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Data and Download: How to Make Your Agency Stand Out in Today’s Digital World
To be able to adapt, you have to see things that are not there and things that others are not able to see. All those things are built on data. Data is vital. It is not something that can be taken for granted any longer and it’s one of the ingredients to a great customer experience.

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Best Practices
Data and Download: How to Make Your Agency Stand Out in Today’s Digital World
To be able to adapt, you have to see things that are not there and things that others are not able to see. All those things are built on data. Data is vital. It is not something that can be taken for granted any longer and it’s one of the ingredients to a great customer experience.
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Automated Servicing
Surety Bond Download: Save Even More Time
Do you find yourself spending hours sifting through emails, printing and scanning documents and attaching files for surety bonds? For years, producers have manually managed surety bond documents and information, greatly reducing staff productivity and wasting valuable time.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing
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Access to Markets
Pekin Insurance: Beyond Contractors
During the digital transformation of the insurance industry, new technologies have given way to new business models and market competitors. As a result, many insurers are changing the way they do business, with greater focus on niche business rather than being generalists.
2017, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents
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Automated Servicing
Claims Download: Staking Your Claim to More Time in the Day
Technology has changed the way we do business at Schultheis Insurance Agency, especially when it comes to receiving client, policy, billing and claims information.
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Access to Markets
Finding Markets: Turn Wasting Time into Saving Time
Agencies strive to provide the best products at the right price for customers and prospects. But as an independent agent working with numerous insurer partners, I know first-hand how difficult it can be to find the right insurer for each risk.
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Automated Servicing
Goodbye Paper, Hello Productivity
Do you find yourself spending countless hours every day re-keying data and processing requests? Are you searching for a better way to access policy documents on demand?
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Access to Markets
Tools for Growth: How Our Agency Finds More Markets in Less Time
At 618 Insurance Agency, providing superior customer service and low rates for our clients drives the success of the agency. But as an independent agent working with numerous insurer partners, I know first-hand how difficult it can be to find the right insurer for each risk.
2017, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
CAB/AAB Insider: Agents Reveal What They Really Want from Insurers
Our annual Carrier & Agency Advisory Board (CAB/AAB) meeting brings together insurers and agents for an open dialogue on the group’s collective experiences, challenges and opportunities in the insurance industry.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Marketing & Distribution
How Digital Distribution Will Revolutionize Insurer-Agency Collaboration
The insurance industry is transforming unlike any time in its history. New startups, new business models, innovative products, and new types of partnerships are surfacing everywhere.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Automated Servicing
Why Your Business Should Be Leveraging Automated Servicing Technology
In today’s digital world, insurers across the industry are recognizing that their agencies need improved servicing options to work more efficiently and sell more business.
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Industry Trends
Ivans Index: Industry Insights to Help You Run Your Business Better
More than a year ago, the Ivans team asked agents and insurers, “What insight is missing in the industry that you truly need to better run your business and serve your clients?”
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Industry Trends
Emerging Trends: The Widening Technology Gap – And How to Close It
Recently, I spoke at the 2017 AAMGA Automation Conference in Atlanta, an annual gathering of MGAs and insurance professionals that centers on automation and advancements in insurance technology.
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Marketing & Distribution
New Ways to Distribute Your Products
As the digital transformation of insurance continues, agencies and insurers have come to rely on technology to run their businesses. In order to provide the best coverage to their insureds, agents are looking to place their risks with the best markets by product and service.
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Marketing & Distribution
Grow Your Business Through the Independent Agent Channel
On a daily basis, there are new stories commenting on technology’s impact on our world. Technology is redefining communications, evolving business and upstarting new economies.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Insurer Connectivity: Technology for the Future of Your Business
Connectivity between agencies and insurers is not only valuable to the growth of your agency, it is critical.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Industry Trends
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