“Walk, run and bike a lot” is what we always say, but now we advise to do otherwise. In this difficult situation it is best to stay at home in order to slower the spread of the virus. It becomes difficult to collect cherries this way though...<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">The numbers tell us that we really are staying home</h2>A decline in the number of collected cherries in CherryGO is already noticeable. This shows a hefty 20% decline, which is due to state regulations and the social initiative to stay at home. These changes are visible from the data below.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cherryhub-bsc-kft/image/upload/blog/CherryGO-cserkok-valtozasa-angol_h1gzch"></figure>&nbsp;Bike riding was the only activity that users spent more time on last week, than during a regular period. This is no wonder, since biking is not only healthy, but also “social distancing-friendly". If someone has a job that they cannot do from home, it is advised to use their bike to get to work instead of using public transport. As bad weather approached last week, time spent on bikes rapidly declined. Although working out is super important for all of us, it would be even better if our numbers declined more, because that would mean that even more people manage to stay at home.<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">30 bonus cherries every day</h2>For all the above reasons, we decided to give away 30 bonus cherries for every CherryGO user daily until further notice. Our goal with this is to support people to stay at home. An average CherryGO user collects 30 cherries a day, hence the number if you asked. 😊. No need to pass up on your favourite goodies even if you stay at home.<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">Help the elderly to stay at home too</h2>Suddenly occurring problems need quick solutions. That is why we quickly decided to add a new charity goodie in the CherryGO store, called “Support elders during the coronavirus outbreak”. Users can get this goodie for a 100 cherries and CHERRISK will donate 100 HUF per redeemed goodie to the Friends of the elderly programme. The volunteers of the charity support elders in need with food during the spread of the COVID-19. This can help them not to go outside as others do the shopping for them.The charity coupon can be found in the CherryGO app and there is no restriction in how many one can redeem. This is how we all can do something small that will have a greater impact and we can build a safer and better world together.###Although it is not advised to go outside during this period of time, sport and working out became more important than ever in order for us to stay healthy. Therefore we advise everyone to do some kind of sport while at home. It is even better if you motivate others to do the same and share our hashtag #maradjotthonemmaval (#stayhomewithemma in English) to tell us how you spend your quarantine time.

Time spent with moving around declined with 20% due to the coronavirus and social distancing – turns out from the CherryGO application data. Our users collected significantly less cherries than usual, but for once we can be happy about this decline. Since we want to support staying at home, 30 bonus cherries are given to all of our users irrespectively of their activity level. Moreover we started a new charity program, with which everybody can support the elderly to stay at home.

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CherryGO: move less, help more!

When we launched our platform <a href="https://www.cherrisk.com/en/about">we wrote</a>: we love “that nowadays everything can be done online. Well, almost everything. Up until now, managing an insurance was part of that ‘almost’. CHERRISK is making insurance part of the everything!” This promise is now put to the test like we never dared to imagine. Luckily, we were able to live up to our word!<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cherryhub-bsc-kft/image/upload/blog/CHR-Ures-iroda_w0opua"><figcaption>The office might be empty, but our schedule is not!</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">Manage your things (and insurances) from home!</h2><blockquote>It’s clear now that CHERRISK can provide a user friendly solution in a situation like this,</blockquote>said Krisztián Kurtisz about the way our staff switched to working remotely in a blink of an eye. Our CEO added that “while most providers and insurance companies had to curb their services, our paperless and 100% online platform works just like it did before”. How? Simple:<ul><li>buying policies is online and self-serviced,</li><li>administration is online and self-serviced,</li><li>customer care works from home,</li><li>claim experts work from home,</li><li>IT developers work from home.</li></ul> In short: on CHERRISK everything can be done without personal contact. “This is much more than a business success. With our model we can protect the health of our clients. What’s more, we protect our employees too, since no one had to come to our office since Monday,” said Krisztián. The Monday morning briefing for our 50 person staff was already held in the cyberspace. During this virtual meeting our CEO underlined that switching to remote working like we did is unique in the insurance sector. Since then we had several online meetings like that one, and we’re able to keep up our standard efficiency.<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">Technology is here, use it wisely!</h2>Due to this pandemic all online technologies are gaining value. No wonder so many (online) retailers have switched to “hire mode” to meet their customer demand.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cherryhub-bsc-kft/image/upload/blog/CHR-Munkatarsak_fnw13i"><figcaption>Working from home can't stop meetings!</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;Ferenc Fazekas, CHERRISK’s co-CEO and head of IT believes that “our switch to remote working was an absolute success. The technologies we use have existed for a while now, but using them at this scale is something new. Luckily, innovative thinking, the brave use of existing technologies, and adapting to new situations is deeply encoded in the CHERRISK D.N.A. I believe we passed this test splendidly: all our employees are working from home and all our clients can manage their insurances without any hiccups.”<h2 style="margin-left:0px;">Customer care works (almost) the same</h2>This uninterrupted user experience is greatly helped by CHERRISK’s customer care which works just like it did before. Well, almost like before: our colleagues are waiting for your calls and texts at home. “Even after switching to remote work, our SLA remains 100%, which is quite an achievement. Most companies are just looking into converting their customer care to a work from home mode, while we already made the conversion after a short test period. Our office might be empty, but our customers don’t need to suffer because of that,” said Gergely Kovács Head of Operation at CHERRISK.<figure class="image"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cherryhub-bsc-kft/image/upload/blog/CHR-CC_fb9xjj"><figcaption>Our customer care works from home too!</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;###If possible, we advice you to stay home as long as you don’t have any urgent things to do outside. With social distancing you can not only protect your own health but others’ too.

One of the most efficient methods of fighting against the coronavirus is social distancing. With not meeting others and staying at home we can slow down the spread of the disease. An important step in beating it. Of course, this isn’t an easy thing to do, especially in a sector like insurance, where traditionally sales and customer service agents meet clients in person. CHERRISK employees however are working from home for days now, and our clients couldn’t tell the difference.

CHERRISK team stays at home but keeps the productivity level at 100%!

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CherryGO: move less, help more!

CHERRISK team stays at home but keeps the productivity level at 100%!

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