Archive for September, 2008

RMV Electronic Stamps and Signatures

Friday, September 26th, 2008

The Registry announced that they will allow the use of electronic stamps and signatures for RMV-1s and RMV-3s. What will this mean for the typical independent agent?

We’re still trying to find out.

Even though we’ve been aware of this for a while and we’ve been working with MAIA on it, this is a pretty significant change. There is a lot to get our arms around. The technical specs are still being fleshed out. We need to understand all the consequences it will have on agent workflow and how WinRater can best help.

No doubt, we will modify WinRater to automate this functionality for you. However, we do not have any specific details to share right now. Look for an email from us in the coming week or so explaining how we will handle this. Of course please call us if you have any questions or would like to discuss this in detail.

Peerless Rates for WinRater Home Available

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Peerless logoOK, the Peerless homeowners rates are now available in WinRater Home Rating Software! Thanks for your patience while we completed some additional testing. If your agency is interested in purchasing these rates and would like to receive an estimate, please contact us now! 

Peerless also just became the latest carrier to implement our ChoicePoint credit retrieval utility in WinRater Home. If you are a Peerless agent, you will no longer have to go to the Peerless or ChoicePoint site to run these reports. WinRater will retrieve, view, and print the reports for you… while you’re quoting. All within a few seconds.

Feel free to contact us for assistance in setting this up! We will be happy to assist you.

More SinglePoint Webinars!

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Due to popular demand, we are extending our SinglePoint Webinar series on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1pm! Join us for “Tonya’s 30-minute Tune-Up,” a quick and informative online seminar to help your agency get the most out of SinglePoint.

Gain a thorough understanding of the SinglePoint submission workflow that is guaranteed to save you time & keystrokes.

Discussion includes setting up and optimizing SinglePoint for your agency.

Time: 1:00pm-1:30pm

Click on a date to register for a webinar:

Tuesday, September 16th

Thursday, September 18th

Tuesday, September 23rd

Thursday, September 25th

Tuesday, September 30th

General Casualty joins ChoicePoint Credit Retrieval

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

General Casualty logo

Hey, great news!

General Casualty just became the latest carrier to implement our credit retrieval utility in WinRater Home Rating Software. This is a great efficiency tool for agents and carriers.Agents will no longer have to go to the General Casualty or ChoicePoint site to run these reports. WinRater will do it for you… while you’re quoting. In addition, WinRater will also display the report if you need to view/print it, determine the eligibility of the risk, and refresh the quote.  All within a few seconds.

Feel free to contact us for assistance in setting this up!

Real time Rating… we’re right on schedule

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

As I’ve mentioned before, we’re working toward building real time rating in SinglePoint. WinRater will continue to manufacture and support carrier rates. But for those carriers with multi-variate rate filings or unique rating requirements, WinRater/SinglePoinnt will send a real-time-rate request to the carrier web server and return the quoted premium. Agents will enjoy the best of both worlds.We expect to begin internal testing with one well-known Auto carrier in late September/early August. We’re scheduled to begin beta-testing with agents by late fall. And the good news is we’re right on schedule!Look for a lot more information on real time rating in the next month or so.