PRESS RELEASE
Irv Kantar joins Applied Systems to help carriers increase tech utilization and value in
agency relations
Agents to benefit as former carrier IT pro promotes tech services
University Park, IL—January 24, 2007— Irv Kantar brings more than 20 years of carrier experience as he joins the Interface Services team this month at Applied Systems, Inc., the agency management system technology company.
As carrier relationship manager at Applied Systems, Kantar will help insurance carriers fully understand how agents and brokers use Applied Systems products in daily sales and service workflows.
Further, Kantar will aim to help carriers realize greater value in their relationships with agencies and brokers that use The Agency Manager ® (TAM), Vision ® and DORIS™ by leveraging services that include interface, consulting, education, support, and even the services of the company’s expanded consultative sales team.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to apply my industry and technology experience with the industry-leading agency management system vendor,” Kantar said. “I look forward to helping carriers and agents realize the benefits of implementing industry-standard solutions with the Applied Systems family of products and services.”
Kantar is the former agency automation manager at The Main Street America Group in Jacksonville, Florida. He is a long-time participant in the ACORD standards process, the IIABA’s Agents Council for Technology (ACT), and the ACORD User Group Information Exchange (AUGIE). His experience includes extensive work with IVANS ® and Applied Systems in all aspects of interface from download to real time.
“Helping carriers leverage the power of our agency customers has always been a high priority for our company,” said Doug Johnston, executive vice president of Interface Services at Applied Systems. “Irv has participated vigorously in creating electronic interface standards, and he has a long history of implementing highly successful interface solutions. This experience will be tremendously beneficial to our agency and company customers as they adopt new technologies for improved workflows and greater efficiencies.”
Applied Systems, Inc., develops and supports insurance agency management systems and provides services for accounting, customer, policy, claims management, and all related agency functions. More than 126,000 users in 11,000 agencies of every size and complexity level use Applied Systems technology and services. The company leads the industry in agency-carrier real-time and batch communication solutions. Applied Systems automates insurance transactions at every distribution level from consumer through carrier, providing technical support and professional services to maximize customers’ return on investment.
