Agency Technology

CSC announced additions to its mobile insurance applications that give agents, insurance professionals, and policyholders access to services from both life and annuity and property and casualty systems. The new 2Work family of role-based mobile apps, which are pre-packaged and customizable, helps insurance professionals harness the benefits of location-aware, real-time,...

CSC announced additions to its mobile insurance applications that give agents, insurance professionals, and policyholders access to services from both life and annuity and property and casualty systems. The new 2Work family of role-based mobile apps, which are pre-packaged and customizable, helps insurance professionals harness the benefits of location-aware, real-time,...

Gray Nester was named the chairman of NetVu during its recent annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.

The “next frontier,” in P&C technology, according to Jeff Yates, CEO of ACT (Agents Council for Technology), is real-time processing for commercial lines—a development that will have “huge payback” for independent agents and brokers.

Keal Technology and iter8 have formed a partnership to deploy real-time broker connectivity between Keal's broker management software (BMS) solution and iter8's communic8 software.

Independent agents are losing a generation of business to direct writers because they lack the personal-lines applications to compete, says the CEO of a leading Internet service site.

Assess, brand, cultivate and define to make a Web presence

As clients become increasingly aware of technology, agencies must ensure they have an effective online presence to attract customers and expand business, suggests a panel of knowledgeable producers.