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Agency Technology: Real-time inquiry: If you try it, you'll like it

The main reason for operating any kind of business--including an insurance agency--is to generate profit. While agencies play an important role in society and in our country's economy, their primary purpose is to make a profit and

By Edgar J. Higgins Jr. | Updated on August 31, 2006

The main reason for operating any kind of business–including an insurance agency–is to generate profit. While agencies play an important role in society and in our country’s economy, their primary purpose is to make a profit and provide income to their owners.

We agency owners and producers tend to think of our technology investment as one element of an overall strategy to maximize profitability, but we rarely consider technology itself to be a source of profit. Most agents and CSRs can, however, help increase their agencies’ profitability by using a technology application available at their desktops through their agency management systems.

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