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    Meet in the Middle

    Federated IT can help insurers strike an effective balance between a highly centralized and completely decentralized structure, but making it work requires addressing its risks and limitations.

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    Empty Nest

    May 1, 2008
    By ROBERT REGIS HYLE

    There are three levels of work force mobility in the insurance industry, according to Rod Travers, senior vice president for the Robert E. Nolan Co. The first is mobile functions—work functions performed by employees away from a fixed-office location. The second layer is mobile computing—work functions performed by employees away from a fixed office and using a mobile computing device.

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    One for All and All for One

    May 1, 2008
    By ROBERT REGIS HYLE

    Once a software implementation has been completed, both insurance carriers and software developers are eager to refer to their arrangement as a partnership. However, getting to that point requires more than a handshake and a signed contract. There is no guarantee deals eventually will turn out to be beneficial to both sides, but it would be impossible to achieve success without the basic groundwork being laid long before RFPs are issued.

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