Cutting the wires--how insurers are really using wireless.
* Insurers are using wireless technology and geomapping to deploy adjusters to assess losses before any claims are filed.
* Life insurance agents in the field, connected to the corporate databases via wireless communications wireless communications
System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , have such vital information as the current status of the policies for which customers are applying.
* Insurers surveyed said they will equip e·quip
tr.v. e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips
1.
a. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions.
b. agents and adjusters with mobile phones and personal digital assistants with Web access.
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