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E-Signatures Apps for Independent Insurance Agencies
As an insurance agency, you no doubt spend a good deal of time sending, signing and receiving contracts. This process can be surprisingly complicated, especially with deadlines, a lack of scanners or faxes, and recent changes to contract privacy and security...
Keeping Secure and Spam Free with Cloud Apps
E-mail is by far the fastest and easiest way to transfer information, but as its popularity has grown so have questions of its security. This is evidenced in the mass amount of spam found in inboxes each day and reports of e-mail hacking in small businesses and the...
What to Watch for When Upgrading Your Operating System
For better or worse (and usually a little of both!), technology is constantly changing. As you’ve read in our previous posts, such upgrades are affecting Windows users as Microsoft phases out support on its XP operating system. Hopefully by now we’ve convinced you to...
System Upgrade: Choosing a New Operating System for Your Agency
If you’ve read our last two posts, you’re well aware that Windows will soon stop support for its XP operating system, and those with XP should switch to a new system sooner rather than later. In this post, we’ll look at the different options you have, including those...
Strategic Insurance Software to Host Partner XE Regional Conference in March
Strategic Insurance Software (SIS) will host a one-day regional workshop in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, March 10. Agency owners, office managers, and CSRs are invited to attend at 1100 Crown Colony Drive, Quincy, MA. Participant-driven discussion and valuable...
The Time is Now: Making the XP Switch for Independent Insurance Agents
Whether you’re ready or not, it’s coming: in April of this year, Windows will stop all support for its XP operating system, and your agency needs to be prepared by switching to an updated Windows. Although you might not feel the effects of the end of XP support right...
Windows Phasing Out XP Support: Why You Should Pay Attention
Windows, one of the most popular operating systems, has announced it will be phasing out support on its XP system, with no support offered after April 8th, 2014. This means no new security updates, “hotfixes” (used for user-specific issues), or any type of technical...
Marketing Must-Haves and the Cloud Apps to Get Them Going
The world of marketing can be a scary, uncertain place, especially with new online marketing capabilities introduced almost daily. To make matters worse, most local insurance agencies don’t have a dedicated marketing team. Although it’s best to have at least one...
AMP Announces Findings of Nationwide Digital Insurance Marketing Survey
Today Agency Marketing Partners (AMP), strategic partner that provides digital marketing solutions for independent insurance agencies, announced the findings of their study of digital marketing strategies used by independent insurance agencies. Results show that...
Cloud Essentials: Doc Sharing and Storage
In our last post, we looked at some all-in-one cloud apps combining e-mail, document sharing/storage, and calendar sharing to save time (and money!) for your agency’s daily operations. These all-in-one tools bring the benefit of synching operations, yet some agencies...