You may have seen on www.InnovationInInsurance.com notice about the Celent/Insurance Networking News VIP (Vanguards in Insurance Practices) Awards Program. If not, you can participate in the survey at this link. Just prior to that, there was the Insurer’s Choice survey (now closed) conducted by Financial Insights/TechDecisions (link here). I guess this could remind you of Chicago-style voting (i.e. ”Vote early, and vote often”).
Some people may take issue with multiple beauty contests like this, but I think it’s good for the industry. Anything that gets vendors recognized and gives visibility to their offerings is a good thing. Of course, it makes for an interesting situation when both awards are to be presented at the ACORD/LOMA conference in May (Imagine the Miss America and Miss USA pageants being held at the same time in the same building).
Kudos to the research firms and the trade periodicals investing in these surveys. Vendors will spruce up for entry and everyone in the industry will have greater visibility to these vendors who are bringing the software, data, services, and outsoucing that are so important to the advancement of the insurance industry.
And may the best man win! (In the spirit of gender equality, I decided to mix the metaphors.)
Tags: customers, leadership, satisfaction, survey
