Independent agent Joyce Sigler has been named co-chair of the Real Time/Download Campaign, an industry advocacy group for workflow and technology efficiency in the independent agency distribution channel. Sigler is vice president of administration at Jones & Wenner, an insurance agency in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Sigler succeeds Cyndy Smith, vice president and director of technology at Haylor, Freyer & Coon, in Syracuse, N.Y., who helpe lead the campaign for several years. An active member of the Network of Vertafore Users (NetVU), Sigler has 17 years of insurance agency and carrier experience.

"In today's marketplace, independent insurance agents and brokers need to find new ways to increase profitability and efficiency," says Sigler, who assumes her new role Sept. 1. "Real-time agent-carrier communication is one of the easiest and most impactful ways of doing that. It certainly has been in our office."

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