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Insurers Discuss The Merits Of Outsourcing.(Brief Article)

Outsourcing is a business strategy that many corporations have used for decades. Although not on the scale of their banking counterparts, insurance companies have adopted IT outsourcing as a means to support system maintenance, application development and improvements to their technology infrastructures.

In February, Insurance Networking News hosted a two-day conference in Tampa, Fla., which addressed the merits of IT and business process outsourcing. Executives from life, health and property/casualty insurance companies gave presentations on topics ranging from develop

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