Topics
- Customers and Their Expectations
- Elements of a Customer-Centric Culture
- The Voice of the Customer
- Making Ethical Decisions and Protecting Customers
- Listening and Understanding
- Communicating Effectively
- Empathy and Cultural Sensitivity
- Understanding and Managing Customer Behavior
- Verbal Interactions
- Written Interactions
- Time and Stress Management
- Evaluating Customer Service Processes
- Evaluating Customer Service Interactions
Objectives
- Identify the components of a customer-centric culture and how the functions performed by an insurance company's customer-facing and non-customer-facing employees impact the customer experience.
- Define the voice of the customer, and describe how insurance companies use technology and journey mapping to improve the customer experience.
- Describe the primary principles of ethical conduct; identify red flags that may indicate fraudulent acts, including senior financial exploitation and other cybercrime; and describe how insurance companies combat such fraud.
- Describe and demonstrate active listening skills and empathy, and explain how they are used to improve customer interactions.
- Recognize and interpret various forms of verbal, nonverbal, and written communication; know when to use the different communication methods; and identify cultural differences that affect communication.
- Recognize the kinds of situations that cause customers to become upset, apply conflict management techniques to calm upset or angry customers, and create appropriate solutions.
- Create SMART goals and priority lists, and identify the coping styles people use to reduce stress and distress.
- Distinguish between operational and service metrics, and explain how insurance companies use performance standards, benchmarks, key performance indicators, and performance management charts to monitor progress toward meeting targets and achieving goals.
Format
Course Format
LOMA's popular online interactive courses teach important industry concepts through an engaging, highly interactive, multi-media approach that often includes integrated video, audio, and scenario-based learning. Online interactive courses are designation courses with integrated exams—the modularized examinations are built right into the course as part of the learning experience. No separate exam enrollment is required.
Exam Format
Integrated Exams
Online interactive courses are self-proctored designation courses—the modularized examinations are built right into the course as part of the learning experience. No separate exam enrollment required!
Study Materials
LOMA's popular online interactive courses teach important industry concepts through an engaging, highly interactive, multi-media approach that often includes integrated video, audio, and scenario-based learning.
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