TowerStreet (Windsor, Conn.) today demonstrated an application that will enable insurance agents to instantly receive home-cost valuations on wireless devices. The application uses Microsoft's .NET technology.
Using a Compaq iPAQ pocket PC, TowerStreet demonstrated how an agent visiting a prospect can gather data such as address, type of residence, square footage, and other property information needed to determine replacement cost. After entering the data on the wireless handheld device, the agent can instantly receive a home replacement cost value from Marshall & Swift/Boeckh, a leading provider of building-cost information and a TowerStreet partner.
"Our development effort demonstrates the power of TowerStreet technology and the .NET platform," says Frank Amoruso, TowerStreet's president and CEO. "This home-cost valuation prototype is just one example of how wireless applications can benefit our industry at the point of sale. Solutions like this will save agents time and money, while helping them deliver the level of customer service consumers are demanding."
"Microsoft's .NET platform is designed to allow software developers to rapidly create applications that deliver on our vision of anytime, anywhere, any-device computing," says Kevin Kelly, managing director, Insurance, Global Financial Services, Microsoft. "TowerStreet's application, built with some of the earliest components of the .NET architecture, is a great example of the kind of 'empowering' software that will free sales and service professionals from the limitations of a cubicle or a desk and allow them to deliver improved sales and service experiences to their customers. With .NET and partner solutions like TowerStreet's, the Internet will become a 'true' platform upon which the next generation of software will run."
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