Agencyport Software Releases New Version -AgencyPortal(R)

Agencyport Software, a important provider of software and services to the global insurance and reinsurance industries, today announced the immediate availability of AgencyPortal(R) 4.5, the latest version of its market-leading platform for insurance companies to offer self-service portals to their retail agents, brokers, MGAs and policyholders. Agencyport made the declaration at the 2012 ACORD-LOMA Insurance Systems Forum in Orlando, Florida.

 Over thirty P&C insurance carriers currently use AgencyPortal(R) across personal, commercial, specialty and reinsurance lines of business in several countries including all 50 U.S. states. New usability features such as account management capabilities, predictive analytics and user history tracking are introduced in this release. Each feature is also configurable in the AgencyPortal(R) Toolkit. 

AgencyPortal(R) 4.5 ships with an important new Account Management feature that carriers can enable in their agent portals for all lines of business. AgencyPortal(R) Account Management allows agents to quickly determine account eligibility for multiple lines of business based on the carrier appetite for the risk as well as whether or not a specific line is currently reserved. 

Common information on the agents' accounts is used to pre-fill the quote data, saving keystrokes and time and incentivizing agents to quote multiple policies at a discounted premium. Account Management also allows carriers to respond to common agent requests for a single view of all in-force, quoted, and historical policies for all lines of business associated with a specific account.

Apple’s new iPad sale begins this Friday

Set your alarm clock, or get ready to pitch a tent outside your nearby Apple retail, the new iPad goes on sale beginning at 8 a.m. this Friday. The lines should be fierce, especially with pre-orders selling out shortly after last week’s launch event. And it’s a first-come, first-served basis. On the plus side, five other big-box retailers will peddle the popular tablet on Friday, too.

If you’re not hung up on getting your goods straight from the source, you can pick up the new iPad from Best Buy, Radio Shack, Target, Sam’s Club and Walmart. This is especially good news for anyone lacking an Apple store in their town, but there are some serious advantages to picking up your tablet from its maker. For one, Apple locations will most likely have a greater quantity of devices to sell. But we think the biggest draw is the free setup and support that the company offers for in-store purchases.


The new iPad will also be available in the U.K., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on March 16. Beginning March 23, it will go on sale in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.