Digital distribution

Horizon BCBSNJ’s facility opens in the summer. The retail center will be staffed by specially-trained personnel to help customers with their health insurance needs, direct them to resources for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and assist them in purchasing health insurance products and services.

DocuSign boasts several life, P&C clients, points to straight-through processing as motivation for e-signature purchases.

About 85 percent of asset management firms and insurers have seen increased brand awareness on social media platforms, 67 percent have seen increased engagement with clients and prospects and 58 percent say social media has led to increased website traffic.

Health insurers embrace e-contracting approach to save paper and admin costs and improve customer service efforts.

Insurer designs its online commercial surety bond purchasing and issuing platform to provide simplified navigation, smarter technology, faster execution and flexibility.

Participant and Policy Owner Portal System to support Lincoln’s executive benefits division.

The Hartford strikes deal with Forethought for annuity business capabilities and will continue selling annuity products during transition period.

Separate studies from Northwestern Mutual and LIMRA find that Americans can’t afford to live, but can’t afford to die, insurers can take action by educating the public about the importance of financial protection and taking personal financial responsibility.

Award qualifications based on written premiums, cumulative loss ratio and premium retention.

SIGNiX, VERTIX deal reflects growing industry adoption of electronic signature technology.

Partnership supports Symetra’s alignment strategy to help advisors grow, protect practices.

Convenience, life triggers shape buying habits, reports LIMRA.

Asia, including China and India, is spearheading the trend, covering roughly 80 percent of this emerging market.

There was this tremendous downturn in the stock market in 2008, and here we are four years later but confidence has not been restored. There’s lots of opportunity for insurers to solve the things that seniors are worried about.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions’ global capabilities expanded to help meet the needs of international clients.

“The Customer, Google and UK Car Insurance: Lessons from Evolving Customer Search Behavior” reveals that price comparison tools increase the premium across all insurers. “They make the insurance product about price rather than best fit for the client’s needs,” said report co-author and Celent Analyst Craig Beattie.

The fifth annual index found that 24 percent of respondents tried to resolve their property/casualty insurance issues online before calling their insurers directly compared to 21 percent for health insurance.

While retirement concerns grow, insurers are still struggling to assist with better planning for those concerns.

App provides information to aviation insurance brokers, Starr policyholders and potential insureds.

Targeting advisers, employers and participants, the insurer enhances tools within two of its retirement plan websites.