Case study / Innovating Insurance ServicesInsurance · Five-person agency

An insurance agency.
One operational backbone.

Innovating Insurance Services had client conversations, follow-ups and group-benefits work spread across separate tools. We built one workspace for prospects, cases, communications, tasks and employer groups, so staff can pick up the full history and the owner can see what needs attention.

  • Client records show the owner, status and next step.
  • Calls, messages and tasks stay connected to the same work.
  • Group coverage, members and contribution calculations live together.
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The agency system

Step inside the agency system.

Follow a client request, review the team’s next steps, and work through group benefits.

Interactive demo · Fictional data

All clients, companies, messages, plans and numbers shown here are fictional.

Innovating Insurance
Services
Interactive demo · Fictional data

Cases

Cases

10 records · Local simulation

New2

In Progress2

Waiting on Client2

Waiting on Carrier / External Party2

Completed1

Closed — Not Proceeding1

All clients, companies, messages, plans and numbers shown here are fictional.

The starting point

The work was there. The context was scattered.

Carrier work competed with callbacks

Time spent speaking to carriers competed with time available to return client calls.

Handoffs meant rebuilding the history

Colleagues had to piece together the conversation, the owner and what should happen next.

Group benefits needed more than contacts

Rates, dependents and contribution rules made employer coverage a separate layer of administration.

What we delivered

One client story, from request to resolution.

01

Linked client work

Prospects and cases keep ownership, history and the next action together.

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Services
System view · Fictional data

Cases · linked client work

Morgan Blake
Coverage update · C1
Request signed form
AMAvery Morgan
Due 2026-10-13
Jamie Parker
Renewal review · C2
Confirm callback time
JEJordan Ellis
Due 2026-10-14
02

Communications and follow-up

Messages, call reviews and due tasks stay attached to the client request.

Innovating Insurance
Services
System view · Fictional data

Jamie Parker · conversation & follow-up

Clients
Email / SMS
Renewal review

Can we arrange a renewal callback on Friday?

Sample email · linked case C2

Next task

Schedule renewal callback · Jordan Ellis

03

Group-benefits administration

Members, chosen coverage and employer contributions share one group workspace.

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Services
System view · Fictional data
Groups / Northfield Studio

Northfield Studio

Active · G1 · Renewal 2026-10-20
CoverageMembersRecordsTasksActivity
Medical · EnabledDental · EnabledVision · EnabledLife · Enabled

Medical preview · USD/month

Member / benefitMonthly rateEmployerEmployee
Alex Rowan
Medical
$700.00$400.00$300.00
Sam Quinn
Medical
$1,000.00$400.00$600.00
Reese Foster
Medical · Waived
$0.00$0.00$0.00
Medical premiums
$1,700.00
Medical employer share
$800.00
Medical employee share
$900.00

Sample rates, not insurance quotes. Medical: 80% of the base plan. Dental: 50% of contribution basis. Family rates are twice employee-only rates. Employer share is capped at the selected premium; waived coverage costs zero.

04

Owner visibility

Open cases, overdue work and upcoming renewals can be reviewed by advisor.

Innovating Insurance
Services
System view · Fictional data

Operations Command Centre

Open cases8
Overdue tasks3
Callbacks to review3
Advisor workload · Tasks · Approaching renewals

The calculation details matter.

An 80% contribution based on a $500 base plan is $400, even when an employee chooses a $700 plan. The employee pays $300 per month, or $138.46 on a biweekly schedule. The demo keeps monthly premiums separate from payroll deductions, makes dependent contribution assumptions explicit, and caps the employer share at the chosen premium. These are fictional examples, not insurance quotes or universal carrier rules.

How we worked

Built with the people doing the work.

Staff walkthroughs helped shape the record, inbox, task and group-benefits workflows. We tested calculation examples against the team’s rate sheets and refined the fields and flows through iterative feedback.

The practical change

The next person can pick up the work.

Handoff and context

BeforeHistory pieced together across tools

BuiltA linked record with conversations and activity

Next-action ownership

BeforeFollow-ups kept in separate notes

BuiltAn assigned task, due date and completion state

Group administration

BeforeRates and roster details handled separately

BuiltCoverage, members and contribution calculations together

Specific capabilities delivered. Measured time savings and financial results are not claimed; this demonstration does not establish live integration reliability or phone outcomes.

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