Agent advisory committees are nothing new to the insurance industry, but it was nonetheless interesting to read about Progressive’s plan to start a technology advisory board.
Research says that 57 percent of agents use at least one social media tool to interact with other professionals, and 59 percent use social media to network with clients and prospects. Which of these tools is right for you?
A bad economy and a soft market: It's the same old story for the insurance industry. But instead of pinning hopes on an elusive hard market, insurers are focusing instead on new markets and creative ways of doing business to win in 2011 and beyond.
IDG recently released its Top Tech Quotes of 2010. A video of the quotes includes words from such deep thinkers as Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, and Lady Gaga.
Coping with the uncertainty of the Dodd-Frank Act and the newly-formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be among U.S. financial institutions' foremost concerns in 2011.
Insurers are like a lot of businesses in this crazy, information-rich world of the 21st century. They are competing for a spot in the hearts and minds of customers and potential customers.
The growth of social media over the Internet is something insurance agents can embrace and learn to use as another tool to help grow their business, experts in its use said earlier this year.