Leveraging tech for streamlined agency operations in a remote world

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The COVID-19 pandemic is putting more pressure on insurance professionals to better support, engage and educate their clients. The shift to a primarily remote selling and servicing environment is adding another layer of complexity to the situation. There is an immediate call to action for agency owners to equip their teams with the proper tools required to support their clients. Failure to do so presents an opportunity for the competition to solicit not only your clients, but also your employees.

One way in which agencies can maintain prospecting efforts, consult their clients and create efficiencies in the process is by leveraging the industry’s latest technology tools and resources. Today’s employee benefits tech solutions can have a profound positive impact on each step of an agency’s operations — from identifying and engaging with new leads to automating quoting and proposals to maintaining consistent communications with your clients. All of these tasks can be executed efficiently regardless of where individuals are working.

Eric Bluhm
Senior Vice President

Eric Bluhm is a senior vice president at Zywave.


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