Archive for the ‘Portals’ Category

May 14th, 2013 by Julie Howe
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With P&C IT budgets scrutinized more closely than ever, and expectations around product capabilities growing daily, the more challenges a single solution can help carriers overcome, the more valuable it is. For nearly a decade, leading New England P&C carrier, Arbella Group Insurance, has leveraged an independent web-based point-of-sale portal to: – Stay competitive in…

April 23rd, 2013 by Steve Hauck
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The most significant risk that carriers face when rolling out a new agent portal is that it will not be adopted quickly or significantly. Weak adoption threatens both enterprise value and business, and potential competitive differentiation gains are lost.  At the end of the day, the success of an agent portal hinges entirely on its…

February 27th, 2013 by Katy Hiller
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No sooner had the New Year’s confetti settled than our London marketing team huddled once again to gather and collate article ideas and set up interviews with a range of influential members of the industry and team members from Agencyport Software. The creation of the second annual European Agencyport newsletter, Re: Insurance, had begun. One…

December 11th, 2012 by Julie Howe
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We all know that the business of insurance on the web isn’t new, but it might come as a surprise that according to a recent study, 54% of P&C carriers use Facebook for their business, 41% use Twitter, 32% use YouTube, 31% use Skype and 67% use LinkedIn. With offerings such as these evolving, and new ones coming…

November 8th, 2012 by Karina Becerra
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Last month’s ACORD Implementation Forum in Fort Lauderdale was a great gathering, one that Agencyport was proud to sponsor. This year’s event was attended by over 300 carriers, producers and vendors and encouraged the sharing of information and hands-on training to help implement ACORD standards accurately and efficiently. Here’s a high level look at a…

September 25th, 2012 by Karina Becerra
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On September tenth, nearly 100 of our customers, partners and prospects joined us in Isle of Palms, South Carolina for our 7th Annual Conference.  Our largest turnout yet, the conference was an opportunity for Agencyport Software to unveil new products, update clients on our existing product set and offer our customers and partners a space…

August 16th, 2012 by Mason Power
Partnership

At Agencyport, we continue to invest in the development of strategic partnerships with organizations throughout the insurance industry. These partnerships allow us to continue to exchange ideas, promote best practices, and bring valued-added services that are critical to business needs. Most recently, we’ve teamed up with MFXchange Holdings to expand our distribution channels and provide customers…

July 23rd, 2012 by David Marshall
accessibility

Following demands of their clients, web developers often still prioritize support for old browser versions over support for people with disabilities. Both are relatively small proportions of users, but one group’s problem can be fixed with a quick and easy software upgrade. So why do some clients still think old browser compatibility (IE6/7/8) is more…

June 29th, 2012 by Woody Klemmer
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Thank you to everyone who joined our customer call yesterday afternoon. For those who were unable to make it, here’s a brief recap… In the last six months, not only have we signed a number of new customers we are also thrilled to announce new partnerships with MFX, Valen and PilotFish. We’ve also been very…

June 7th, 2012 by Michael Albert
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A few weeks ago we released AgencyPortal 4.5 and we’re very excited about the features it brings to our clients. From incremental improvements in the installer and Toolkit, to new features like the work item “Timeline”, to whole new paradigms like “Account Management” support, we’re very excited about what the future of AgencyPortal with this…