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Market Probe Announces Advocacy Leaders in the Life and Auto Insurance Sectors
by Market Probe, Inc.
Market Probe completed the advocacy profiles of companies in several competitive sectors, based on evaluations from 1,600 households.
Market Probe, a global research firm, completed the advocacy profiles of companies in the competitive sectors of retail banking, life insurance, auto insurance, mobile services, cable services, retail stores, and business to business services like enterprise technology. The results of the insurance sector are based on a national sample of 1,600 plus households who evaluated their primary insurance carrier for life and auto. USAA wins the advocacy honor in the highly competitive auto insurance sector, and State Farm is the winner in the life insurance sector.
Advocates are the most involved customers of a brand. They have strong emotional connections with their brand and are also the strongest supporters of the brand in their online and offline communications. Advocates are loyal to their brand, buy more products from their brand and contribute to new client growth.
“In today’s hyper-linked world, Advocacy, which measures customer involvement in the brand, is the most relevant metric beyond satisfaction, loyalty and NPS,” says Dr. TR Rao, President and CEO, Market Probe. “Advocacy offers the most direct linkage to explaining and measuring business performance.”
The advocacy profiles were developed using Market Probe’s proprietary SHARE+ program that measures customers’ favorability, future consideration and downstream communication behavior. The research model identifies customers on an Advocacy Ladder as Advocates, Allegiants, Ambivalents and Alienated. SHARE+ enables prioritization of action items to optimize advocacy and minimize alienation. It has application to any customer segment in virtually any industry.
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In addition to our corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we have offices throughout the United States and in Canada, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, India, Bahrain, Singapore, Hong Kong and China with in-house facilities for field services by Web and phone. We are listed among the Honomichl Top 50 US Research Firms and have been providing business solutions to the financial services industry for more than 25 years.
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