KOREA: Samsung Life Insurance Purchases 12,100 HP 95LX's for Sales Force

Samsung, one of the largest life insurance companies in Korea, has begun equipping its sales force of life insurance agents with the HP Palmtop. They are implementing a system to provide insurance agents with current, critical policy data anywhere they go, so that they can work up policies during one visit, instead of the current average of three visits.

Samsung agents will be able to present a menu of available policies to the client, input his or her personal information, and prepare an individual life insurance policy within minutes. The policy can then be sent electronically to the main office where the information is stored on the corporate database for future use, including claims processing, updates and billing.

Samsung hopes to use the 95LX to give their agents an edge in one of the fastest growing industries in Korea.