Like many MGAs, Aurrea Signature has banned the use of personal computers for teleworking, CEO Christian Laroche says. Instead the MGA provides dedicated workstations to any employee who needs one.
As for policy e-delivery, Michael Williams does not accept confidential documents by email. BridgeForce Financial Group views the fact that some companies are asking MGAs to email electronic insurance contracts to advisors as problematic.
“What if the broker’s email is not secure? In six months, we might hear of a company having cyber breaches,” Williams says.
He says he is doing his best to meet the highest cyber security standards, especially now that employees and advisors are working from home. “Our emails have TLS (transport layer security) encryption and our firewall is able to extend antivirus protection to our staff working from home,” he explains.
Jim Virtue, president and chief operating officer of PPI, aims to facilitate the flow of business. “We see our main function as providing advisors with an easy platform that connects and enhances the e-tools that the carriers are delivering. We are developing a secure way to send information to advisors and receive information from them.”
PPI thus wants to help advisors make their practice more secure and effective, by streamlining their dealings with their customers.
