Print PageSummit Launches the New WriteNow» Online Quoting Service
Date: June 30, 2008
Summit, one of the first workers’ compensation insurance providers in the nation to offer agents a direct upload option for submitting accounts (from AMS™ and Applied systems), has announced the launch of their redesigned WriteNow® Online Quoting Service.
The system is customer-focused because its design was based on agent feedback. “Users will notice a difference from day one,” notes James Wood, vice president of Sales and Marketing. “The new WriteNow is an intelligent system. It uses better technologies to deliver many capabilities we have not offered online before.”
“Many systems ‘lock’ an account once it is submitted, forcing agents to call, e-mail or fax needed changes,” says Lynn Houser, vice president of Underwriting. “In the new WriteNow, agents can edit and update their submission data or add comments and file attachments during the underwriting process. The new system really allows agents and underwriters to interact online more effectively.”
Summit’s WriteNow system was originally launched in 2001 and served agents as a submission tool. In 2006, it began offering direct upload capabilities. The WriteNow Online Quoting Service is located on Summit’s website, www.summitholdings.com, and can be usedby all agencies that do business with Summit.
Summit is a leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance services in the southeastern United States. The company provides workers’ compensation products and services to more than 40,000 businesses in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Summit—which includes Summit Consulting Inc. and its affiliates—is based in Lakeland, Fla., and has offices in Baton Rouge, La., and Gainesville, Ga.
Summit is part of Liberty Mutual Agency Markets, a business unit of Liberty Mutual Group, which consists of property and casualty and specialty insurance carriers that distribute their products and services primarily through independent agents and brokers.
Liberty Mutual Group ranks 94 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations based on 2007 revenues. The company has financial strength ratings of A (Excellent) from the A.M. Best Company, A2 (Good) from Moody’s Investors Service, and A (Strong) from Standard & Poor’s.