VRC Insurance Systems

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Technology and servicing solutions for insurance

VRC Insurance Systems offers some of the world's most advanced technology to the insurance industry, but to company Co-Founder, President and CEO Peter Cooper, what makes his company special is a simple concept. "We reduce costs and give you the ability to grow your business," he says.

VRC was founded in 1986 as Virtual Research Corporation and developed agency management software for insurance brokers, agents and wholesalers called DIAS (Database Insurance Automation System). Several years ago, Cooper and his company enhanced and renamed the system Velocity, a fully Web-deployable version designed to handle heavy workflow demands and evolve quickly to meet clients' changing needs.

"The key to the system is a Web-based workflow system that is the most advanced design we have ever developed," Cooper says. "We can serve program administrators, MGAs, wholesalers, retail agents, brokers, carriers, captives and nearly any insurance entity whether there...