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Looking Ahead in 2022

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Leading the Way

Brenna Johnson, VP of Product Management

As we finish our first year as part of Team Applied, I am excited for the future. Together, no company is better positioned to change this industry for the better. We approach every challenge with this same, simple idea – how can we add competitive value to your agency and help you achieve better results?

Unlike some management systems that function as an electronic filing cabinet for what has already happened in your agency, EZLynx anticipates and suggests what to do next, and will even automate these steps for you. Why? We want to free you to build better relationships with your customers and win more business. We believe this is the path to success. Big things happen at the intersection of opportunity and innovation, and we’re excited for the opportunity to lead the industry forward.

Looking Back

Before I share what’s on the horizon, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on my personal favorite product enhancement from 2021.

The Automatic Change Request Confirmation feature automates the endorsement review process. In real-time, EZLynx automatically reviews incoming endorsements from the carrier to verify they are accurate based on the changes requested by the agency. If everything matches, the system automatically confirms the endorsement and closes it out without the need for human intervention.

  • We’ve had reports that this feature decreases endorsement processing times by 45%!
  • Automating this process represents significant time savings to agencies, because they are not paying employees to do work that their management system should do for them.

Looking Ahead

In 2022, our commitment to investment continues. EZLynx has a deep-rooted passion for helping independent insurance agents thrive through innovation. We take it very seriously that you rely on us for the tools to strengthen client relationships, add competitive value to your agency, and achieve better results. Here’s a quick look ahead:

Automation

Agency automation truly is a game-changer and the key to scaling your business. When you rely on software to automate and perform common workflows, you get more done in less time. By automating key aspects of client engagement, you multiply the impact of your staff. With the time you save, you also free up your entire agency to better focus on clients and win more business.

We will continue to expand the role EZLynx Automation Center can play in your agency, with new workflows and additional best practice templates to help you automate your sales, service, and retention. If you have not already implemented this powerful tool, please let me encourage you to make this the year that you do.

Customer Self-Service

Insurance customers—like any other digital consumers—have fully embraced the use of online customer self-service. Every day the lines between traditional and digital business become more blurred. Technology enhances the customer experience, and customer portals provide yet another avenue for agencies to build relationships and act as trusted advisors for their insureds.

If your clients cannot already access policies, generate certificates, submit change requests, view ID Cards, follow claims, share documents, make payments and more from anywhere, anytime and on any device, you are not delivering the digital experience today’s insurance shoppers expect. EZLynx Client Center is the answer.

We will continue to grow this digital extension of your agency, expanding the commercial self-service capabilities and forging a deeper integration with payments. We’ve had great success in reducing the time spent collecting agency bill receivables this year (up to 60% reduction for some agencies!) and will improve on that in the coming year. Strategically shifting the client portal to help agencies intelligently cross-sell was successful, so we are excited to build on that by introducing a client-facing referral and review program for satisfied customers. If you are not familiar with everything EZLynx Client Center has to offer, you really do owe it to your agency to take a closer look.

Focus on Growth

We believe agencies should be able to integrate trusted, best-in-class technology solutions with their agency management system, without having to write the code themselves to do it. The EZLynx Connect Marketplace provides development-free connectivity to third-party vendor solutions, advancing your agency immediately in targeted ways – like choosing from a curated selection of vendors to help add value to every quote. We have focused on adding availability across key areas of the platform and will continue to add new vendors this year.

EZLynx is known for creativity and a devotion to solve problems differently. As I mentioned earlier, we’re also passionate about helping our customers grow and thrive. You’ve reached out to let us know that your agencies have trouble monitoring performance metrics and staying on track for annual goals. Be on the lookout later this year for some exciting enhancements to help you do just that.

The Future of EZLynx

I am excited about the opportunities that lie ahead. The technology landscape and consumer expectations are changing rapidly, and you can count on EZLynx to stay ahead of that change. Thank you for placing your trust in us, thank you for joining us on this exciting, wonderful journey, and thank you for choosing EZLynx as your technology partner. The best is yet to come!

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EZLynx Roadmap for 2021

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Happy New Year! I think we can safely say that 2020 was a year like no other!

The pandemic forced the insurance industry, and many others, to embrace changes in how they interacted within agencies, with carriers, and insureds. These changes validated the importance of several of our 2020 roadmap initiatives, which continued the charge in leading the industry forward through new technology, with a focus on customer self-service and automation to bring digital connectivity.  We saw EZLynx agencies quickly shift to embrace products like EZLynx Client Center, Eva (the EzLynx Virtual Agent who can respond to simple text message requests and create follow-up tasks), and the new EZLynx Connect Marketplace. Though last year proved challenging, joining forces with Applied will help us continue to deliver products that help agencies increase profitability and drive the industry forward.

Agency Partners

We recognize that our agency partners believe in us and trust us as their vendor of choice because we know that technology and innovation can change the industry for the better, and we spend day and night looking for ways to make agencies more productive, more profitable, and fortified for the future.

Our customer’s faith in that partnership, and their decision to choose us, means everything to us. I want to thank you for that trust. Our partnership with Applied expands our ability to use our passion, creativity, and innovative spirit to solve agency problems and bring transformation to the industry.

Looking Ahead

Both EZLynx and Applied have a deep conviction that technology innovation is the only way forward for the industry. Our vision to equip independent agents with the tools to help them sell, service, and grow through technology remains unwavering.

Connect

We believe that digital connectivity is paramount to helping the independent agency channel remain competitive. Our agent partners are forward-thinking and ready to embrace technology to improve all areas of their business. Our vision of the Connect Marketplace is an interconnected digital ecosystem that enables agents to choose from the best solutions available. It is like the glue that holds multiple systems and vendors together seamlessly. Our focus in 2021 is to aggressively increase the available vendors and their interconnectivity into all areas of the customer lifecycle.

Automate

Part of the EZLynx 5 vision is a fully automated and connected system to help drive agency productivity, freeing agents to focus on their customer relationships. We plan to continue the effort to expand this automation across our products and vendor partners to help agencies increase scale and remain competitive.

Service

Agency servicing remains an important focus area in 2021. We truly believe there is tremendous opportunity to help our agencies scale. We’ve invested greatly in the commercial space over the past several years. The full commercial policy lifecycle process in our industry is disjointed. The bulk of insuretech investments ignore the independent commercial agency. We believe this is an area with tremendous potential for automation, vendor partnerships, and advancements in the consumer experience. Our goal is to deliver insurance solutions for forward-thinking agents and the engaged consumer through increased digital connectivity and improved experience.

Change can be scary, but it is part of transformation. We are thankful for our customers’ unwavering belief in our vision to keep moving forward. The entire EZLynx Team is looking forward to joining forces with Applied Systems to continue bringing our vision to the industry on an even greater scale.

Don’t Forget…

Our upcoming January episode of EZLynx Live will include a pre-recorded Q&A with EZLynx CEO Nag Rao and Applied CEO Taylor Rhodes about this strategic acquisition, so be sure to tune in here on Thursday, January 28th at 12 PM Central Time.

And while you wait, you can also check out our December episode, which includes a walkthrough of many of the enhancements we rolled out over the past year.

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EZLynx Roadmap for 2020

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Happy New Year, and Happy New Decade! We made huge strides in enhancing and expanding our platform last year, and we’re thrilled about the upcoming year.

We remain focused on solving industry problems through technology, and we have many exciting product changes on our 2020 Roadmap. I am confident that we are well-positioned to help agencies excel in scalability, serviceability, productivity, and profitability with our products.

We also shared a special ROADMAP EDITION of EZLynx LIVE on January 30, 2020.  The Live stream has ended, but you can still watch the recording. We provided a closer look at our 2020 Roadmap. Be sure to watch it here.

AgentLynx was a Success

Thank you to everyone who attended AgentLynx 2019. Our team enjoyed meeting you and learning the nuances of how you use EZLynx to drive your agency. We appreciate the details you shared with our product team throughout the conference. Even though we cannot solve every industry problem right away, much of the credit for our success is due to the feedback we receive and the passion you bring. We know that your time is valuable and appreciate your collaboration. You are valuable partners.

Commercial Innovation

Last year, I promised features that solved business problems faced by commercial agents, and our team delivered! Solutions that worked for the industry and clientele of thirty years ago cannot continue to scale for the future. Client expectations change, so we want to provide tools that help agencies scale without losing their superior personalized service – before and after the sale. We delivered a series of features to help agents sell, service, and grow commercial business:

  • Application Bundling (New Feature)
    • This single, efficient workflow helps agencies avoid redundant data across applications, policies, and remarketing.
  • Schedule Imports & Exports (New Features)
    • EZLynx simplified the import workflow for drivers, vehicles, locations, and buildings. We also added a comprehensive export workflow to expedite the renewal process.
  • Forms Workflows (New Feature)
    • EZLynx now automatically preselects and prefills the ACORD forms needed for an accurate quote based on the line of business and the state. Adding additional forms, like loss runs, carrier supplementals, or financials, is very straightforward too.
  • Certificates (New Feature)
    • EZLynx redefined the creation, management, and distribution of certificates, streamlining the workflow and changing the way agencies think about the certificate process.

EZLynx Submission Center

We also launched EZLynx Submission Center – a product created to streamline the commercial submission process – last fall. Submission Center enables agents to manage submissions to multiple carriers by organizing the activities for the entire process. Built-in reports, dashboards, and carrier appetite guidance ensure the process scales efficiently as the agency brings in more commercial business. You can learn more about EZLynx Submission Center here. We will continue to build on this foundation during the year.

Drive for EZLynx 5

EZLynx 5 represents the next generation of our platform, and it is rolling out in the first half of 2020! We have completely streamlined the Rating Engine to improve quote generation speed and accuracy. I’m particularly excited about the productivity gains we’ve seen from two specific features during our beta testing: carrier prefill and the new quote results page.

The carrier prefill option allows agents to save time by answering common carrier questions up-front. When the agent wants to generate a quote, these answers automatically populate the appropriate fields, drastically reducing the time it takes to get that initial quote!

The new quote results page displays the carrier’s quotes in a simplified stacked bar graph. This completely takes the guesswork – and math – out of providing your customers a premium. This feature is exceptionally powerful when you’re rounding accounts and quoting both auto and homeowners.

With EZLynx 5, our Management System customers will see enhancements to core features they use daily, including a new account and policy page, and an improved EZLynx 5 version of Automation Center. Our goal is to drive an agency forward through automation and make it easier to sell, service, and grow, whether you’re an agency of 10 or 10,000!

EZLynx 5 represents a complete foundational change to our platform — and we’re just getting started!

Service that Scales

For several years, the EZLynx growth roadmap focused on increasing agency profitability and productivity. While these will continue to be focus areas for us, this year we are also focused on improving serviceability and scalability for your agency.

EZLynx MAP, a product designed to provide complex organizations with the information they need to service their agencies and grow past common plateaus, is a perfect example of this new company focus. We are excited to announce general availability in April 2020!

Last year we introduced our Real-Time Messaging expansion with Travelers. This integration notifies agents – in real-time — of policy changes the insured makes on the Travelers self-service portal. This enhancement improves transparency between agents and carriers to better support the omni-channel awareness this generation of consumers expects. Service activities are costly to agencies without providing a significant return. However, the integration has the potential to dramatically reduce time spent servicing these policies. We see this as an opportunity to provide new solutions that help your staff increase their service capacity, without sacrificing quality, in the coming year.

Connect to the Future

EZLynx has historically built its success on providing agents everything they need to grow a successful, manageable business. We developed our ONE PLATFORM customer lifecycle solution to address major challenges in renewal management, sales, customer service, and more—all in one easy-to-use location. However, 2020 will bring a slight directional shift in our strategy. Starting this year, EZLynx will focus on an Agency-in-the-Cloud strategy. Our goal is to help agencies scale through innovative hardware and software solutions.

To that end, we unveiled EZLynx Connect At AgentLynx 2019. EZLynx Connect is a marketplace for agents and vendors to exchange data securely. We designed this tool to address the core challenges of scalability, accessibility, and continuity that agencies face every day. EZLynx Connect will be a focus area for us throughout the upcoming year and beyond as we continue to build out third-party integrations with trusted vendor partners. But there’s more. We listened to your feedback and discovered that maintaining scalable hardware is a challenge many agents encounter as they grow. That’s why we’ve introduced EZLynx Virtual Office, a service that allows agencies to focus on their core competencies in the insurance space without worrying about managing their own hardware, software, or security. We will be providing more information about Virtual Office throughout the year.

We are here for you. If our software can help your agency scale better, increase your productivity, improve your customer service, and be more profitable, we both win. Thank you again for the opportunity to serve you. We look forward to continuing our partnership with all of you in 2020 and beyond!

Don’t forget to rewatch the special edition of EZLynx LIVE that aired earlier today, as we took a closer look at the 2020 Roadmap…

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EZLynx Roadmap for 2019

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2018 was a year of growth for EZLynx and especially for our agencies! Agencies using EZLynx have on average enjoyed substantial year-over-year increases in customers, policies, and premiums. While agents saw growth in all areas, this trend was especially pronounced for commercial lines. We take pride as a partner in your success and want to continue to provide the tools you need to thrive and grow each year.

We all work towards Nag’s vision of a single platform customer lifecycle solution built on the pillars of productivity, serviceability, profitability and scalability for your agency. We believe that scalability is achieved by aligning the right people, processes, and technology to overcome plateaus that inhibit growth. We want to thank our customers who also believe in and support our vision as we strive to improve our industry.

We faced challenges with our own scalability this year, which is why we made the difficult decision to hold off on some important new features while we focused on the system architecture and stability of the platform. For many years, EZLynx was known in the industry for its reliability, so we look forward to earning back your trust in that area. To continue our growth, we’ve put the people, processes, and technology in place to continue delivering innovative solutions to support your business while we grow ours. The way we see it, working as a trusted technology partner with your best interest in mind is the only way we both win.

Looking Back at 2018

EZLynx introduced exciting products and a series of targeted features that significantly impact the amount of time agencies spend on non-revenue generating activities. Features such as bulk document enhancements, updates to EZLynx for Outlook, improved download matching, additional LOB support, eSignature custom fields, MSB residential pre-fill with reconstruction cost valuation, and a completely new commission import workflow are all updates that were aimed at reducing man-hours spent on these necessary activities. The team is testing several other productivity features including an updated forms workflow, which saves time generating the application documents and will be available for general release early 2019!

We officially introduced Automation Center this summer to set the foundation for the future of our platform. Automation Center helps agencies scale by handling many of the repetitive tasks that consume resources and keep you from focusing on high-value activities. This type of automation also encourages everyone to adhere to standard workflows and promotes best practices. It is the foundation for helping you increase productivity and serviceability without adding staff. We will continue to enhance the automation features in 2019 with support for multi-step and conditional workflows.

One of the most exciting products designed to help agencies scale while increasing profitability is our Agency Insights™ for Sales Center. This feature automatically generates potential prospects from your quote data and book of business, giving you the information needed to recapture, win, and cross-sell opportunities before the X-Date. This is the type of feature that pushes the boundaries on what a management system should do for an agency.

Looking Forward in 2019

We want to provide commercial lines sales and service the same innovation and productivity gains that EZLynx brought to personal lines. We’ve set an ambitious roadmap for 2019 with a few surprises along the way! The roadmap focuses on the business problems that commercial agents have faced for years in the areas of submission management, certificate distribution, and ongoing servicing.

At AgentLynx 2018, we showed off a sneak peek of EZLynx 5, the next generation of the EZLynx platform, and we are excited to announce that it will be available later this year! EZLynx 5 is designed to move us toward our vision of a smart Rating Engine and Agency Management System that helps drive an agency through automation and improved consistency, functionality, and usability.

Recently we’ve noticed an increase in the consolidation of independent agencies under MAPs, or Market Access Providers. In late 2018, we started building EZLynx for MAPs, a product designed to help these organizations overcome common plateaus, scale quickly, and increase the efficiency of their operations. Our initial roadmap addresses member management, carrier management, and commissions processing.

As a company, we push ourselves to never settle and look for opportunities to affect positive change in the insurance industry. Even as the leader in personal lines rating, we believe there is room for improvement. This year we are thrilled to show some love for the EZLynx Rating Engine with the goal of improving speed and accuracy to help you accomplish more, faster!

AgentLynx 2019

A special thank you to everyone who joined us for AgentLynx last year in San Diego. We truly enjoyed getting to meet everyone and sharing our passion for new technology. With every AgentLynx we hope to inspire attendees to leverage EZLynx to drive productivity, serviceability, scalability, and profitability in their own agencies.

Our user conference is a unique opportunity for you to learn how to maximize your potential with EZLynx and to influence the direction of the product for the future. Several of the product enhancements of 2018 were a direct result of feedback from the conference! We are already working toward new surprises for AgentLynx 2019. We look forward to seeing you all in Fort Worth, Texas on October 20-23rd.

We are excited for the new year and the opportunities it brings to continue our journey as your technology partner!

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Increase the Value of Your Agency, Part 2

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Increase the Value of your AgencyThe ability to grow and add value to an agency is only useful in the long run if it is sustainable.  Maintaining value requires taking a deeper look at some of the important KPIs that affect the overall health of an agency. EZLynx Agency Pulse puts these metrics and more at your fingertips each month for a quick agency check-up. We’ll look at three proven indicators that we have seen as most important to sustained stability in an independent insurance agency.

1. Balancing revenue segments – Revenue is vital to any business and diversifying these segments helps provide long-term stability. As we know, personal lines are becoming ever more competitive and frequently see a high level of churn. Balancing this out by increasing the segment of commercial policies and other segments helps provide long-term revenue stability. Most personal lines agencies should aim for a PL/CL ratio around 60:40 for ideal revenue segmentation.

2. Carrier Distribution – The fluctuations of carrier rates are common place. Many producers go with a gut feeling about which carriers are hot at any given time. The truth is that they all will eventually have rate increases and decreases. Like investing in the stock market, the best way to manage risk is to diversify your assets. Managing the percent premium volume with each of your carriers will provide greater long-term revenue sustainability. Try aiming for a distribution with no more than 20 to 25 percent of your premium volume with any one carrier.

3. Revenue Per Customer – This is an interesting metric because, financially speaking, increasing this average is a good thing; however, if you are depending on one or two large accounts to bring it up, it can be fiscally risky. To mitigate these two alternatives, focus on balancing this with the policies per customer indicator mentioned previously. Our current customers average 1.6 policies per customer, and captive agents achieve upwards of 5. In a typical independent agency, it is not unreasonable to aim for a policy per customer number at three or above. Higher numbers correlate to a stable balance of revenue among your customers and an increase in the average customer life-time value to the agency.

Another major factor in keeping these metrics stable is to establish process and routines. According to leading neuroscientists, more than 40 percent of what we do in life and business is based on habits2. Creating specific procedural habits in your agency helps maintain consistency and efficiency. Setting specific processes for managing new business, cross selling mono-line policies, working renewals, handling policy change requests, etc. can make a huge impact in the sustained growth of an agency.  Each customer interaction provides an opportunity to build customer loyalty and reinforce the agency’s unique value proposition. Setting process expectations for producers and CSRs in your agency will help this to become second nature and keep your staff from missing opportunities to reinforce the relationship with each customer.

EZLynx offers turn-key business solutions to help any agency grow reach its goals like the Agency Pulse, which puts agency KPIs at your fingertips.  EZLynx offers products to help make your job easier, so you can get back to what really matters!

(2015). 2014 insurance agency transaction multiples. The Deal Maker’s Dialogue, 6(2).

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Increase the Value of Your Agency, Part 1

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Increase the Value of your AgencyAn agency’s value can be an ambiguous figure often inflated in the minds of agency owners. It is frequently overlooked as long as book size is growing. Owners who are not planning to sell usually have number in their heads, but many neglect to take the time to delve into the actual valuation. However, its value goes beyond getting a good sale price. The agency valuation can not only be used to secure financing for sudden opportunities, but, more importantly, it provides a roadmap for strategic planning and growth. Understanding an agency’s value can identify potential risks and vulnerabilities that could change its worth over time.

The first step to increasing an agency’s value is understanding its current value. A variety of factors are taken into account for establishing value including growth, profitability, and financial security. MarshBerry, an M&A advisory firm, reported that in 2014 the average Base Purchase Price increased to 7.14 times EBITDA with a range from 5.9 to 7.81. EBITDA is a widely accepted measure of profits which stands for Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization. By removing operating expenses from the revenue and excluding the administrative expenses, it provides an accurate picture of how an agency is performing. Whether you utilize retained commissions or agency earnings (EBITDA) as the base, the same principles for increasing value will apply.

Average Value = 7.14 x EBITDA

EBITDA = Revenue – Expenses (excluding interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization)

If you can remember back to your basic algebra, you’ll know that to increase the value you would need to increase the EBITDA base by either increasing revenue or decreasing expenses.

Most companies find it extremely difficult to cut operating expenses, so the only other option is to increase revenue. As we all know, the two biggest factors that contribute to revenue in an insurance agency are growth from new business and reoccurring revenue from retaining customers. Here are 3 proven ways to increase your base and, more importantly, sustain that increase.

  1. New Business Growth – The need for growth in the agency, as well as with each carrier, is well known. Many agencies focus on acquiring new business as a way to drive value, but neglect to account for the cost of acquisition for each new customer. Leveraging cost effective alternatives to traditional marketing, such as email or social media, is one way to reduce expenses without risking additional new business opportunities.
  1. Agency Retention – One of the quickest ways to increase the value of EBITDA is through increasing agency retention. Reoccurring business doesn’t need to take into account acquisition costs, so the revenue drops directly to the bottom line for an agency. Even a one to two point increase across the agency as a whole can have significant ramifications on the overall value. As an independent agency, you provide significant value in the choices of carriers that you represent. Frequently, this value is not fully communicated to the insured who goes shopping at renewal rather than providing you the opportunity to save the business. Communicating with every insured at renewal provides an agency a way to discuss any changes fully manage the renewal conversation.
  1. Policies Per Customer – Adopting a specific agency wide strategy for cross selling monoline customers works to both increase your retention and the value. It is common knowledge that the number of policies per customer directly correlates with the length of time the customer remains with your agency. Utilizing email marketing to educate monoline customers on the benefits of having both home and auto policies written with the same carrier can make a large impact.

1. (2015). 2014 insurance agency transaction multiples. The Deal Maker’s Dialogue, 6(2).
2. Duhigg, Charles. (2012). The power of habit: Why we do what we do in life and business. New York: Random House.

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Agency Profile: Phil Klein Insurance Group

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Phil Klein Insurance GroupPhil Klein Insurance Group opened in Bloomfield Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, during the 2008 recession. Even in an area hardest hit by the economic downturn and unemployment, Phil Klein has managed to grow his book of business to $3.5 million in six years. He accomplished this feat through hard work, dedication, and utilizing EZLynx technology to improve the customer service and productivity of his agency.

Klein learned the business as a captive agent, but three years later he decided to open Phil Klein Insurance Group as an independent insurance agency. Through a digital strategy, streamlined agency processes, and extensive use of EZLynx, Klein built his agency during a challenging economic time.

“I was using two different systems; EZLynx for rating and another vendor for management, but I was only using 30% of the features available in my management system,” explains Klein. Klein realized he was paying for a costly management system with features his agency never used, and his staff was tied-up in expensive, time-consuming training, which took resources away from new business and customer service.

In 2013, Klein made the switch to EZLynx Management System. “I found that it gave me not only a better management system but also a better value for my agency’s dollar,” he explains. “EZLynx gives us the ability to use one system that is easy to use, performs all functions, and is a true Internet-based system.”

This gave Klein the freedom to focus on growing his business rather than just running the system. “What sets it apart from other management systems is its ability to incorporate cutting edge technology in a management system with an understanding of the direction in which technology is taking the 21st century agency,” Klein adds.

He uses the integrated bulk messaging tool to promote new products and for cross-sell campaigns. His staff can quickly run the day-to-day activities and be proactive in helping current customers, especially during renewals.

The integrated management system frees Klein to focus more of his time on growing and retaining business. Knowing that social media is a popular method of communication, Klein utilizes a digital marketing strategy focused on Facebook to target leads in his area. “We have seen a dramatic rise in the amount of quotes being submitted through the Consumer Quoting Facebook App and it has led to numerous sales,” says Klein.

To increase customer service and retention, Klein uses the consumer facing EZLynx Client Center. “Many of my clients have already been using it and the response has been overwhelmingly positive,” says Klein. “Clients love the fact that they have 24/7 access to their insurance information.” He had used a similar product through his previous management system, but found that it was challenging for the customers to use.

For Klein, the move to a digital focus did not just apply to communicating with his consumers, but pertained to his staff, too. “Since it is a truly Internet-based system, you can be anywhere in the world and on any type of device and have complete access to your virtual agency. All you need is an Internet connection,” Klein explained.

With about 70 percent of his business in personal lines, Klein and his staff interact with many customers in the local community. Having access to the agency’s full information in the cloud from anywhere with an Internet connection is just another way Klein offers his customers that personal touch that only an independent agent can provide.

At a challenging time, Klein laid a solid foundation for his agency, streamlined his processes, and provides online customer service for the modern insurance consumer. “EZLynx gives my agency the ability to interact with my clients through multiple lines of communication; phone, email, text message, or social media. It gives me the ability to stay in contact with my clients and promote new products and features through bulk campaigns. It also serves as an invaluable tool for my agents; it makes their job easier and allows them to be more organized which in turn increases productivity and gives me a great recruiting tool. EZLynx is the most highly-advanced management system on the market.” – Phil Klein (Personal Interview, 2014)

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