ActivePhoto Imaging Solution for Claims Automation Deployed by OneBeacon.Business Editors ActivePhoto, the leading provider of wireless imaging and data solutions for businesses, announced that OneBeacon Insurance Group OneBeacon Insurance Group offers a range of specialty and segmented commercial and personal insurance products sold primarily through select independent agents. As one of the oldest property and casualty insurers in the United States, OneBeacon traces its roots to 1831 and has expanded the deployment of the ActivePhoto Mobile Imaging Solution from the initial states of Massachusetts and Connecticut to its New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and Maine offices. ActivePhoto enables OneBeacon to streamline claims processing by helping its field claims staff avoid administrative hassles such as photo developing, sorting, data entry, labeling or copying. The system allows field claims staff to enter contextual information such as the claim number into the Ricoh RDC-i700 digital camera and send those images from the camera to an online storage account using either a wireless modem A modem and antenna that transmits and receives over the air. Wireless modems support several technologies, including 802.11, Bluetooth, CDPD, DataTAC, Mobitex and Ricochet. There are wireless modems for laptops, handhelds and cellphones. or a standard telephone jack. Once transmitted to Active Photo's secure Web site, the pictures can be viewed, annotated, or downloaded and integrated into claims reports or estimates. "ActivePhoto's Mobile Imaging Solution will transform OneBeacon's process for documenting automobile claims," says Wayne Sharrah, Vice President of Claims for OneBeacon. "Associating the claim number with an image right at the time we photograph the damaged car, and then transmitting that image directly to an online database enables greater efficiency in our claims handling. We expect to achieve breakeven on our ActivePhoto investment within the first three months. However, the real value will result from streamlined claims processing, reduced administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. and improved customer satisfaction." About ActivePhoto: ActivePhoto is the leading provider of automated mobile imaging and documentation solutions for businesses. Founded in 1999, we have achieved success in the mobile solutions sector by helping major corporations to enable efficient and immediate communication between mobile professionals and management. Our easy-to-use system increases efficiency and facilitates photo-intensive mobile imaging and documentation processes. We offer commercial field imaging and workflow solutions to industries including insurance, e-commerce, real estate, media, construction, and government. For more information on ActivePhoto, visit www.activephoto.com or call (866) 464-3827. About OneBeacon Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, OneBeacon Insurance Group is committed to being the leading independent agency property-casualty insurance group in the Northeast. With roots dating back 170 years and an A.M. Best rating of A (excellent), OneBeacon offers a wide range of personal, commercial and specialty products and services, which are sold exclusively through select property-casualty independent agents. Specialty operations are conducted on a national basis. OneBeacon is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of White Mountains Insurance Group White Mountains Insurance Group is a holding company with business interests in property and casualty insurance, and reinsurance. The group owns the direct marketing insurer Esurance. External links
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