NEW DATA! We just cross referenced employee benefit data (health/retirement) for contact information and added to the WC database. New features for 2019 include contact voting buttons, Carrier Group color-coding in the Carrier History section and an LCM Heatmap in the Class Report section. … Read More
Latest From InsuranceXdate
Latest From InsuraceXdate
InsurTech Origins – the Fax Machine?
Remember when owning a fax machine meant your agency was ahead of the tech curve? Me neither. I’m a millennial, but in the 80’s it was a game changer for the commercial insurance sales cycle. While the times and devices have changed the principles remain. When is the last time you looked at the new tools and resources being developed and how they can be applied to commercial insurance prospecting? … Read More
2018 – Q2 – New Features
We recently released an update to xdate offering to let you hit the ground running for Q2. New dashboard functions, and features. New tools for the Agency, and new states. Beta release of our Form 5500 Retirement and Health benefits data. Expanding your access to Workers Comp data using data visualization and analytics. … Read More
What is Your Prospecting List Doing for You?
Your agency and your carriers may have an encompassing risk appetite but that doesn’t mean your prospecting list should follow suit. In fact, why on earth would you have just 1 prospecting list? In this little post I am going to show you how to improve your odds on the phone and more effectively secure appointments by applying a simple trick to your prospecting list set up. … Read More
Planning for a Cold-Calling Marketing Campaign
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” ~ Benjamin Franklin. Putting the calls in but not seeing them convert to new biz appointments? Now would be a good time to evaluate your marketing plan and figure out what’s going wrong or in need of adjusting. You do have a marketing plan, don’t you? … Read More
The 11 Month Marketer
How are other agencies making use of your service? Are they getting results? We get these questions a lot. Given the competitive nature of our product and the insatiable thirst for new business that you maniacs have, it shouldn’t be hard to believe that our users’ respective methods and approaches are closely guarded and rarely shared…and vary greatly. … Read More
Work Smarter, Not Harder
How are other agencies making use of your service? Are they getting results? We get these questions a lot. Given the competitive nature of our product and the insatiable thirst for new business that you maniacs have, it shouldn’t be hard to believe that our users’ respective methods and approaches are closely guarded and rarely shared…and vary greatly. … Read More
The Big Gorilla
How are other agencies making use of your service? Are they getting results? We get these questions a lot. Given the competitive nature of our product and the insatiable thirst for new business that you maniacs have, it shouldn’t be hard to believe that our users’ respective methods and approaches are closely guarded and rarely shared…and vary greatly. … Read More
Outline for Developing Your Own Cold-Calling Script
A lot of our users ask if we have any scripts available. Instead of an actual script, this post is to provide a basic outline for creating your own calling script. Insurance agents are unique and special in their own way, just like a snow flake. So should your calling script. … Read More
Underwriting Authority & Standardized Credit Programs
Depending on state regulation (as always) carriers may have scheduled rating factors (credit/debit) they can apply to adjust pricing of a WC quote. These scheduled deviations should be justifiable (e.g. the insured has a fleet safety program, warranting a 10% scheduled credit be applied) but are sometimes swayed by the need to arrive at the right bottom-line cost of coverage to win the account and are therefore important to be aware of as a person selling insurance. This post provides a basic overview of this information along with available standardized credit programs. … Read More