Insurance Times’ annual eTrading survey is now open for UK brokers to share their views on their eTrading experiences with insurers and software houses over the last 12 months
In particular, schemes with brokers will be a ‘focus’ for the ‘end-to-end’ insurer next year, says divisional director
’This investment in our underwriting team is about ensuring that brokers feel supported,’ says head of SME and trading
Commentators agree that software house cooperation on commercial lines digital trading is only happening in ‘pockets’, yet this teamwork could ‘provide the broking community with the tools they need to deliver an efficient but high level of service to customers’
Nikki Lidster, head of SME and trading at Zurich Insurance, talks about the firm’s entry for the Excellence in Professional Development – Broker/Insurer/MGA award
Five firms are competing to win the Digital Broker of the Year award at this year’s Insurance Times Awards
Mark Thomas, chief executive at Compare My Insurance, discusses the firm’s reasons for entering the Digital Broker of the Year category
RSA director notes there is a ’clear market demand for the job software houses do’
UK chief executive flags ‘really good energy’ at the specialist insurer as it targets retail growth ‘between 5% and 15% at the right level of profit’ over four-year strategy duration
The Insurance Times Five Star eTrading survey is the most comprehensive independent annual survey of its kind and aims to investigate a broker's experience of eTrading with their chosen extranet platforms or software houses' system.
The key question is: are eTrading platforms or software houses tailored towards your brokerage needs? The Star rating and feedback you provide is directly used each year by insurers and software houses to improve the services and products they provide to brokers. It also gives brokers the opportunity to have exclusive free access to an executive summary of the insight that is otherwise only available to subscribers paying more than £600 a year.