Rating Systems Bolster Agent, Insurer Efficiency

Electronic rating systems are making the jobs of insurance companies and agents faster, easier and more efficient, experts say.

Martin P. Agather, vice president of rating and Internet technology for Applied Systems (www.appliedsystems.com), based in University Park, Ill., said that his company believes there are actually two users of an Internet rating product at the agency level: the insurance agent and the consumer. That is why Applied Systems developed “two different looks and feels of the same product,” he explained.

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