United Teacher Associates Insurance Company (UTA) to Add Web-enabled Services for Agents

United Teacher Associates Insurance Company (UTA) is about to embark on a major undertaking to Web-enable Medicare supplement insurance enrollment as well as routine agent services. The Austin, TX company recently signed with IdeaStar Inc., of Cleveland, OH to design, develop and host an exclusive, state-of-the-art Web site for UTA-appointed agents. The site represents UTAs first foray into online, electronic signature-based enrollments for senior health and life products. Top producing UTA agents are anxious to obtain online processes as they seek to stay competitive with market forces.

(PRWEB) May 25, 2005 -- United Teacher Associates Insurance Company (UTA) is about to embark on a major undertaking to Web-enable Medicare supplement insurance enrollment as well as routine agent services. The Austin, TX company recently signed with IdeaStar Inc.(www.ideastar.com), of Cleveland, OH to design, develop and host an exclusive, state-of-the-art Web site for UTA-appointed agents. The site represents UTAs first foray into online, electronic signature-based enrollments for senior health and life products. Top producing UTA agents are anxious to obtain online processes as they seek to stay competitive with market forces. Were very excited at the prospect of the IdeaStar system and online MedSup enrollments," said Gary Boesch, UTA Managing General Agent and MedSup sales leader nationwide.

The vision of UTAs President, Billy Hill, is to automate agent enrollment, agent servicing and most important, the Medicare supplement insurance education and enrollment process. The new Web site is expected to process several thousand Medicare supplement applications per month in a paperless fashion, according to Mike Wise, vice president of IdeaStar Insurance Technologies. Senior life enrollment and other products will be added in the future.

In addition, the new capabilities will help attract other agents into UTAs fold. Site design and architecture, creating an enjoyable yet efficient and accurate agent experience, are critical in the effort to recruit and retain agents," Mike said. He added, The seamless integration with Lifepro, UTAs back-end administration system, will complete the workflow and enable high-speed policy issuance." IdeaStar (www.insurance-technologies.com) will be redeploying its proven technology for UTA, significantly enhancing UTAs existing business processes at a compelling price-point.

UTA also expects the new Web site to reduce policy administration costs. UTA Vice President of Administration Melissa Honeycutt and Manager of Compliance Venae Jewett will oversee the project. Both are excited about improving service to several thousand independent agents as they go about selling in the senior market. The site is targeted for launch in the early Fall of 2005.

About IdeaStar
IdeaStar Inc.(www.ideastar.com) is an independent, full-service Web development firm which designs, programs, manages and promotes leading-edge Web sites and e-business applications, specifically for the insurance industry(www.insurance-technologies.com). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, its software applications are used by national insurance carriers and agent distributors. In 2003 and 2004, together with our clients, IdeaStar was honored as an A.M. Best EFusion Award recipient.

For more information contact Mike Wise, vice president of IdeaStar Insurance Technologies, at 800-766-2635

About United Teacher Associates Insurance Company (UTA)(www.utaic.com) UTA is a leader in the MedSup insurance, tax-deferred annuity and long-term care insurance business. Located in Austin, Texas, UTA takes pride in serving its policyholders. UTA is firmly committed to providing its agents and policyholders with the best products and services in the industry.

For more information, contact Melissa Honeycutt, vice president of administration; or Venae Jewett, manager of compliance, at 800-880-8824.

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