Looking Ahead: What Do Agents Want From Carriers?

October 2, 2016 by Susanne Sclafane

Knowing that agents are more satisfied with benefits they derive from carrier relationships than they are with carrier technology, you might think that agents would want carriers to step up efforts to improve technology going forward.

Executive Summary

Agents surveyed late last year gave carriers a rating close to 5 on a seven-point scale when scoring the usefulness of carrier technology in handling various agency activities and scores closer to 6 for the benefits they derive from relationships with carriers. But looking out into the future, agencies still say they want carriers to focus more on the relationship aspect of the business, according to the second annual DCC/IJ Independent Agency Survey. Part 3 of a four-part article series.
Executive SummaryAgents surveyed late last year gave carriers a rating close to 5 on a seven-point scale when scoring the usefulness of carrier technology in handling various agency activities and scores closer to 6 for the benefits they derive from relationships with carriers. But looking out into the future, agencies still say they want carriers to focus more on the relationship aspect of the business, according to the second annual DCC/IJ Independent Agency Survey.

Part 3 of a four-part article series.

But that’s not what consultants from Deep Customer Connections found based on a second annual survey of agents conducted late last year.