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Nationwide small commercial insurance satisfaction highest in US, says JD Power

September 20, 2019September 18, 2019 H. Cutner

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The insurer earned the highest ranking for overall customer satisfaction in a recent study. A new J.D. Power study has found that Nationwide provides the best customer satisfaction in small commercial insurance. This, according to the findings from the firm’s 2019 U.S. Small Commercial Insurance Satisfaction Study. This isn’t Nationwide’s first time receiving the title. In fact, the insurer has been the top small commercial insurance company for customer satisfaction two years in a row. The company also took the top spot for the claims and policy offerings categories. “Small…

Mobile insurance claims are taking a while to catch on with consumers

October 26, 2017October 25, 2017 Logan B.

J.D. Power data shows insurer apps aren’t rapidly taking off among policyholders filing for payments. Mobile insurance claims aren’t very popular among policyholders, says J.D. Power data. Even though auto insurance companies across the country have launched massive advertising campaigns, consumers are still slow to adopt the tech. As much as mobile insurance apps are being used more frequently, that isn’t the case for making claims. J.D. Power released its 2017 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study. Within it, the firm indicated that the slow adoption of mobile insurance claims technology…

Auto insurance rates getting more expensive, says J.D. Power

July 11, 2017July 7, 2017 Marc

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The firm’s 2017 U.S. Auto Insurance Study revealed that more than 1 in 4 drivers is paying more. J.D. Power released its 2017 U.S. Auto Insurance Study showing that auto insurance rates are headed skyward for a quarter of Americans this year. This came with the not-too-surprising news that drivers are less satisfied with their car insurance companies than they were previously. The car insurance rates are having a direct impact on how satisfied Americans are with their insurers. The J.D. Power study this year found that 26 percent of…

Auto insurance claims still need human participation, J.D. Power

October 31, 2016October 28, 2016 G. Turner

According to a recent customer satisfaction study, consumers love tech but still need human interaction. While consumers may love technology for many interactions, auto insurance claims still need that human touch. The J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study showed tech hasn’t fully replaced people. The research showed that Generation Y is less satisfied by the insurance claim process than any other generation. The study defined Generation Y as people born between 1977 and 1994. They found the auto insurance claims process to be the least satisfactory of any…

Auto insurance companies aren’t keeping customers happy

June 23, 2016June 22, 2016 Nordstrom

A new J.D. Power survey revealed a drop in overall customer satisfaction within this market. J.D. Power has now released its report on customer satisfaction through auto insurance companies. What the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Auto Insurance Study revealed was that customers aren’t as happy with insurers. The overall satisfaction customers feel is on the decline. This study measures customer satisfaction through the use of a 1,000 point scale broken down into 5 factors. These five factors – in order of importance – are: Interaction, Policy Offerings, Price, and Billing…

Auto insurance company websites are a big fail, say consumers

May 24, 2016May 21, 2016 Logan B.

A recent J.D. Power survey showed that customers aren’t satisfied with the sites run by their insurers. As a whole, the customer satisfaction level a customer feels from his or her auto insurance company has actually been quite strong, according to a J.D. Power survey. However, that feeling doesn’t necessarily carry over to the experience provided by the websites of those insurers. Only slightly more than one half of all auto insurance customers have said they “definitely will” return to the site. Considering the number of people who use websites…

Auto insurance is improving its customer satisfaction

November 3, 2014November 1, 2014 H. Cutner

A recent report from J.D. Power has shown that this sector of the industry is making consumers happy. According to a the results of a recently released study conducted by J.D. Power, auto insurance companies are continuing to provide an increasing level of customer satisfaction throughout the claims process. This was revealed within the “J.D. Power 2014 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study.” This study is conducted in order to measure the satisfaction level that consumers feel with respect to their auto insurance company after they have had to make a…