Who can help my agency redefine our workflows?
Article Abstract:
Consultants may be necessary to assist an insurance agency in fully automating its workflows to take advantage of digital communications and software. Consultants can aid in choosing equipment, training employees, reviewing cost effectiveness and analyzing a department's special needs. The groundrules covering the operation should be discussed beforehand, and the consultant should be willing to work within the rules laid out by the agency.
Publication Name: Best's Review Property-Casualty Insurance Edition
Subject: Insurance
ISSN: 0005-9714
Year: 1995
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Commission reductions can foil production
Article Abstract:
Insurance firms need to find alternative ways to motivate agents in the face of declining commissions. Frank and open communication is essential so that agents understand why their commissions are being reduced. Reductions in paperwork burdens can help agents maximize the time they can devote to selling. Management should seek to maintain a positive attitude and be as responsive as possible to employee suggestions and concerns.
Publication Name: Best's Review Property-Casualty Insurance Edition
Subject: Insurance
ISSN: 0005-9714
Year: 1995
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Student internships develop jobs and talent
Article Abstract:
Experience-based education programs offer mutual benefits for insurance companies and students. Insurance companies benefit from students' technological skills and fresh ideas and students gain valuable learning experience from insurance companies. The programs involve relatively little costs and are usually set up by employers through local colleges.
Publication Name: Best's Review Property-Casualty Insurance Edition
Subject: Insurance
ISSN: 0005-9714
Year: 1996
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Retiree health cutbacks: responding to lessons learned from recent court developments. Innovative funding of retiree health benefits
- Abstracts: Life insurance still makes a good pension. Stemming misconduct is everybody's problem. Variable life can be a real hot potato
- Abstracts: Euro: a four-letter word for expensive. The insurance market opens wider in Poland. NAIC holds first open budget meeting
- Abstracts: Avoid driving square peg into a hole that's round. Bulletin boards now have gone corporate. Training for software success
- Abstracts: A new direction for the life industry. Genetic testing creates opportunities, challenges