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Utility companies, banks, creditors, cable/internet providers and insurance carriers, like Selective, have all opted to offer digital, paperless options to customers. And they've made it easy and desirable to do so. At Selective, we offer one-click enrollment and a mobile app to help you access policies on the go.
But how many people are adopting paperless techniques in their daily lives? Are you doing so yourself, including for your insurance policies?
How to cut down paper-use
Going paperless benefits both you and the environment. If 20% of American households switched from paper to electronic bills it would save 1.8 million trees. When transferring your policy and billing information online, there are a few ways to prepare:
How Selective embraces paperless
At Selective, we've adopted paperless techniques to the benefit of our operations and our policyholders' convenience. Selective offers key services to help you “go paperless”:
But how many people are adopting paperless techniques in their daily lives? Are you doing so yourself, including for your insurance policies?
How to cut down paper-use
Going paperless benefits both you and the environment. If 20% of American households switched from paper to electronic bills it would save 1.8 million trees. When transferring your policy and billing information online, there are a few ways to prepare:
- Make copies: when storing your policy information online, you'll want to also have a backup on your computers desktop to easily pull up and reference. Many consumers wonder if they should discard every paper document after scanning it. Important paper documents to retain in both paper and digital form might include legal documents like property titles and deeds, birth certificates and identifying forms.
- Use a filing system: you wont be any more organized after going paperless if your documents are in a jumbled mess on your computer desktop. Set up a series of folders, one for your credit card, or if you have multiple cards a separate folder for each, phone bill, cable bill, electric and so on. Each billing company should be in individual folders.
- Automatic payment: going paperless requires you to check online for when a new payment is due. By enrolling in automatic payment for paperless billing, it takes the worry out of missing a payment date.
How Selective embraces paperless
At Selective, we've adopted paperless techniques to the benefit of our operations and our policyholders' convenience. Selective offers key services to help you “go paperless”:
- Digital policies: We offer the majority of our commercial and personal policies in digital formats (except flood, excess and surplus lines coverages, and bonds policies). This allows instant access to coverage details at your convenience. You can sign up within the mobile app (available on Apple® and Android™ smartphones) or by clicking the login button on Selective.com and signing into to the Customer Self-Service portal.
- Paperless billing: For our customers enrolled in SelectPay, we now offer an option to pay bills electronically. Free yourself from unneeded waste and clutter. All you have to do is click the login button on Selective.com, sign into to the Customer Self-Service portal, and go paperless.
- Mobile app: Selective's services are now available on the go for Apple® and Android™ smartphone and tablet computer users. You can file claims via photo upload, have your claim location automatically pre-filled, check on progress of outstanding claims, review policy information, make payments, connect to your agent, and receive repair recommendations!
We are constantly working to improve the digital experience for our customers. We now offer Electronic Auto ID cards to our customers:
