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Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Maria Woehr
Digging for Dollars The insurance agent often is portrayed as going door to door with an oversized briefcase brimming with paper applications. While that might have been so in the 1950s, today, selling insurance means connecting with the customer, and it takes more than just a smile and a shoeshine. It takes knowledge. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
May 16, 2007
Susana Schwartz
Drive For Automation Causes Insurance Carriers To Integrate The Internet has yielded more choices among comparative raters and aggregators, thus elevating agents to a more powerful position as the gatekeepers to multiple company ratings. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
November 28, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler
Higher-Tech Agents Leading experts in agent technology answer critical questions about the relationship between agents and technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
November 10, 2007
Nathan Conz
MetLife Auto & Home Launches SEMCI Initiative The insurer has launched PowerLink, a set of vendor partnerships that will help deliver SEMCI functionality to independent agents. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
July 11, 2008
Akhil Tripathi
Web-Based Solutions Deliver on Agents' Tech Expectations Insurers can leverage agent portals and systems integration technology to streamline agents' workflow and improve efficiencies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
July 11, 2008
Karen Pauli
Integrated Agency Management Systems Key to Improving Agent Performance and Efficiency Agents want fully integrated systems that offer a single entry of data, a single view of the customer, and mobile and real-time functionalities. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
March 18, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler
Optimizing Multi-Channel Sales force automation and enterprise incentive compensation systems not only help make insurers' sales efforts more productive, they also improve customer service, customer retention and compliance. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+ PHONE+ Asks: How Will Carrier Consolidation Impact the Agent Channel? Several agents weigh in on this question. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
February 10, 2010
Joel Curry
Data Quality is Key to Agency Portal Performance A relatively small investment in data quality can make a big difference in helping insurers get more out of their agent portals than they put in. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
November 26, 2003
Julie Gallagher
Doing a Lot with Little Although it works with a modest IT budget, Cincinnati Equitable is able to cater to agents' needs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
July 11, 2008
Carolyn "Cal" J. Durland
Carriers Must Focus on Consistency, Timeliness and Flow With services such as upload, download and real-time functionality, supported by ACORD standards, insurers can offer agents greatly enhanced efficiency and accessibility. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Maria Woehr
Staying In The Game An interview with Bob Winn, vice president of Capital Insurance Group about implementing a new policy administration system for commercial lines and converting the company's personal lines products to a .NET-based, Web-enabled format for agents. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
September 7, 2007
Susana Schwartz
Main Driver Behind STP Initiatives Today Is Ease Of Doing Business Straight-through processing is more a business issue than a technology, and is fundamental to the ability to drive intelligence into the underwriting process and throughout the organization. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell
Driving Web Strategies If there's a product segment in the insurance industry that has fulfilled the fantasy of direct online sales in any measure, it's auto insurance. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
February 18, 2010
Nathan Conz
Carriers Target Ease of Use, STP to Win Agents' Hearts and Minds Carriers increasingly are targeting ease of use to win agents' hearts and minds, while also bringing them closer to true straight-through processing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
May 20, 2009
Katherine Burger
News from 2009 ACORD LOMA Insurance System Forum: Agent Channel Still Dominates, But Online Gains Ground Accenture study of U.S. consumers hints at retention, loyalty challenges. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
August 27, 2009
Cara Sievers
Telarus Discusses Implications of GeoQuote Patent The patent covers technology that powers Telarus' public-facing lead-generation sites as well as its password-protected agent back-office sites. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
December 22, 2009
How Will the Communications Industry's Indirect Channel Be Transformed in the Next 10 Years? Telecom executives weigh in on what the future holds for the telecom industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
January 25, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler
Underwriting Updated How are insurers making the underwriting process more efficient to improve profits?... What emerging technologies can help insurers improve the underwriting process?... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
December 30, 2009
Cara Sievers
Back Office: What Do You Need to Run an Agency? To be able to concentrate on selling to current customers and generating relationships that will hopefully create new customers, agents must be cognizant of everything that needs to happen smoothly behind the scenes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
September 14, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell
The Power of One Creating a single, unified technology infrastructure built with an eye to future channels can make taking advantage of insurance market opportunities easier and much less costly. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2007
Dan Carmichael
Ohio Casualty CEO Dan Carmichael Says Company's Technology Is Just How It Should Be Ohio Casualty's CEO talks about the company's technology advancements. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Matthew Josefowicz
Responding to a Changing Market: The Core Is Key Core systems replacement has been compared to open-heart surgery -- it is one of the most drastic changes that insurers can make to their IT infrastructures. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
November 25, 2003
Katherine Burger
Supporting Growth Via Agent Self-Service First American P&C is taking advantage of Web services and technology from Fiserv SIS to gain efficiencies and speed-to-market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
April 15, 2010
Lisa Valentine
Carriers Look to Billing to Improve Customer Service and Retention Billing is a critical but often overlooked aspect of customer service and retention -- not only for policyholders, but for agents and distributors as well. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
February 10, 2009
Katherine Burger
Research Reveals Most Agents Are Using Real Time Functionality Popular uses include inquiries, endorsement processing, rating, agency management; more carriers get on board. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+ Q&A With Deltacom Channel Chief Ken Royer An interview with Ken Royer, vice president of alternate channels for Deltacom, about his plans for the company's indirect sales channel. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
April 19, 2005
Phil Britt
A Door to Efficiency Insurers are challenged with providing policies at the lowest possible production cost, and customers expect the same service from any carrier, whether it's a national operational or a regional carrier. Allmerica Financial found a solution to the challenge by implementing an agent portal. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+ Back to Basics: Channel Partners Fact Book 2011 An editorial regarding the inspiration and intention of the Channel Partners Fact Book guide for telephony agents. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
February 17, 2010
Khali Henderson
Q&A With TelePacific Channel Chief Ken Bisnoff TelePacific Communications announced in early January that Ken Bisnoff has retaken the reins of the CLEC's TelePartner program, following the resignation of Justin Chris-Tensen mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
March 25, 2008
Nathan Conz
Chubb Standardizes and Automates Producer Appointment Process The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has implemented ACORD's standard producer appointment form and data standards. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
June 10, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell
The Key to Keeping Customers Is Getting to Know Them Carriers that get to know their customers well -- by effectively leveraging collected data and by simply listening to what they say -- have a huge advantage in a tough insurance market. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
January 29, 2010
Khali Henderson
On-Demand CRM for Telecom Agents Debuts After a year in beta testing, Qudex announced in fall 2009 a new on-demand CRM package just for telecom. The software as a service application was designed for customers, carriers and agents to manage telecom assets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
August 14, 2006
Maria Woehr
Web Appeal Appealing to every agent is tough, but Harleysville Insurance strives to trump the competition by focusing IT projects on its agents' needs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell
The Hartford Boosts E-Service The company is demonstrating how carriers can improve the claims experience for their policyholders and independent agent business partners with online initiatives. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2006
Maria Woehr
Straight-Through Service With more insurance carriers offering agents electronic business submission capabilities and moving toward straight-through processing, Wooster, Ohio-based Western Reserve Group decided to expand the Web capabilities for agents of its legacy mainframe systems throughout a four-year process. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Phil Britt
Eliminating Errors RealiTea Web monitoring solution from TeaLeaf Technology helped Ohio Casualty identify and correct glitches on its agent-driven Web site. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
April 5, 2006
Maria Woehr
Sign Me Up Although all insurers look to improve efficiency through straight-through processing, empower agents with the latest technologies and enhance customer service, many have yet to implement a seemingly obvious efficiency: e-signatures. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
November 24, 2009
Ethical Dilemmas in the Channel Josh Anderson, CEO of Telephony Partners presents ethical dilemmas that have happened in the indirect sales channel. Suppliers and partners provide their input on how to handle the dilemmas. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2006
Cynthia Saccocia
Value-Added Sales Services Improve Producer Productivity Insurers that demonstrate that they can help producers make more money can differentiate themselves from the competition. To create long-term competitive advantage, carriers must incorporate value-added sales services to their efforts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
February 2002
Amy Newell
Insurance Industry Enjoys Net Gains Although shopping for policies on the Web is easy, and thus commonplace, applying for and purchasing them online tends to be a chore. Here's a look at the current state of insurance websites and what they envision for the future... mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
February 9, 2004
Julie Gallagher
No Rest for the Compliance Weary in 2004 Many insurance carriers are playing post-deadline compliance catch-up in 2004. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
May 5, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell
Beacon Mutual To Implement FirstBest Agent Portal FirstBest Agent will be an integral part of Beacon Mutual's BEACONNECT site, providing upload, supplemental questions, STP quoting, and real-time collaboration and visibility into the submission process for its 400 agents, according to the vendor. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
January 17, 2006
Maria Woehr
It's Electric To reduce operating costs, improve customer service, enhance underwriting consistency and strengthen its relationships with its agents, Austin Mutual Insurance converted its manual, paper-based application process to a Web-enabled business submission system. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2004
Selena Maranjian
Where to Buy Insurance An agent might be your best bet, but there are other options. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
September 16, 2009
Lynn McCullough
Agents Identify 7 Best Practices for Channel Managers Agents share their points of view on what can be done on a daily basis to ensure the best possible customer experience. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
March 2, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell
Sign on the Dotted Screen Seeking to meet agents' increasingly demanding ease-of-use expectations, Chubb Group has launched electronic signature capability for 10 of its professional and management liability insurance products. mark for My Articles similar articles
PHONE+
December 22, 2009
What Was the Most Significant Development in the Indirect Channel in the Last Decade? Telecom executives weigh in on the most significant development in the indirect channel industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
CRM
June 9, 2014
Leonard Klie
Pegasystems Releases Customer Process Manager for Insurance PCMI enables insurers to deliver consistent customer service across channels. mark for My Articles similar articles
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell
Customer-Centric Cash Flow Insurers have continued to lag behind other industries in one of the most important contact points with customers: the exchange of funds. mark for My Articles similar articles