Cal Durland

• Survey Reveals Agents Desire More Carriers With Real-Time Capabilities

  By Staff Writer  |  January 19, 2012

  Independent agents and brokers place the highest priority on getting more insurance carriers to offer real-time interface functionality to ease workflow issues in their agencies, according to a recent Real Time/Download Campaign survey. 

• Survey Shows Agents Want More Carriers With Real-Time Capabilities

  By Staff Writer  |  January 12, 2012

  Independent agents and brokers place the highest priority on getting more insurance carriers to offer real-time interface functionality to ease workflow issues in their agencies, according to a recent Real Time/Download Campaign (www.getrealtime.org) survey.

• Next Big Tech Hurdle: Real-Time Processing For Mid-Market Commercial

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 20, 2011

  The “next frontier,” in P&C technology, according to Jeff Yates, CEO of ACT (Agents Council for Technology), is real-time processing for commercial lines—a development that will have “huge payback” for independent agents and brokers.

• AUGIE Survey: Price Main Driver When Placing Personal Lines Risks

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 31, 2010

  In a reversal from four years ago, agents and brokers cited price as the main driver when deciding where to place personal lines business in 2010, eclipsing "ease of doing business," the latest AUGIE survey revealed.