PCRM First To Offer Insurance Licensing Renewal Notifications Via Facebook And Mobile Phone

Online, September 28, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Rhoads Online™ today announced PCRM©, its Web-based compliance management system for insurance carriers and agencies/brokers, is the first such solution to offer insurance licensing renewal alerts via Facebook, the ubiquitous social network, and all mobile phone service providers. The company will show the unique capability at the 2011 Securities & Insurance Licensing Association National Education Conference, held October 2-4, in Austin, Texas.

"Insurance agents and their managers operate in an online, on-the-go world. To help make dealing with the complexities of professional compliance easier, more certain and less costly, we've added notification services that fit in with their work- and lifestyles," said Steven Milton, Rhoads Online's senior vice president, Sales. "By leveraging the reach and convenience of Facebook and mobile communications, PCRM is even more the system that 'works the way you work, where you work'. This unique notification capability is the latest reflection of why PCRM is the fastest growing brand in insurance appointment and licensing management."

Facebook and mobile phones are logical extensions of PCRM's email-based alert function. Today thousands of producers use social media to build relationships and sell policies. A recent survey among agents 40 years-old and younger found 71 percent use Facebook. Suffice to say, the mobile phone, with its growing array of features, is the producer's de facto standard for business communications.

Producers simply need to let their managers or licensing team "friend" them so renewal alerts can be posted to their Facebook accounts. Similarly, by supplying their mobile phone numbers, the notifications can be sent as text messages. Email alerts issued by the PCRM system, of course, continue as a way to keep producers aware of the status of their licenses.

The new notification services are available now on PCRM Carrier and PCRM Broker versions of the system.

About Rhoads Online
Rhoads Online is a leader in Web-based regulatory compliance management systems and continuing education services for the insurance industry. Its PCRM system provides all forms of insurance organizations with a modular approach to automating licensing, continuing education tracking, appointments and terminations, on-boarding, background checks and state rules monitoring along with the ability to integrate with existing systems in an insurance information infrastructure.

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