Transcript Internet Content - Casualty Actuarial Society

Casualty Actuarial Society
Emerging Technologies Seminar
Internet Content Creation
Wayne Lattuca
Insurance Services Office, Inc.
Introduction
ISO - To be the premier value-added
resource for all needed
property/casualty information
 Wayne Lattuca
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Assistant Vice President
Application and Technical Architecture
2 Blue Hill Plaza
Pearl River, NY 10965
[email protected] (914) 620 -4293
Internet for Insurance
Professionals
Internet?
 Value for Information Providers
 Options
 ISO Offerings
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Internet
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Internet mail
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Mail Lists
Internet news
 FTP - File Transfer Protocol
 World Wide Web
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Browsers
Plug-Ins
Promise of WWW
Ubiquitous access
 Common interface
 JAVA everywhere
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Realities of WWW
World Wide Wait
 Network availability
 Browser differences
 Standards battles
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Internet Focus
Consumers
 Growth in network
 Business to business
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Value for Information
Providers
Product installation
 Software distribution and updates
 Speed of system upgrades
 Ease of entry
 Timeliness of information
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Business Internet Options
Access vs. Delivery
 Mailboxes
 Push technology
 Public vs. Private access
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Internet Connections
Internet / Extranet / Intranet
 Public Internet
 Password protected
 Encryption
 Virtual Private Networks
 Private Networks
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WWW Data Exchange
One way data access / delivery
 Two way data exchange
 Pass information across web sites
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EDI on the Web
Standards
ISO Internet Directions
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Transition
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Paper
Electronic Delivery
Access
ISO information as a library
 Move
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From:
To:
create, print, mail, view, file
create, file, view, (print)
ISO Internet Directions
Pull before Push
 Access before Delivery
 Content before technology
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ISO Internet Content
Circulars, Forms, CLM Information
 Actuarial Services Circulars Spreadsheets
 Geographical Underwriting System (GUS)
 Specific Property Information
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Underwriting Information Services
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Loss Cost quotes and Underwriting Reports
Forms, Diagrams, Photographs
AISG information
ISOnetSM
Circulars, Forms, CLM Information
 Circulars since 1995
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Coverage forms and endorsements
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cover letters with links
full letters -- Word or scanned
download Word or PDF
search by state, line, effective date
download Word or PDF
Commercial Lines Manual
Information Providers Plans
Increasing use of Internet technologies
 Browser as front-end to applications
 Use new technologies as market
demands
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ISO’s Internet Plans
Electronic access to all ISO products
and services
 Internet as primary connection to
customers
 Common interface to ISO
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