“OPUS Mobile” Insurance Solutions by illustrate inc
July 20th, 2011
Mobile Sales Technology Platform for Life Insurance Companies, Brokerage Agencies, & Financial Advisors (Toronto, July 2011) Increasingly, life insurance agents and their customers, are using smartphone technology to getthe information they want immediately at their fingertips. Insurance companies are looking for ways to increase their agents’ sales with mobile applications. illustrate inc, a leading developer… more
illustrate inc & Foresters Announce Release Of Foresters Mobile Quotes
April 21st, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ILLUSTRATE INC & FORESTERS ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF FORESTERS MOBILE QUOTES TORONTO, April 20, 2011 – illustrate inc, a leading developer of point-of-sale technology solutions for the North American life insurance industry, and Foresters™, a life insurance provider committed to the well-being of families, have partnered to create Foresters Mobile Quotes, a… more
ACORD’s Interview with Lorne Brown: Introducing OPUS Make the Sale
August 10th, 2010
ACORD interviews Lorne Brown regarding OPUS Make the Sale ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum: Interview for OPUS Make the Sale from OpusMakeTheSale on Vimeo.
Accessible Anywhere. One Point of Data Entry. Straight-through Processing.
May 18th, 2010
INTRODUCTION To remain competitive, insurers must get new business in, process it promptly and accurately and get it back out to their advisors and ultimately their clients. A lack of integrated technology combined with redundant business processes present significant obstacles to getting this done efficiently, often leading to unplaced business. The Life Insurance industry was… more
Unified Communications: Its Time Has Come
May 12th, 2010
Recently, articles in this newsletter have discussed ACORD’s new technology implementations. While not using the term “unified communications” that’s part of what it is — bringing together disparate components to increase efficiency. And ACORD isn’t the only one rolling out such technologies. Unified communications is a term being used more and more these days. What… more
Market Insight
May 4th, 2010
Insurance advisors shake off recession – Canadian life insurance sales were relatively level with only 1% decline in annualized premiums in the first quarter of 2009 – June 15, 2009 Insurance Software Deal Trends 2009 – Deal data provided by software vendors active in insurance, shows that insurers are still investing in solutions, despite the… more
How it works
June 22nd, 2009
CLIEDIS 2009 ACORD/XML Survey “Our surveys allow us to take the pulse of our community, see trends on the use of standards and determine the success of our efforts. It is essential to our mission to develop common standards and conventions that enhance the efficiency of the Canadian life insurance industry. With the results of… more
Turbulence
March 4th, 2009
The economic market turbulence continues. Words from a recent presentation from the Chairman & CEO of The Dow Chemical Company, Andrew Liveris resonate for me: “… there is very little any of us can do to change and even predict the external environment… then there is really only one option left. As the Austrian psychiatrist… more