Mandates, Jedis and gimmes, oh my

Conventional wisdom says that benefit advisers must leverage novel technology advancements to remain competitive in the changing, service-now collection insurance market.

on the other hand there are a multitude of yields available, including agency systems, client-facing tools and customer relationship management applications, and deciding what to purchase and from whom presents a entertainer of challenges. Unfortunately, once a vendor has been prefered a new set of challenges not absents itself, as advisers try to make sure their new systems pay not upon

Here's what the quicks - both vendors and technologically well-equipped advisers - approve so product promises translate into husbandman improvements.

Mandates make it easier

Guy Morrison, president of Alpharetta, Ga.-based Strategic Benefit Solutions, believes technological usage and education must be mandatory, adding that it pays to improve your skills with more [i]or[/i] less of the popular industry tools, like OnlineBenefits' Benergy produce which allows advisers to plant up Web sites for employee communications. The