Winning the Battle for Consumers, Online Interactivity: The Carrier's Secret Weapon [ Source: Priority Data ]
July 2010- Millions of consumers who want to work directly with an agent are still beginning their search for insurance quotes online. They are tech savvy, and expect to find user-friendly, interactive websites that deliver the information they want quickly, without having to pick up the phone or wait for a call. Regional and super-regional carriers have been slow to offer an option to consumers who research online. They have relied on their independent agents entirely. This ...

Next-Generation Affinity Insurance Marketing via the Web [ Source: IdeaStar, Inc. ]
September 2008- The Affinity insurance distribution model illustrates the ways in which rather complex go-to-market systems can be simplified utilizing technology solutions and the Web. Moreover, Web-enabled technology solutions can be highly effective for the sale of insurance products and services to association members and affinity groups. The solution is robust. however, and requires a great deal of marketing savvy and technological capability. As with any affinity and member-driven organization, the goal is to provide valuable benefits ...

Insurance Distribution Effectiveness [ Source: Infosys ]
November 2010- Infosys INS DCS MAX (Insurance Direct Channel Sales Maximization) offers a suite of core strategies and enablers that compliment carriers' existing capabilities in social media and online acquisition, leveraging backend systems and the carriers' web presence. The solution enables a carrier to create a consistent public online presence and engage with prospective customers, implement true one touch (or no touch) processing, enhanced quoting speeds and the kind of real time on line experience that leads ...

Next-Generation Affinity Insurance Marketing via the Web [ Source: IdeaStar, Inc. ]
September 2008- The Affinity insurance distribution model illustrates the ways in which rather complex go-to-market systems can be simplified utilizing technology solutions and the Web. Moreover, Web-enabled technology solutions can be highly effective for the sale of insurance products and services to association members and affinity groups. The solution is robust. however, and requires a great deal of marketing savvy and technological capability. As with any affinity and member-driven organization, the goal is to provide valuable benefits ...

Advancing Agent Connectivity: The 5 levels of maturity [ Source: iter8 Inc. ]
June 2008- Excellence in agent connectivity is rarely, if ever achieved. Rather it is a work in progress, one which is in flux as the carrier develops from one level of maturity to the next, always increasing effectiveness and efficiency, and thereby, profitability. Fortunately the cost-benefit ratio of advancing agent connectivity is highly favorable for the carrier, with relatively small investments, wisely deployed, yielding substantial returns in short order. Agent Connectivity is without a doubt the most ...

Overcoming Distribution Challenges with STP [ Source: Adobe ]
October 2007- At this Insurance & Technology Webcast, you will learn how insurers are overcoming distribution challenges with straight-through processing.

Blue Frog's ADMServer for IPS Connectivity Module [ Source: Blue Frog Solutions ]
October 2007- The ADMServer for IPS Connectivity Module is a component of the ADMServer suite that quickly and efficiently connects our clients to The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation's (DTCC) Insurance Processing Service (IPS). This new application was built to allow for fast implementation, easy maintenance, ease of adding new transactions or transaction partners, and re-use of data extracts. DTCC's IPS for annuity and life insurance products automates and centralizes processing, money settlement, and electronic communications linking ...