Monday, December 20, 2010

Barcode Technology Improving Insurance Process

In order to increase their efficiency, insurance companies must examine their processing abilities to discover the exact facts. This can be done by implementing barcode technology in insurance companies. Electronic work flow processes are initiated by this. This technology helps expedite backfile conversions, improve processing of current documents. A large batches of documents are scanned easily by using efficient barcode scanners like Symbol barcode scanners. In order to scan such documents it is necessary to have barcode labels, which are printed by barcode printer. Zebra printers are best example for barcode printers. Using barcodes, reduces the need for manual work.


Barcode can be affixed to the mails sent to the policy holder by the insurance companies. If the policy holder gives the reply, it is scanned for the connection of policy holder information with the right department is checked, then it is sent an appropriate department. So this will eliminate the manual intervention in this process.


Generally insurers issue the online forms. Barcodes can encode the customer document information, when a customer prints insurance form for signing and mailing. Such information connects the form with an existing customer record.


In this way barcode helps to improve the insurance process. It helps to improve work efficiency for insurance companies.


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