Tony Stark: “JARVIS, are you there?”JARVIS: “At your service, sir.” For those of you who are Iron Man or Avengers fans, the above back-and-forth dialogue will be familiar to you. What you might not have thought, at the time you heard this, was that you were already being exposed to “artificial intelligence.” Artificial intelligence, machine […]
Acronyms….MDR, 2FA, SMB…..what do all these things mean? So what do these have to do with you and your business? Let’s discuss that. MDR takes a proactive approach to cybersecurity. According to John Roberts, general manager of security at Coalition, in an article in Independent Agent magazine, MDR combines technology with human expertise, leveraging the […]
Another trip around the sun has come and gone, it seems so quickly! We always feel like the new year is a good time to start over or refresh something in our lives. So, in that regard, I thought I would go over a few things that would be good to do in this new […]
As with many transactions we do in today’s world, Bloss & Dillard can accept electronic payments via credit card or ACH payment from the insured or our agents. You can pay for the policy in full or the down payment if you choose to finance the policy with our in-house finance company, IPF. Along with […]
As DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince said in their song “Summertime”, it is time to sit back and unwind! Here at BDI, we hope you have some fun plans scheduled for the Summer of 2023! Many of you are going to be out of the office at one point or another during these […]
As we move into this second quarter of 2023, I just wanted to remind you, our customers, on the things we offer on our website and Agent Service Center. First, as you may have noticed, we have launched a new and improved website design. We hope this new version makes things even easier to find […]
As we always say this time of year, “boy it seems like this past year went by so fast”. Sometimes it actually does; but let’s ask ourselves that in July…. 😉 For now, though, as we start this new year, there are some housekeeping items that we can all do to make our technology in […]
If you’ve ever swiped your bank card and then input your PIN or if you have used your credit card online and had to input the verification code to finalize the transaction, you have used MFA. Multi-factor Authentication, or sometimes referred to as 2FA (two-factor authentication), is a security enhancement that requires you to present […]