STRETCHING THE BUSINESS-REACH GEOGRAPHICALLY – Building on BRICK-AND-MORTAR or Mobile-eCOMMERCE setup, which is more effective? Expanding business reach nationwide is not exactly easy nowadays. With underwriting agents and multi-tier agency models gone since the 1990s, widening the business network has become rather difficult. In the mid 1990s, most insurers worked tactically along simple analogy...
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Tags: Changing Times, e-commerce, Insurance Online for Malaysian Agency, Intermediary, Mobility
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Last week the Malaysian dailies reported that all online (eCommerce) businesses must be registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (or SSM in Bahasa Malaysia)? The dailies further reported that more than 400 online businessmen are being charged in court for not registering their online business. …they were charged under Section 12...
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Tags: blogging for money, e-commerce, Insurance Online for Malaysian Agency, online business
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Open Web Asia, 13 & 14 July was some eye-opener for those who are not a techie or a geek… anyway there are not that many non-techies or geekies around either. In summary, the topics discussed were divided into three main tracks: The 2010 OpenWeb Asia schedule Forum on growing Digital in Asia –...
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Tags: Changing Times, e-commerce, Insurance Online for Malaysian Agency, internet-Insurance Agency, Technology
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In 2009, the Malaysian non-life insurance industry had resolved to provide MANDATORY discount on all motor insurance purchased directly from the insurers – the scheme of discounting was such that it would be 5% for the first year of implementation and thereafter at 10%. Thus, come 1st July 2010 and onwards all Malaysian non-life...
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Tags: Agency Commission, Changing Times, e-commerce, Insurance Online for Malaysian Agency, internet-Insurance Agency, mandatory direct rebate, Motor Insurance, motor insurance commission, Motor Insurance Matters
Posted in Consumer, Insurance eCommerce, Intermediary, Motor Insurance | 2 Comments »
I attended a function recently, a function where bloggers gather in a drinking place to make a fuss about all sort of things – from slow internet speed, poor paying advertisers, useless software to falling out with girlfriends and so on. Sometimes not too sure what is this OLD GEEK trying to achieve around...
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Tags: Buy Motor Insurance Online, Insurance Online for Malaysian Agency, internet entrepreneur, internet-Insurance Agency
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Smart insurance agents understand that having a well-designed insurance agent website is critical to succeeding as an insurance agent today. But how does an agent launch and manage their website? In this article, we look at the pro's and con's of the three main options insurance agents have available to them to launch and...
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Tags: Changing Times, e-commerce, Insurance Agents, Insurance Online for Malaysian Agency
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Tags: Advertisement, Advertisement Banners, Changing Times, e-commerce, Insurance Online for Malaysian Agency
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Hi… I am now in the land below the wind – that’s Sabah, the place I “screwed” (not screwed up though…) for almost 17 years! Or was it luv? Over the last couple of days, I picked up a fair bit of things (food for thoughts…) from conversation I have had with many of...
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Tags: Changing Times, e-commerce, Insurance Online for Malaysian Agency, The insurance-eCommerce platform
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