FAIRFAX, Va. (August 11, 2022 ) — ID Federation, the nonprofit coalition of insurance industry leaders committed to improving the security and efficiency of insurance transactions, has appointed industry veteran Alvito Vaz to lead its industrywide rollout of SignOn Once single-sign-on identity management solution.
Vaz will take over as business manager from Irv Kantar, who is retiring after serving in the position for the last five years. The ID Federation board of directors expresses gratitude to Kantar for his excellent work on behalf of the organization.
Vaz will continue where Kantar left off, working to increase awareness and adoption of SignOn Once, as well as facilitate carrier and agent implementation of the solution.
Vaz has more than 30 years of experience in leading insurance digital transformation. He retired from the industry in 2021 after spending 10 years with Travelers, where he served as VP in charge of defining platform technical vision and strategy. He also spent 20 years working in various roles at Progressive Corporation, including as IT director responsible for agent services and web presence platforms.
Vaz has been involved with comparative rater and management system solution providers in the agency automation space. He also has been engaged in the process of setting insurance standards as a member of ACORD’s Property & Casualty Steering Committee. He was an inaugural member of the Big “I” Agents Council for Technology (ACT), where he participated and chaired ACT workgroups.
“Alvito’s collaborative leadership approach will be essential to ensuring every carrier and agency realizes the multiple benefits of SignOn Once,” says Brian Bartosh, secretary of ID Federation Inc. “We are excited and thankful he was willing to come out of retirement to take on this important role.”
ID Federation created SignOn Once exclusively for agents, carriers and technology solution providers to improve the security and efficiency of insurance transactions. The solution eliminates the need for password management by enabling one identity to replace multiple IDs and passwords for insurance system users and providing protection from unauthorized attacks.
ID Federation encourages the industry to implement SignOn Once as carriers enhance their agency management system security measures through multi-factor authentication (MFA). Industry-wide adoption of SignOn Once would provide agents with consistency among carrier platforms, with only one set of credentials required for all participating carriers.
“The number of different carrier technology interfaces is already difficult for agents to navigate and carriers moving towards MFA will only further complicate agent processes,” Vaz says. “I understand the perspective of both agents and carriers thanks to my work in this area, and I am committed to helping the industry improve the process workflow and become more secure.”
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