Eastbridge Frontline Reports provide timely data on new or breaking topics

Frontline Reports

Eastbridge Frontline Reports provide timely data on new or breaking topics. Because the facts are often still emerging or are in transition, Frontline Reports are brief summaries of the facts as they were when the data was collected. The structure of each report is simple: objectives, methodology, and findings.

Frontline Reports are not available for purchase. In fact, the only way you can get a copy of these valuable reports is by being a member of one of Eastbridge's discount research programs (Insight or Information Partner programs) or by participating in the survey itself.

[Note: The Information Partner program, an elite level of membership, allows client companies to receive all Eastbridge published research as well as complete access to our research archives. Our Insight program allows clients to purchase research at a substantial discount. For more information on either client program, call us at (860) 676-9633 or email us at info@eastbridge.com.]

Here are descriptions of recent Frontline Reports:

Persistency and Conservation Measures of Voluntary Carriers

This report documents different carrier practices related to persistency and retention. Specifically, it identifies how companies calculate persistency, what programs exist to reward sales reps/brokers for good persistency (or punish for poor), the different business retention programs used, and persistency results by selected products. Published November 2007

Voluntary Industry Confidence Index—Published Every 6 Months

This semi-annual report tracks how those in the market feel about where the voluntary industry is headed. It also looks for trends and patterns in the results over the prior survey.

Ethics and Worksite Marketing

This report examines voluntary carriers’ current ethical standards and how they make certain their brokers and enrollers are behaving ethically. Published June 2007

Worksite Marketing: An Executive Perspective 2007

This report tracks executives’ thoughts and insights on the obstacles facing the industry today and what they might expect for the future. Published January 2007

Voluntary Industry Confidence Index—Year-end 2006

This edition of the semi-annual report tracks how those in the market feel about where the voluntary industry is headed (as of year-end 2006). It also looks for trends and patterns in the results over the prior survey (mid-year 2006). Published January 2007