Its.Cola: Columbia's Insurance Technology and Services Network

02/21/2023

Tomorrow's forecast: 79 degrees and sunny!

Perfect weather to come join us for our meetup at Savage Craft, brought to you by Its.Cola and Gamma Iota Sigma. Register now!

Kick off your 2023 with our first Columbia Insurance Tech and Services Meetup, brought to you by Its.Cola and Gamma Iota Sigma!

02/03/2023

SAVE THE DATE! Its.Cola in partnership with Gamma Iota Sigma are excited to announce our upcoming February meetup in three weeks on Wednesday, February 22nd from 530-7PM at Savage Craft in West Columbia.

Registration link is included below. We're excited to welcome you all back in 2023, and look forward to seeing you there!

Kick off your 2023 with our first Columbia Insurance Tech and Services Meetup, brought to you by Its.Cola and Gamma Iota Sigma!

08/16/2022

HOT JOBS ALERT!!! UNUM is currently hiring for a Director of Data Analytics, with an opportunity available right here in Columbia, SC!

A Bachelor's degree is required, and a Master's in IT, Mathematics, or Statistics is preferred. Candidates should have a minimum of 5+ years experience acting as a Financial Analyst, Data Engineer, BI Analyst, or Data Scientist, or equivalent.

https://careers.unum.com/global/en/job/823430/Director-Data-Analytics

Apply for Director, Data Analytics job with Unum in Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America. Digital Transformation Organization at Unum

07/21/2022

CAREER OPPORTUNITY ALERT!!!

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is currently looking to fill around 100 positions, including customer service advocates, data analysts, claims analysts, operations, and more. They'll be hosting a Career Fair next Thursday, July 28th at Columbia International University (7435 Monticello Rd.) from 4-8PM. Hiring managers will be available to answer questions on site.

07/18/2022

Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday! We're two short days away from the Its.Cola Summer Meetup coming up on July 20th from 530-7PM at Transmission Arcade at 1712 Main Street.

We've got networking, refreshments, entertainment, and a skeeball tournament where one lucky man and woman will take home top honors, along with a trophy and $25 gift card to Transmission.

We look forward to seeing everyone in two days, and feel free to bring a friend! All are welcome at the Summer Meetup.

Columbia's insurance technology and services professionals Summer Meetup

07/12/2022

The countdown is on folks! We're just a little over a week out from the ItsCola Summer Meetup, coming up next Wednesday from 530-7PM at Transmission Arcade at 1712 Main Street. Come enjoy a beverage courtesy of ItsCola, some great networking with your peers, and we've even got a little bit of recreational activity lined up.

And finally a special thanks to Chris Dickenson at DP Professionals (DPP) for helping plan and support our meetup series and other work at ItsCola!

Columbia's insurance technology and services professionals Summer Meetup

06/30/2022

If you weren't able to make it to our last Its.Cola Meetup in May, then have no fear. We are back with another one!

SAVE THE DATE and make plans to join us on Wednesday, July 20th at 530PM at Transmission Arcade located at 1712 Main Street in the heart of downtown Columbia.

REGISTER HERE NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/itscola-summer-meetup-tickets-377341086347

06/08/2022

Missing out on DIGIN (Digital Insurance) this week? Not a problem, there are two more excellent insurance conferences happening later this month where you can hear from industry leaders and experts on the latest trends and technology impacting the industry this year!

Reuters Events will be hosting the Future of Insurance USA next week on June 14-15 in Chicago, IL (https://events.reutersevents.com/insurance/future-of-insurance-usa).

At the end of the month, MarketforceLive is presenting the Insurance Innovators USC conference in Nashville, TN on June 27-28 (https://marketforcelive.com/insurance-innovators/events/usa/).

Insurance Innovators: USA is the insurance event for industry innovators. From the creators of Insurance Innovators Summit in London.

05/20/2022

Thanks again to everyone who showed up at this week's May Meetup! The turnout was great and the retro arcade venue was a smash hit with the group. We'll be back again in two months on July 20th with some new surprises in store so stay tuned for more details.

A special thanks to Gabe Cossio of CLARA Analytics for being our featured company speaker for May, we're incredibly excited about the great work you and the CLARA team are doing right here in . We'd also like to thank Fred Richardson and the Bang Back Pinball staff for their generosity and service in hosting our group this week.

Shout out to BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Colonial Life, Yovant, Duck Creek Technologies, Capgemini, DP Professionals (DPP), Luminatus Software, American Specialty Health, Midlands Technical College, WTW, SCRA: South Carolina Research Authority, Krumware, and many others who came out to participate in the networking and relationship building. We'll see you all again in July!

05/19/2022

Some more positive insurtech news for you here on a beautiful Thursday. Socotra just announced their acquisition of Columbia based Avolanta in a press release earlier today. The acquisition will provide them with Unified Agent and Customer Portal capabilities to enhance customer, agent, and broker experiences.

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Avolanta co-founders Chuck Wilson and Gavin Dean for your continued success in growing your company!

Socotra, the partner of choice for innovative insurers, today announced the acquisition of Avolanta, a software startup offering the only unified port

05/18/2022

We're just four hours away from our May Insurance Tech and Services Meetup at Bang Back Pinball (741 Saluda Ave.) in Five Points. There's still time to register in advance, so come out and join us!

Its.Cola will be hosting our May Meetup event on Wednesday, May 18th from 530-7P at Bang Back Pinball (741 Saluda Ave) in Five Points.

05/16/2022

IT'S ALMOST HERE! Register now for the upcoming ItsCola May Insurance Meetup and Networking event on Wednesday, May 18th from 530-7PM at Bang Back Pinball (741 Saluda Ave.) in Five Points. We've got an excellent line up of entertainment and content prepared!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/itscola-may-meetup-and-networking-tickets-329790080007

Its.Cola will be hosting our May Meetup event on Wednesday, May 18th from 530-7P at Bang Back Pinball (741 Saluda Ave) in Five Points.