Today, an insurer’s digital strategy includes ways of using data and technology to manage the distribution channel more effectively and, in doing so, improve the agent experience.
Agents, like customers, want insurers to understand what they want, when they need it and how to provide service in a rapid, responsive manner.
Insurers are wrestling with four major changes, including shifting the focus from paying from to preventing loss, moving toward becoming a technology innovator, putting a greater reliance on partnerships and a placing greater emphasis on engagement.
The most important element of an effective data-driven program is its ability to identify and understand users and their needs, many times through non-obvious indicators.
Data is only useful when it's clean and well organized. It also needs to be accessible and rich enough to be useful.
Big isn't always best, and the most highly compensated agents and agencies are not always producing the most profitable business.
