Insurity, a national provider of business-processing services and technology to the property-casualty insurance industry, has named Jerry Markland to the position of chief technology architect.
Markland has 25 years of experience as an executive, enterprise architect and system engineer and has been recognized as an expert in the design and development of software tools for the insurance industry.
He previously served as chief technology officer with Benefits Technology Group (BTG), where he was responsible for strategy and product development of human resources and benefits-related technology for brokers and general agencies. In addition to setting technology direction, Markland designed and built an information infrastructure to support BTG's product development and consulting organization.
Markland also was a co-founder and CTO of StarNex, a company that linked brokers and insurance companies online through BrokersPortal, an information and communications center for the insurance industry. He previously held positions with AMS and StarSolutions, designing and developing various insurance processing software applications. His projects included rating systems and web-based systems for life, health, and property/casualty businesses.
“Jerry has great experience in insurance and technology and we’re excited to have him joining us at this time,” said Bob Larew, Insurity’s chief operating officer. “As we are integrating the functionality of recent acquisitions like ePolicy and Steel Card – and as we continue to expand our development efforts with Microsoft and its .NET platform – Jerry’s architectural development and design experience will be a valuable asset.”
Markland is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
A ChoicePoint® company, Insurity employs more than 400 technology and insurance experts in Connecticut, New York, Georgia and Minnesota.
About Insurity
Insurity protects insurers from underwriting risks, claims fraud, compliance exposures, escalating expenses and premiums, and unfavorable ratios. Headquartered in Hartford, Conn., Insurity offers Insurance Decisions—the most comprehensive software and services in the property/casualty industry covering rate, quote, issuance, administration, billing, claims, reinsurance, data warehousing, compliance support, regulatory reporting, hosting, and managed services. Customers include more than half of the nation’s top 20 commercial lines carriers as well as regional carriers, specialty lines writers and MGAs. For more information about Insurity, please call 860-616-7721 or visit www.insurity.com.
About ChoicePoint
ChoicePoint (NYSE: CPS) helps businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations make better decisions through information and technology solutions. Each year, ChoicePoint helps more than 7 million people get the jobs they deserve and more than 100 million people get fairly priced home and auto insurance. Small businesses can obtain affordable commercial insurance because of our products. Businesses can cut costs through our authentication and anti-fraud tools. Government agencies use our data and technology to fulfill their missions in all parts of the world. Visit www.choicepoint.com for more information.