Alan Bauer, Former President Of Progressive Direct, To Hold Discussions In China On The Future Of The Auto Direct Insurance Market

Alan Bauer, former president of Progressive Direct, will be travelling to Beijing and Shanghai in late September to meet with CEOs and other industry leaders to discuss about the the future of the auto direct insurance market.

Shanghai (I-Newswire) August 29, 2012 - Alan Bauer, serving as a senior adviser with ENHANCE international LLC, and former head of Progressive's direct auto insurance business, will be traveling to Beijing and Shanghai in late September to hold discussions with CEOs and other industry leaders in the China auto insurance industry."It is very exciting for me to interact with a market that is going through a lot of the same changes that I experienced when I first headed Progressive Direct'" stated Alan. When Alan left Progressive he had grown their auto direct business to be one of the largest in the US and the world.

''We very much look forward to our discussions in China and the new ideas that will be generated from these meetings. Having worked in the China insurance market for over three years, what is clear is there are a lot of similarities in terms of the current evolution of the China market, and how the US developed over the past decade. I believe Alan is one of the most qualified people to talk about innovation in this space" stated Sam Radwan, long time colleague of Alan and co-founder of ENHANCE International LLC. Alan is well known for making Progressive become the first to sell an auto insurance policy over the Internet in the US. He was recently named one of the top 10 innovators of the decade by Insurance & Technology magazine.

ENHANCE International LLC is a global management consultancy focused on direct marketing in the life and non-life insurance industry, with offices in Chicago, New York, Shanghai and Taipei.