Description: Author conducts her own informal survey to see how quickly the services could deliver rate quotes and how much the quoted rates would vary.

Description: A new wave of life insurance buyers is finally here - but are we ready? In this article, Richard De Sousa shares proprietary research about the Millenial generation, its beliefs related to life insurance, and its preferences when it comes to learning about, purchasing, and engaging with life insurance products, advisors and companies. Also explored is the foundational role that technology and wellness play in driving the kind of experience that will attract millenial buyers. After reading this article, you will better understand the characteristics of this new generation as well as the innovative companies that are targeting them, and learn about different and novel ways to better engage with customers and enhance the value of your own products and services.

Description: This article is about how to get the attention of consumers when they are inundated with material throught the various media.

Description: Discussion of the selling of life insurance to the middle income market through banks and with the support of new technologies and underwriting processes.

Description: Life Insurers have fallen behind the customer service curve and service expectations of younger customers. This article suggests changes for correcting this.

Description: This article discusses various ways that insurance companies are using the internet to market their products.

Description: A discussion of underwriting, pricing and reinsurance issues for Internet Distribution of life insurance products

Description: This article is about Content Management Systems and other software to help build a web site for a small business.

Description: Welcome to the third edition of Cool Tech. This is where the author points out cool things on the Web.

Description: The barrier between humans and machines continues to blur, but curiously, this may have been prediction thousands of years ago in ancient myths. This article looks to how some of the early legends are becoming manifest in modern technology, particularly in the area of elder care. From automation, to humanoid assistants, to mind clones will the age of technology bring a new utopia?