Tactical Tech By Chris Paradiso GEOFENCING MARKETING A deep dive into this location-based marketing strategy Have you ever wondered how you got a notification when you passed by a retail store in the mall, or a local cafe when you were thinking of buying a coffee? Or perhaps, have you ever received a coupon to buy a phone protection case right after purchasing a new smartphone? If these instances sound
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To The Point By Joseph S. Harrington ACORD STREAMLINES PREMIUM ACCOUNTING … and uses blockchain to do it, by the way Do you ever find premium reconciliation to be a hassle? ACORD, the organization working to promote data-sharing among insurance organizations, has come out with a new initiative to relieve this headache. Developed in conjunction with Aon and Zurich, ACORD Solutions Group’s new “ADEPT” platform (for “ACORD Data Exchange Platform
Technology WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE DIGITAL INSURANCE FIRM IN 2021 Considerations for refining and enhancing digital strategies By Christine Horne The year 2020 will be remembered as the year that insurance agencies and brokerages tackled their digital strategies at a moment’s notice thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, agencies and brokerages will want to shore up their existing strategies and look to the future … beyond the pandemic.
CYBER BEST PRACTICES AT HOME Tips to make your clients less-desirable targets for cybercriminals By Christopher W. Cook For risk managers, now more than ever is a good time to talk to your clients about cyber best practices in the home, especially with more individuals working remotely because of the pandemic. Although I was born in 1980—that Gen X/Gen Y borderline—I can’t say that I’m a very “techy” person. I’m
Tactical Tech By Chris Paradiso A NEW AGE OF CERTIFICATE DATA Insurtechs are using data from insurance certificates in innovative ways The certificate of insurance has been around since the 1970s, but it took a long time for certs to begin to move toward digitization. Here we are in 2020, and electronic processing of certificates is common. Now insurtechs are taking another step forward by using the information found on
