ACORD/LOMA Interview with Doug Johnston
Applied Systems provides technology for insurance companies, brokers, MGAs and agents. Doug discusses in detail the concept of real-time and its current applications, including inquiry, rating and policy transactions. Doug is impressed with the sheer volume of work that has gone into the real-time concept in the past six months (currently Applied customers are using real-time systems for inquiries, rating and policy transactions), but claims the majority of real-time applications are yet to be conceived.
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