Insurance software solutions provider, FirstBest Systems, Inc., which provides products for the MGAs and MGUs specialty and commercial-lines insurance carriers, has revealed the latest additions to its Front Office Suite of insurance applications, which will now include mobile commerce capabilities. This new functionality will permit the insurance workforce to take advantage of a wider range of solutions for underwriting and collaborative business challenges using mobile devices that are increasingly becoming standard in the industry. The mobile capability is entirely integrated with the agent portal applications and underwriting workstations through FirstBest,…
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State Farm uses mobile and social marketing for sweepstakes promotion
By way of mobile and social marketing techniques, State Farm has announced to both current and potential customers that they may take part in a sweepstakes campaign that gives them the chance to attend a party aboard the Intrepid aircraft carrier museum. The insurer is using Pandora’s iPhone app to run targeted ads for the sweepstakes. Through this campaign, people can have a chance to win by tweeting State Farm. According to the State Farm digital media manager, Matt Johnson, one of the most rapidly growing areas of the insurer’s…
Read MoreFootball fans have opportunity to win big prizes from Allstate mobile sweepstakes
Allstate Insurance Co. has announced that it will be providing fans of college football with the opportunity to win a trip to the BCS National Championship game, and a new car, by way of a text-to-win sweepstakes. Beyond these grand prizes, participants also have the chance to win other weekly prizes. The sweepstakes has already started and will continue until November 30, 2011. According to the director of sponsorship marketing for Allstate, Pam Hollander, from Northbrook, Illinois, the 60 Seconds of Mayhem sweepstakes was developed by Allstate to “generate awareness…
Read MoreRussian government tries to improve road safety with augmented reality
Lawmakers and auto insurers worldwide have turned their attention to Russia, where the government has chosen to take advantage of some of the latest forms of technology in order to attempt to manage the growing traffic collision problems that have been occurring in Moscow of late. The top officials in the country will be using technology such as augmented reality in order to raise awareness. A new Russian Ministry of Transport has created a mobile app that uses augmented reality to spread awareness of safety. The methods have been deemed…
Read MoreCongress wants to take a bite out of cyber crime
It is possible that the U.S. could see the first strategic, cybersecurity law proposed, being up for a vote in Congress. No administration has ever suggested a major law, outlining specific plans for increasing computer security for citizens, businesses and government entities. An investigative report shows that data breaches reached an all time high last year, with more than 760 breaches. This may not sound too bad, but the number of affected records from that 760, equaled over 4 million. Cyber criminals have adapted to most types of security applications…
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