online quoting

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  Tech-Enabled Cat Response

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com, Michael P. Voelker  |  January 2, 2013

  To better serve policyholders, insurers must continually invest in modern, flexible claims technology solutions.

• New Trade Association Looks to Share High-Net-Worth Best Practices

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 13, 2012

  A new trade association, the Council for Insuring Private Clients (CIPC), has been formed to develop best practices for providing insurance solutions to the High-Net-Worth (HNW) demographic, says Richard Kerr, CEO of MarketScout—the Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange that is a CIPC founding partner and developer.

• Behind the Numbers

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  December 11, 2012

  Cost is only one of the many factors driving insurers’ increased use of cloud at the platform, infrastructure, and software levels.

• Buying Business Cover Online: Crossing into the New Frontier in Commercial Lines

  By Michael Voelker  |  August 27, 2012

  In personal-lines insurance, particularly in the highly commoditized world of Personal Auto, carriers offering direct-to-consumer sales via the Web have achieved what the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) characterizes as “unmistakable” success.

• Carriers’ Online Tools for Producers

  By Michael Voelker  |  August 27, 2012

  Although the direct sale of commercial-line insurance remains the extremely limited exception rather than the rule, many carriers offer online quoting and application capabilities for their agents and brokers.

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  7 Powerful Agency Websites

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 31, 2012

  We asked several industry experts to point out some agencies that are doing websites right, and compiled a list of some of their favorites.

• New Executives, Board Members and Officers with InVEST, PCI and Lockton - Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  November 1, 2011

  Tattoo artists are offered new insurance program, new partnership formed and new website created with The National Alliance, Zurich, Marine Agency Corp., Patra Corp. and WHAVE.

• Market Directory: D&O and EPLI

  By Market Directory  |  May 1, 2011

• nGI: The M factor

  By Melissa Hillebrand, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 14, 2010

  Young agents need to learn many things, very quickly. Our panel of Millennials discusses strategies for working with family, how to impress seasoned colleagues and their futures.

• Liberty Mutual opens service centers in Ohio and Washington

  By Staff Writer  |  September 28, 2010

  An extension of approximately 1,000 agencies, the service centers allow these agencies more time to generate new business and maintain relationships with their clients.

• Insurance Standards Reaching Beyond Borders

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  June 4, 2010

  When you're planning a vacation, you know you'll be able to use your credit card to buy an Eiffel Tower souvenir in Paris or get cash from an ATM in Tokyo thanks to the use of global standards by banks and credit card companies.

• Direct vs. Agent Channel: Insurers Face a House Divided

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 21, 2010

  For some it's a battle, for others it's a complement. The direction of personal lines insurance is a source of continuing debate as insurers define and hone their channel strategies between agent-based sales and direct to the consumer.

• K&K Insurance Group offers association-based Internet marketing capability

  By Staff Writer  |  March 23, 2010

  K&K's new Internet platform creates association-branded Web sites that provides quoting, binding, purchasing and immediate certificate generation.