Foresters to Launch iPipeline’s iGO e-App and Data Services in the US

 

(Exton, PA – February 16, 2012) iPipeline^®, the leader in on-demand marketing, selling and processing solutions for the nation’s top insurance carriers, distributors and producers, today announced that Foresters™ has selected the iGO e-App^® and Data Services solutions to automate and streamline their business processes for independent producers in the United States. Under the agreement, producers will leverage iGO e-App, iPipeline’s intelligent fillable forms solution, to market, sell and process individual life insurance.  The Data Services solution will standardize, centralize, and distribute pending case, in force, and licensing and appointment data to agency management systems for producer access.

“Achieving success in the all-digital enterprise requires carriers to overcome many data processing, distribution, and integration challenges.  Automating how producers sell and process insurance with iGO e-App is the first step in a comprehensive straight-through processing solution.  Producers also need easy access to pending case, in force, commissions, and L&A data within the agency management system.  This actionable information enables the entire channel to gain speed-to-market and selling advantages,” said Tim Wallace, CEO, iPipeline. “Foresters implementation of iGO™ and our Data Services solutions positions them highly among other carriers in North America offering an integrated user experience to independent distribution.  We welcome Foresters to the iPipeline Customer Network and look forward to supporting their successful launch.”

“Foresters is committed to improving how independent producers interact with our members at the point of sale and in the delivery of services.  Our selection of iPipeline was based on a shared vision for straight-through processing, an integrated user experience that links iGO with other iPipeline product lines, and the ability for producers to better service the needs of our members,” said Christopher Pinkerton, President, Foresters US. “Foresters makes technology investments that ultimately improve the lives of our producers and members.  We are committed to service excellence and look forward to putting iPipeline’s solutions to work in the field to fulfill this promise.”

 

To learn how you can implement iPipeline’s solutions to support the marketing, selling and processing of life and annuity products, contact sales@ipipeline.com or call 1-800-758-0824, option 2.  View our iGO e-App video today.

 

Foresters™ is a life insurance provider with a difference.  The fraternal benefit society, founded in 1874, supports family well-being through quality products, unique member benefits and inspiring community activities. Foresters shares its financial strength with more than 835,000 members in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Foresters has assets of over $6.3 billion with liabilities of $4.9 billion resulting in a surplus of $1.4 billion (all figures in Canadian dollars as of December 31, 2010) and maintains an "A" (Excellent) rating by A.M. Best¹. For more information visit foresters.com.

 

Foresters^TM the trade name and a trademark of The Independent Order of Foresters, a fraternal benefit society, 789 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Canada M3C 1T9; its subsidiaries are licensed to use this mark.

 

1An "A" (Excellent) rating is assigned to companies that have a strong ability to meet their ongoing obligations to policyholders and have, on balance, excellent balance sheet strength, operating performance and business profile when compared to the standards established by A.M. Best Company. A.M. Best assigns ratings from A++ to F, A++ being superior ratings and A and A- being excellent ratings. In assigning Foresters rating on May 26, 2011, A.M. Best stated that the rating outlook is "stable", which means it is unlikely to change in the near future. See ambest.com for Foresters latest rating.

 

About iPipeline

iPipeline leads its industry in providing the next-generation suite of sales distribution software to the insurance and financial services markets through its on-demand service. iPipeline's channel solutions for carriers, distributors, and producers automate activities for CRM, forms distribution and processing, quotes and illustrations, in Good Order e-Applications, agency management, data services, policy delivery and related services, enabling the insurance industry to market, sell, and process faster. iPipeline provides the process automation and seamless integration needed to make a sale by aggregating approximately 120 carriers, 1,200 distributors, and 400,000 financial professionals and advisors in a single, Web-based environment -- the iPipeline Customer Network. With headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania, iPipeline has offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver. Visit us at www.ipipeline.com.

 

 

For more information contact:

Lisa Bollinger          

iPipeline

484 870 6234

lbollinger@ipipeline.com

 

Ryan Jones

Foresters

1 800 461 8431 ext 4096

rjones@foresters.com