Sound Links

Resources

Web Site Evaluation & Marketing Concepts

www.gomez.com
Web site analysis and review of 17 companies and ten insurance marketplaces. Systematic and quantified review process.

Designing Web Usability
Jakob Nielsen. 2000, New Riders.
A classic on Web page and site design.

Moments of Truth
Jan Carlzon, 1987, Ballinger.
The moment of truth as the instant when customers "judge" your company.

The Only Thing That Matters: Bringing the Power of the Customer into the Center of Your Business
Karl Albrecht, 1987, HarperBusiness. Further development of the moment of truth concept.

 

Web Sites you can learn from

Hockley & O'Donnell Insurance Agency
www.hockleyandodonnell.com
Gettysburg agency with marketing, sales, and service Web site that provides comparative quoting, applications, service request forms, and an insurance reference library.

Clovis Insurance Agency
www.clovisinsuranceagency.com
A California agency with a visually pleasing Web site that incorporates easy-to-use data collection screens used in connection with getting online comparative quotes.

 

Others mentioned this issue

IIAA
www.independentagents.com
Big I site featuring Agent Finder, but it needs serious overhauling.

IIAP
www.iiap.org
Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania. A dead end site. What happended?

Rating Services (an AMS company)
www.ratingservices.com
QuoteNetWorks, a service to add comparative quoting to an agency Web site.

 

Company Agency Locators tested

Selective Insurance Group
www.selectiveinsurance.com

Penn National Insurance
www.pennnationalinsurance.com

Donegal Insurance Group
www.donegalgroup.com

Cincinnati Insurance Companies
www.cinfin.com

Kemper Insurance Companies
www.kemperinsurance.com

State Auto Insurance Companies
www.stauto.com

Travelers Insurance
www.travelers.com

Harleysville Group
www.harleysvillegroup.com

Zenith National Insurance Corp.
www.znic.com

Mutual Benefit Insurance Company
www.mutualbenefitgroup.com

The Brethren Mutual Insurance Company
www.bmiconline.com

Sounding Line
March 2001

Web Strategy

Editorial

Agency Review - Hockley & O'Donnell

Vendor Review - QuoteNETwords

Association Review IIAA

Resources

Glossary

The Dotcoms Are Crashing

Web Usability