InsFocus Systems, a developer of business intelligence softwarefor the insurance industry, has released a new agent portalfor users of InsFocus BI.

Designed to give agents easy access to targeted informationcritical to their marketing and client retention efforts, InsFocusBI's agent portal requires no software installation or training,making it quick to deploy and useful to insurance agents of anylevel of technical sophistication.

"The guiding principle in the development of our agent portalhas always been to break down the barriers between agents and the information they need to generate value for their companies,"says Hanan Taiber, CTO of InsFocus Systems. "With this new tool,insurance agents can simply log in and get immediate access toactivity monitors, sales and growth analysis, renewal lists, andmuch more, all with a zero learning curve."

As part of their efforts to provide easy and transparent insurance data access, InsFocus developersconcentrated on making the new agent portal available from a widearray of mobile devices, in addition to the desktop.

"Our new agent portal unchains insurance agents from theirdesks," says Uri Taiber, founder and CEO of InsFocus. "Whether theycarry an iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, or another Internet-connecteddevice, agents get the same functionality as they would from theiroffices. As long as they've got a browser, they've got the updatedinformation they need to serve existing clients and sell toprospects."

InsFocus BI's agent portal offers a number of predefinedreports, including sales by product group and cross selling lists,though system administrators can easily add more at any time. Useradministration is as simple as adding or removing agents from apermission list, and sensitive operating and client information isprotected by business-grade encryption.