I’ve been thinking about what Applied’s purchase of IVANS might mean to Download transactions. Could it be a catalyst for a new paradigm? While not technically elegant, personal lines Download works. And in the eyes of many agents, it works well. The same can’t be said for commercial lines, however, which makes me wonder if…
Novarica’s Average Customer Experience (ACE) Rankings provide a transparent, unedited and unbiased perspective on how well a solution or provider meets its customers’ needs. To measure customer experience, senior technology and operational executives who have direct experience with products and organizations complete the survey. ACE rankings depend entirely on carriers taking already limited time out of…
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…
Recently, Insurance Networking News published the Four Tech Trends supported by ACT and AUGIE in 2013. It’s no surprise that the priorities are all about making the lives of agents easier. ID Federation, real time, and client self-services all made the list. While we have touted our support for real time and self-service in the…
Agencyport Software have kick-started what will undoubtedly be a busy year. We have been approved to join the MGAA as an official technology supplier to the MGA market with Open MGA+. This news follows Agencyport’s successful signing of four international MGAs at the end of 2012. To be approved for MGAA membership, Agencyport had…
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…
It’s been 11 years since Tower Group Companies signed on as Agencyport’s first customer. Throughout our long relationship, we’ve celebrated many successes. Today, we would like to congratulate a man who has been key to many of those successes. Our friend and respected colleague, Salvatore Abano, received an Elite 8 award from Insurance & Technology….
Distribution of insurance products is complex and multi-layered, and becoming more so all the time. Our clients are often managing relationships with agents, consumers, MGAs and wholesalers as they underwrite business from different segments of the market. Attending the Target Markets Conference in Scottsdale recently gave us the opportunity to learn more about the intricacies…
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…
19 entries, 8 hours, 4 winners, 1 awesome day Every year, Agencyport teams come together to create, compete and present brilliant ideas relating to insurance software. Oftentimes, these ideas lead to great new products. (Think Turnstile!) Most often, they are merged as enhancements to our existing product suite. Either way, we take this opportunity to…