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ACT Webinars

The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) brings agents, carriers, vendors, user groups and industry associations together in an effort to employ the best workflows and technologies available within the Independent Agency System. this section includes some webinars presented by ACT that address areas of focus that are applicable to agencies E&O exposures.

HIPPA and HITECH Requirements for Independent Agent Business Associates

This recorded webinar provides a great roadmap for independent agents as to how to comply with HIPAA & HITECH, if they are acting as 'business associates' under HIPAA, handling individually identifiable 'Protected Health Information' while producing and servicing life or health insurance. This briefing was provided to ACT's HIPAA Work Group by Bob Chaput of Clearwater Compliance.

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Implementing an Effective Information Security Program in your Agency

The session outlined how federal and state law, as well as good risk management practice, have made it madatory for agencies to implement an information security program that is anchored by a written security plan. The program covered the security risks agencies face, practical steps to take to manage these risks, and the free tools and articles that ACT has produced to assist agencies with their security program--including a prototype agency information security plan.

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Protecting Independent Agents Clients with Secure Email Using TLS

Demo in last 15 minutes puts more focus on implementation on Microsoft 2007 Exchange Server. Features Jim Rogers (The Hartford) & Tim Woodcock (Courtesy Computers)

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Agency EO Considerations when Social Networking

Social media networking is expanding the ways that insurance agents and brokers do business. This merits an examination of the likely E&O risks flowing from the use of social media and E&O loss control techniques to neutralize the exposures.

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Creating a Social Web Strategy and Policy for your Agency

Learn the issues two agents and a carrier executive tackled in formulating the appropriate social media policies for their organizations. Participating are Cindy Adams (Holmes Murphy), Angelyn Treutel (Treutel Insurance Agency), Katie Herbst (Westfield Insurance), Rick Morgan (ACT Social Web WG Chair & Consultant) and Jeff Yates (ACT Executive Director). (Note the visual portion of the Webinar comes on at about one and a half minutes into the recording.)

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Successful Agency Techniques to Build, Integrate and Manage your Blog, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Webinar features Ryan Hanley, Chris Jordan and Rick Morgan.

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The Social Web and Insurance--Finding Success and Lessons Learned

Can the tools of the Social Web be used to drive new business? Where do you start? How important is blogging? How is 'social' managed and measured? These and other issues were covered in this webinar featuring agents Claudia McClain & Angela Treutel with consultants Rick Morgan and Mike Wise.

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ACT Webinars

ACT Webinars

HIPPA and HITECH Requirements for Independent Agent Business Associates

Implementing an Effective Information Security Program in your Agency

Protecting Independent Agents Clients with Secure Email Using TLS

Agency EO Considerations when Social Networking

Creating a Social Web Strategy and Policy for your Agency

Successful Agency Techniques to Build, Integrate and Manage your Blog, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

The Social Web and Insurance--Finding Success and Lessons Learned

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