Geerts Adviesgroep has been active in the insurance industry for more than 70 years. Owner Alwien Geerts has been closely involved in the development around the uniform layout of product screens as a proxy and pilot office and felt called upon to participate in the standardization. This makes Geerts Adviesgroep the first proxy office to go live with a uniform design for car insurance.
Alwien Geerts sees the reason for the process as clear and as a necessity: "I think it is a very important development for the survival of the proxy chain. Moreover, it ultimately provides us as a proxy office with considerable cost savings because we no longer have to set up products ourselves. Of course it takes time and effort now, but I like to be involved in the development of something, to be able to think along. ANVA has thought of something, but how can it be finer, prettier, better? In other words, how can the finishing touches be added?"
Alwien: "Quite honestly, in practice we don't notice much of a difference. The policies, conditions and premiums are still the same. At the back end, the data exchange with insurers is a lot more uniform. There is clearly improvement in that, which drastically reduces the chance of errors."
"I would urge everyone to put own interests on the sidelines and look at the interests of the chain. The conversion was absolutely not a drama. Certainly with the conversion tool that ANVA has developed you can make the switch quickly. So start preparing soon, make sure that your data quality is also in order and already map out which free labels you use. There will come a time when you will have to make the switch. Now you still have enough time to convert a branch step by step, but when you start next year the challenge will really be much greater," he adds. And Alwien herself? "We continue to develop and will soon start a new pilot for the standardization of fire insurance".
