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2012/ January 30/ Past Issues

Good News For Insurance Professionals: Baby Bust is Over, Fertility Rising Again in U.S.

Insurance Advocate Cover Story, trend January 30, 2012

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of the most compelling reasons to purchase life insurance is the birth of a child. According to a just released report from Demographic Intelligence (www.DemographicIntel.com), the nation’s premier provider of birth statistics and U.S. fertility analytics for a variety of industries, there will be an increase in births in 2012 and even more in […]

2011/ December 19/ Past Issues

Efficient Real-Time Usage Up Among Independent Agents

Insurance Advocate trend December 19, 2011

PEARL RIVER, NY—A recent Real Time/Download Campaign (www.getrealtime.org) survey of independent agents and brokers shows that 63 percent of agency management system users employ real-time rating, including comparative raters and agency management systems, to access multiple carriers at once. This represents an increase of six percentage points over a similar 2010 survey, showing that real-time […]