Allstate Tag In App Provides Your Status to Others

By Jai C.S.
TMCnet Contributor

Allstate, a personal lines insurer selling nearly 13 major lines of insurance, including auto, property, life and commercial, has launched Tag In, a new mobile messaging smart phone app for iPhone, Android (News - Alert) and Blackberry users.

This new offering, as stated, shows the company's commitment to safety advocacy and consumer-focused innovation.

Tag In is mentioned as a fast and easy way to stay connected with family, friends or colleagues with a quick message and GPS location without using multiple applications or exposing your information and location to a broad audience. 

"Allstate has clear goals for our mobile offerings: deliver services and tools that consumers value in ways that are consistent with who we are and what we stand for," Bob Wasserman, vice president of e-business for Allstate, said in a statement.

"People want to stay connected, but they're also concerned about protecting their privacy. Designed with families in mind, Tag In combines convenient social networking, location features and user control of who sees personal information. It's quicker than texting and more private than Facebook or Foursquare (News - Alert)," Wasserman added.

Key features of Tag In includes quick messages, which enables customers to save time with a series of messages that can be sent over and over again;  and GPS functionality, with which customers can send their current location to family, friends and colleagues at the touch of a few buttons. Also, Tag In allows users to receive messages without opening the app. Tag In alerts pop up directly on a mobile home screen as a text. Users can also send the same message to multiple people with "My Groups." Create a set of contacts and connect with them all in just four touches.

Above all, with the mobile phone compatibility, contacts need not have a smartphone or the app to receive Tag In messages.

As stated, Tag In is compatible with iPhone (News - Alert) devices using the iOS4 operating system and newer; Android devices using the 2.0.1 operating system and newer; and most BlackBerry devices using the 4.5 operating system and newer.