDS has just updated and
published the revised IL Fire and Tax Districts to
the RiskMeter Online. By simply typing in an
address, it's possible to assign the proper rating
and tax codes for IL. CDS can also assign
the proper tax codes in several states, including:
AL, FL, GA, IL,
KY, LA, NJ and SC. For
more information, please contact Dan Munson at
617.737.4444
or
dmunson@cdsys.com |
| South
Carolina Beach & Coastal Wind Pool
Update |
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We've just confirmed the
South Carolina Beach & Coastal wind pool areas
have been extended for two years and will expire
on March 29,
2011. We will continue to monitor
this situation and pass along any new developments
in upcoming newsletters. For more
information, please contact Jamie Munson at 860.854.6125 or
jmunson@cdsys.com
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| Newsletter Format
Update |
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To ensure that the RiskMeter
newsletter lands in your inbox, we've removed
Email and URL links from our newsletter. If
you wish to view a web page or Email someone,
please copy and paste the Email or URL from
the newsletter. However, there are some
hyperlinks in this newsletter (ex. training) that
will direct you to a web page. We
apologize for any inconvenience this may
cause.
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| What Reports Does
RiskMeter Online Offer? |
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| As you may know, the
RiskMeter Online continues to add additional
reports as we see a need. We have recently
added reports like storm surge, wind speed maps
for additional states, online batch tool and new
background images. We also know that your
needs change over time, as you add lines, enter
new states or refine your underwriting guidelines.
To see a complete list of
reports, please view here.
If you need additional information or would
like to test drive a report for free, please
contact Ryan Turgeon at
617.737.4444 or rturgeon@cdsys.com |
| Upcoming Events - Meet the
CDS Team! |
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| RiskMeter Online will be
attending or exhibiting at the following upcoming
conferences. Whether you're a customer or
prospect, we'd love to meet with you onsite at
these exceptional events! Don't hesitate to
stop by our booth or if you wish to schedule an
appointment, please contact Daniel Munson
(dmunson@cdsys.com) or Bradley
Sherwin (bsherwin@cdsys.com) at
617.737.4444
Target Markets Mid-Year
Meeting
April 27-29, 2009 * Baltimore, MD
AAMGA
Annual Meeting
May 16-20, 2009 * Boca
Raton, FL
Accord LOMA Insurance
Systems Forum
May 17-19, 2009 * Lake
Buena Vista, FL
IASA Annual
Conference
June 7-10, 2009 * Orlando,
FL
FAIA
Annual Convention
June 18-20, 2009 *
Orlando, FL
Napslo Annual
Conference
October 7-10, 2009 * Orlando,
FL
Target
Markets Ninth Annual Summit
October
26-28, 2009 * Scottsdale, AZ
Massachusetts
Association of Insurance Agents
October
29 - November 1, 2009 * Boston,
MA
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| Online Training
Schedule |
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In order to help you utilize the RiskMeter
Online more effectively, we are now offering
complimentary training to all RiskMeter Online
customers. This is a great way for your
organization to have its most pressing questions
answered, learn about various risk reports and
discover how to utilize cutting-edge features,
such as: Birdseye Geocoding,
One Click Ruler and
Manual Placement. To
register for an upcoming Webcast, click on one of
the links below or for more information, please
contact Ryan Turgeon at 617.737.4444
or
rturgeon@cdsys.com
National
RisksWednesday, April 29, 2009 2:00
PM - 3:00 PM (EDT) Event
InfoWestern
RisksWednesday, May 6, 2009 2:00 PM
- 3:00 PM (EDT) Event
InfoFeatured
WebEx: RiskMeter Online
Integration
Thursday, May 7,
2009
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
Event
Info
National
RisksWednesday, May 13, 2009 2:00 PM
- 3:00 PM (EDT) Event
InfoWestern
RisksWednesday, May 20, 2009 2:00 PM
- 3:00 PM (EDT) Event
InfoNational
RisksWednesday, May 27, 2009 2:00 PM
- 3:00 PM (EDT) Event
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Tel: 617.737.4444
Email:
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Tel: 860.854.6125
Email:
jmunson@cdsys.com
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Tel: 617.737.4444
Email:
bsherwin@cdsys.com
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Manager
Tel: 617.737.4444
Email:
vfeeney@cdsys.com
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Email:
dpoitras@cdsys.com
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Tel: 617.737.4444
Email:
maudette@cdsys.com
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Tel: 617.737.4444
Email: wcorr@cdsys.com
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Service
Tel: 617.737.4444
Email:
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