Efficient Workflows Are Focus of Feb. 29 Event For Independent Agent Channel
PEARL RIVER, N.Y. (February 15, 2012)—Webinars, web broadcasts, and social networking will highlight ways to save time and be more efficient with insurance workflows, during the first-ever Real Time Day on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012.
Real Time Day will include independent agents, industry user groups, insurance carriers and agency management system vendors presenting:
- Web broadcasts with agent interviews, question-and-answer sessions, and discussions and demonstrations by vendors, carriers and user groups
- Webinars and training classes with overviews and instruction in how to use Real Time and Download tools in agency management systems.
- Social networking events such as chats on microblog Twitter using hashtag #RTEddie.
The Real Time/Download Campaign created Real Time Day to highlight workflows that give independent insurance agencies opportunities for more efficient and greater profitability options. Participants include numerous carriers who support the Real Time/Download Campaign; agency management system vendors Applied Systems and Vertafore; user groups ASCnet and NetVU; and insurance standards organization ACORD, among others.
“Real Time Day is designed by agents for agents,” explained Real Time/Download Campaign Co-Chair Joyce Sigler, CISR, CPIW, CPIA, vice president of administration at Jones & Wenner, an insurance agency in Fairlawn, Ohio. “Agencies know they can do better with workflows, and Real Time Day is meant to help them take big steps forward in gaining efficiencies.”
“Real Time Day will be a shortcut for agents and brokers to discover their next steps in using Real Time and Download tools to boost profitability and productivity,” added Co-Chair Stuart Durland, AAI, AINS, partner and vice president of operations at Seely & Durland, an insurance agency in Warwick, N.Y.
The campaign is accepting event ideas and materials for inclusion among Real Time Day activities. Information can be submitted to: RealTime@Aartrijk.com.
A schedule of events is available by visiting bit.ly/RealTimeDay. Additional events are still in development.
The web broadcasts will originate from the video studio of ACORD in Pearl River, N.Y., streaming on ACORD.org.
About the Real Time/Download Campaign
Launched in 2007, the Real Time/Download Campaign (www.getrealtime.org) is dedicated to improving the competitiveness of the independent agency distribution channel. The campaign isn’t advocating a specific technology, but a workflow approach that frees up more time for agencies to sell, process and service business. Most agents can leverage tools already contained in their agency management systems or comparative raters.
Campaign participants include agents, brokers, carriers, technology providers, user groups, and agent and industry associations. The campaign is led by industry groups and sponsored financially by: ACORD and the ACORD-User Groups Information Exchange (AUGIE); Allied Property & Casualty Insurance/Nationwide; Applied Systems; Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet); Artizan Internet Services; CNA; EMC Insurance Companies; Erie Insurance; Grange Insurance; Harleysville; The Hartford; Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) and its Agents Council for Technology (ACT); IVANS; Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation; MetLife Auto & Home; Network of Vertafore Users (NetVU); PIA of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut & New Hampshire; Progressive; Travelers; Vertafore; and Westfield Insurance.
www.getrealtime.org
Facebook.com/RealTimeEddie
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