Digital distribution

Higher-value customers and customers with poor digital experiences still depend on advisors, says John Tiene of Agency Network Exchange.

New research from LIMRA, which will be presented at its upcoming conference in Orlando, indicates these external disruptions could alter their distribution models within the next five years.

The HealthEdge platform is expected to deliver flexible product and benefit designs and real-time claims processing.

Interim agency head has operations background in health services.

We live in a brave new world now with digital devices and equipment surrounding us in a sea of capabilities that (generally) improve the quality of our experiences.

Not-for-Profit health plan serving members in New York to pioneer use of HIE technology to create a secure, reliable Health Information Exchange.

The new programs, initially offered in 16 states, include general liability programs for general and artisan contractors and a commercial multi-peril package.

Shandon Fowler, director of marketplaces at Benefitfocus discusses his company, which has its own private exchanges and provides the technology behind the private exchange offerings of many of the major players, including Aetna and Mercer.

Fidelity, which has served Spokane and eastern Washington for generations, brings leadership and employee benefits offerings to Hub’s eastern Washington State region.

This emerging intelligent network of millions of interconnected objects is destined to change the nature of insurance.

In her newly created position, Nancy Maloy will spearhead a global refresh of the company’s supplemental products.

The new wave of digital technologies is sending a clear message to even the most recalcitrant insurers: Go digital or go home.

Independent insurance agents are increasingly vulnerable to digital disruption, according to a new Accenture survey.

The race to ‘go digital’ is on as insurers focus their innovation efforts on these five technologies.

INN and Celent recognized the insurance industry’s most innovative solution providers and carriers at our eighth annual awards ceremony in New Orleans.

Delivering an enriched customer experience requires a new digital architecture running alongside legacy systems.

Digital competition may dictate a new organizational architecture in which emerging digital processes coexist with traditional ones.

MetLife’s Business Owner Policy portfolio is now available in five states via Dovetail’s click-and-quote portal.

Newly launched apps are intended to help agents and insurers address the challenges of client retention and agent productivity, the companies said.

SMA believes that insurers must embrace a "shared economy," crowdsourcing and open innovation to get ahead in the new marketplace.