At Work and Loving It
So, I'm at work now, Travis just left to sign a few things at the bank and also take some photos of a commercial building that he insures. So, I'm left to my own devices for another 45 minutes or so. Yea me.
I'm on MSN groups a lot and I've always used Internet Explorer because, figuring that both are made by the same company (Microsoft), that they should work best together. I'm sad to report that I was sadly mistaken. I tried to use Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com) and it was just zipping through the pages. None of this after-I-post-it-goes-to-a-white-screen-and-doesn't-post bullshit. And, it just flies through the pages around 5x the speed of IE. So, my primary internet browser is officially now firefox. The only reason why I use it now is to use our company websites, which only work with IE. *blech*. Hopefully they'll fix some of the IE issues in the next release, version 7. But, for now, Firefox is my main bitch.
But, things have been a wee slow today. Our marketing rep from one of our companies came in. He noted that our premium with them have slumped since last year, but I think he expected it since their rates are still pretty high, they haven't changed their rates in over a year. And, everyone in the past year has been dropping the premiums like mad. But, they'll be uploading with auto and home next month he said, and also dropping prices at the same time. So hopefully we'll be able to boost some premium volume with them this coming year. I hate to have our premium keep dropping with them. hehe. But, we only have a 2% loss ratio with them, so I don't think they'll be dropping us anytime soon.
I read awn article that users make judgements on websites in one twentieth of a second. And, I totally agree with that. I can look at a website and I'm instantly turned on or off by it. It's even the reason why I've cancelled credit cards because their online precense sucks serious ass. I guess it goes to show that people need to have a kick ass page 'cause it doesn't really matter what the offer on the website. Most people, if they are turned off by the website, won't venture further.
It just struck me that I need to add my cell phone number to the National Don't Call List, which can be found at http://www.donotcall.gov. Very handy to have your numbers registered in there!
I'm on MSN groups a lot and I've always used Internet Explorer because, figuring that both are made by the same company (Microsoft), that they should work best together. I'm sad to report that I was sadly mistaken. I tried to use Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com) and it was just zipping through the pages. None of this after-I-post-it-goes-to-a-white-screen-and-doesn't-post bullshit. And, it just flies through the pages around 5x the speed of IE. So, my primary internet browser is officially now firefox. The only reason why I use it now is to use our company websites, which only work with IE. *blech*. Hopefully they'll fix some of the IE issues in the next release, version 7. But, for now, Firefox is my main bitch.
But, things have been a wee slow today. Our marketing rep from one of our companies came in. He noted that our premium with them have slumped since last year, but I think he expected it since their rates are still pretty high, they haven't changed their rates in over a year. And, everyone in the past year has been dropping the premiums like mad. But, they'll be uploading with auto and home next month he said, and also dropping prices at the same time. So hopefully we'll be able to boost some premium volume with them this coming year. I hate to have our premium keep dropping with them. hehe. But, we only have a 2% loss ratio with them, so I don't think they'll be dropping us anytime soon.
I read awn article that users make judgements on websites in one twentieth of a second. And, I totally agree with that. I can look at a website and I'm instantly turned on or off by it. It's even the reason why I've cancelled credit cards because their online precense sucks serious ass. I guess it goes to show that people need to have a kick ass page 'cause it doesn't really matter what the offer on the website. Most people, if they are turned off by the website, won't venture further.
It just struck me that I need to add my cell phone number to the National Don't Call List, which can be found at http://www.donotcall.gov. Very handy to have your numbers registered in there!
