FREE Agents Council for Technology Webinars –
Formulating a Social Web Strategy & Policy for Your Agency
We encourage you to take advantage of ACT's free webinar, "Formulating a Social Web Strategy & Policy for Your Agency”. This webinar provides insight on the management process two agents and one carrier executive went through in deciding on an appropriate social web strategy for their organizations, securing employee buy in and creating an appropriate social web policy for their firms. To view the webinar recording at your convenience, Click Here.
Protecting Independent Agent Clients with Secure Email Using TLS
ACT recommends independent agents and carriers implement TLS email encryption wherever possible to protect the sensitive client information being emailed between agents and carriers and even agents and major clients, such as commercial lines applications. Many carriers are already enabled with TLS. Unsecured email and attachments are like sending an open postcard through the mail. State privacy, security, and data breach laws are increasingly requiring that email transmissions including sensitive consumer information be encrypted. Once implemented, TLS is transparent to the user and the only cost is for the security certificate. It provides a better agent workflow than proprietary email solutions imposed by the carrier. TLS is available on most up-to-date inhouse email servers (such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes). It is not currently available on hosted email through hotmail, gmail, and yahoo. The first 30 minutes of this Webinar is designed for agency business leaders and the second 30 minutes will get into a more technical discussion regarding implementation of TLS on Microsoft Exchange servers.
Jim Rogers, Director of Distribution Technology, The Hartford and Tim Woodcock, President, Courtesy Computers will present this Webinar assisted by Jeff Yates, ACT's Executive Director. There is no charge for agents or others to attend these Webinars. After you logon to the Internet session, you will be able to listen to the audio through your computer headset or speakers. If you would prefer, you will also be provided with a toll number you can call to listen to the audio.
New Guide Available from ACT:
Creating a Social Web Policy for you Independent Agency
This new ACT resource will assist you in developing the social web policy for your employees' permissible use of social media for business purposes, so that you protect your agency andmaintain the productivity of your employees. The report contains a checklist of key steps to take in developing and implementing such a policy, samples of the policies being employed by some prominent companies, examples of possible provisions to include, and suggestions for a social web code of conduct for your employees. Click Here to see the full report (12 pages).
New Article Available from ACT: Ten Technology Tips to Enhance Your Agency's Productivity - By Steve Anderson
Click Here to see the full article (4 pages). |
