Ontario brokers to launch mobile app

The Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) will soon introduce a mobile application that offers consumers access to individual brokers, their represented insurance companies and reporting assistance for auto and property claims.

Cost for the app will be $500 for the first year and $300 for each year at renewal, according to IBAO president Rick Orr. The app will work on Blackberry, iPhone and Android platforms.

“As a broker, I want one and only one app to promote – and I want it to be mine,” Orr notes in the April issue of The Ontario Broker magazine. “Once you’re in my app, you can access me and configure the app to any of my companies, since I represent more than one insurer.”

He adds that the forthcoming app will be “branded to look and feel” as if brokers created it themselves, while also being “insurance company-neutral, allowing (consumers) to select their insurer during the initial set-up.”

Accident reporting assistance at roadside and the ability to report property claims along with photos are other features of the soon-to-be-released app.