The effort was announced by Jeffrey M. Yates, ACT's (Agents Council for Technology) executive director, at a press conference held here during the Independent Agents & Brokers of America's Legislative
The session will be moderated by Steve Anderson, creator of The Automated Agency Report, and feature demonstrations of real-time transactions showing actual inquiry/response transactions and real-time
Do any you even remember what AUGIE is supposed to be doing? If so, do you care? In his new blog, NU's tech editor, Ara C. Trembly, wonders whether AUGIE (the ACORD-Users Groups Information Exchange)
As an agent and a founding member of Southwest Ohio's local chapter of the Applied Systems Client Network, Vicky Tuten has seen a lot of the struggle agents have gone through in trying to marry
We concur with Ara Trembly, NU's technology editor, in his Oct. 30 column that lack of awareness, rather than apathy, is the real obstacle to single-entry, multi-company interface. In addition,
The form, Agency Questionnaire (ACORD 812), was developed after agents and brokers expressed concern that too much time is spent filling out multiple questionnaires, according to ACORD, Pearl River, N
Several recent articles have commented on and decried the lack of significant interface progress, as highlighted in the recent AUGIE "Agency Technology Survey." That survey reported continued agency
There was a time in the industry when independent agents were relatively content to wait for new technology--like consumers anticipating a bigger, better Game Boy or other techno-toy. Today, however,