ABEXAccess.com News: Portal for your Client

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

In gearing up to our official launch of ABEXAccess.com, every couple of weeks we will provide you with a little more information of what your experience will be like with this groundbreaking platform for Real-Time rating and paperless policy issuance.

Why is it awesome?

Through ABEXAccess.com you will be able to provide your client with a web portal to access any of their ABEX policies. You can co-brand the client portal site with your logo and information about your brokerage!

How does it work?

After you have issued a policy for your client through ABEXAccess.com, at your option you can provide your client with secure access to login to ABEXAccess.com and view information online! Your client can receive an email with a link to an easy sign-up screen. After creating a user account on ABEXAccess.com, your client will be able to login and see a co-branded web page that gives them the ability to access their policy information.

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After you have issued a policy through ABEXAccess.com for your client, you will have the ability to email information to the client to sign up to ABEXAccess.com.

After your client has signed up, they will see a landing page that can have information about your Brokerage. The admin user for your brokerage will be able to post the information that will be presented on this page directly through ABEXAccess.com!

Your client can link their new policy to their account by entering a unique ID for the policy:

After they have linked their policy, they can view the policy details!

ABEXAccess.com will be released in the coming weeks. If you are interested in test driving it contact us today.

Cyber Security for Small Businesses

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

High-profile cyber attacks and data breaches at Sony, Honda Canada and HRSDC have raised awareness of the growing threat of cyber crime—but recent surveys conducted by Symantec suggest that many small business owners are still operating under a false sense of cyber security.

Don’t Equate Small with Safe

The statistics are grim: The majority of Canadian small businesses lack a formal Internet security policy for employees, and only about half have even rudimentary cyber security measures in place. Despite significant cyber security exposures, 50 per cent of small business owners believe their company is safe from hackers, viruses, malware or a data breach. This disconnect is largely due to the widespread, albeit mistaken, belief that small businesses are unlikely targets for cyber attacks. In reality, data thieves are simply looking for the path of least resistance. Symantec’s study found that 40 per cent of attacks are against organizations with fewer than 500 employees.

Hackers and data thieves aren’t the only threats. Smaller companies often boast of an almost family-like work environment and have a tendency to put a lot of trust in their employees. This can lead to complacency when it comes to data security, which is exactly what a disgruntled or recently fired employee needs to execute an attack on the business. Read more >>

ABEXAccess.com News – Quote, Issue, DONE!

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

Why is it awesome?

Through ABEXAccess.com, you will be able to obtain a quote, have ABEX approve binding and issuing the policy, and complete policy issuance, all in Real-Time!

How does it work?

Getting a quote from ABEX will be as easy as securely going to ABEXAccess.com, selecting one of our insurance products, and answering the minimum questions we need in order to determine the premium. You will even be able to review with your client the policy details provided online.

But that’s not all!

If your client wants to proceed with purchasing the quoted policy, you can accept the quote and send it to ABEX to approve in Real-Time. But if that isn’t awesome enough, read what comes next!

After ABEX reviews and approves the quoted policy, it will be sent back to you to complete the policy issuance – all in Real-Time!

And you’re DONE! You will be able to provide your client with the declarations page, summary details of their information, and even issue certificates. All of this information can be either printed or emailed to your client directly out of ABEXAccess.com.

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First start the process to obtain a quote:

Then fill out any required information in order to obtain the quote. Note: We have optimized this process so that the least amount of questions is asked.

Then select which quote is right for your client. You can view and share the policy details with your client by clicking the link next to the quoted policy.

You can accept the quote and send to ABEX to approve the new policy for issuance. An ABEX staff member will review the submitted policy information in ABEXAccess.com and send it back to you for approval. When you receive the approved policy, you can then proceed with policy issuance:

And you’re done!

The declarations page, summary of the application, and even certificates can all be sent to the Insured electronically directly from ABEXAccess.com.

ABEXAccess.com will be released in the coming weeks. If you are interested in test driving it contact us today.

ABEX and ITS to provide secure Real-Time Rating and Paperless Policy Issuance

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

Affiliated Brokers Exchange Ltd. (ABEX) and Insurance Technology Solutions Inc. (ITS), are thrilled to announce a next generation Policy Administration System that will provide secure Real-Time Rating and Paperless Policy Issuance through ITS BindEasy Solution.

The new Policy Administration System will allow ABEX brokers to:

Provide clients with real-time quotes in minutes (for both Personal and Commercial Lines)
Issue paperless policies securely
Provide brokers with a secure web portal that will allow brokers to make coverage changes, update policy information, fill out applications for new insurance coverage, self-serve for certain types of insurance certificates and get real-time quotes
Get instantaneous response on account referrals in a secure real-time environment
Go mobile! Both brokers and their clients will be able to experience all of the above benefits using popular mobile devices (iPad, iPhone, Android tablets and phones, Windows tablets and phones)

“ABEX is pleased to lead the industry by offering a groundbreaking technology that will allow brokers and their clients to experience a revolution in on-line service”, says Jad McGregor, ABEX VP Business Development. “ABEX’s platform ABEXAccess™, provided by ITS’ BindEasy technology”, adds McGregor, “provides a combination of easy access and high efficiency, enabling brokers to submit risks electronically from their office or from the field, using a multitude of devices, including iPad, smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop. A quote or indication is obtained in minutes through this state-of-the-art quoting and binding process, allowing better performance gains for all users. ABEXAccess™ will be released in the coming weeks, and those interested in test driving it can contact us at quotes@abexinsurance.com.”

Steve Kaukinen, President, ITS, comments “ABEX values are very similar to our own; we appreciate how difficult the insurance purchasing process can be and are driven to change that for both brokers and their clients.” Steve adds, “Our BindEasy solution is secure, paperless, real-time and mobile and that’s what buyers expect, it’s the future of insurance.”

ABEX is an MGA that provides brokers with a wide range of out of the box solutions for standard and misunderstood risks. ITS provides insurance technology solutions including its flagship product BindEasy, a powerful and secure Policy Administration Solution.

For Further Information Contact:

Jad McGregor, VP Business Development
ABEX – Affiliated Brokers EXchange Ltd.
785 Bridge St, Waterloo, ON, N2V 2K1
Tel: (519) 880-0044
Toll Free: 1-888-643-2217
quotes@abexinsurance.com
www.abexinsurance.com

Steve Kaukinen, President & CEO
Insurance Technology Solutions Inc.
(905) 334-2070
steve@BindEasy.com
www.BindEasy.com

Consider Your Email Exposure

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Marijana Dabic

Before sending, your employees should stop and think, “Would I like this email to be seen on the front page of my morning newspaper?”

Email is a standard for business communications. According to a study by the Radicati Group, the average corporate email user sends and receives about 112 email messages each day. Because email as a business tool is here to stay, companies need to take the time to recognize and manage the risks that electronic communications present.

Today, emails are some of the most important records recovered in discovery requests during litigation. With the false privacy email messages provide, people send and receive lots of information that they wouldn’t want others to know about. They don’t realize that information in emails is easily recovered as evidence during litigation, even if the email message was deleted, indicating who received what information and when.

To equip your organization with the right tools to prevent and protect against these risks, a group of employees should be assigned to develop guidelines and procedures regarding emails and other electronically stored information (ESI), such as instant message logs and electronic files. At least one member from the management, legal, information technology and human resources teams should be involved in this process to make sure that the best interests of the entire organization are met. Click here to read more.

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