{"id":12890,"date":"2021-06-24T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T18:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/optimizing-the-insurance-sales-process-case-study\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:11:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:11:52","slug":"optimizing-the-insurance-sales-process-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/blog\/optimizing-the-insurance-sales-process-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimizing the Insurance Sales Process \u2013 Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-aligning-insurance-sales-teams-for-success\"><strong>Aligning insurance sales teams for success<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Achieving organic growth throughout the challenges of COVID-19 is no small task. Not only does it require an airtight sales process, but a sales team with the skills and confidence to execute it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Let\u2019s explore how ReSource Pro\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/services\/focused-solutions\/growth-solutions\/agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agency Growth Solutions<\/a> team worked with one insurance broker to enhance their sales team performance, enabling them to thrive in a pandemic and into 2021.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-case-study-creating-a-more-effective-sales-process\"><strong>CASE STUDY: CREATING A MORE EFFECTIVE SALES PROCESS<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In an increasingly commoditized industry, retail broker <a href=\"https:\/\/truenorthcompanies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TrueNorth<\/a> is focused on a consultative approach, which the company achieves by identifying pain points, providing examples to make challenges come alive, and using storytelling to help clients understand the adverse effects of an uncovered loss.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In their continued efforts to optimize the insurance sales process, TrueNorth sought to deepen each team member\u2019s understanding\u2014from young producers to account managers to placers\u2014of the downstream impact of their interactions with customers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Case-Study-TrueNorth-Agency-Growth-Solutions-Optimized-Sales-Process-6.4.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Full Case Study<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-solution-building-confidence-with-growth-solutions\"><strong>SOLUTION: BUILDING CONFIDENCE WITH GROWTH SOLUTIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>TrueNorth partnered with ReSource Pro\u2019s Agency Growth Solutions team to create a new, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamagazine.com\/strategies\/why-you-should-implement-an-agency-wide-sales-approach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agency-wide strategy<\/a>. First, TrueNorth\u2019s sales team documented their entire sales process from start to finish, including the first point of research, first meeting, and, finally, the sale.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p><em><strong>\u201cOur producers have to feel confident about their ability to build trust with clients.\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8211;<em><strong>Aaron Brown, Principal, Construction Practice Leader at TrueNorth<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Frank Pennachio, Practice Leader of Growth Solutions at ReSource Pro, sat down with the sales team to collaboratively review each step, exploring the \u201cwhy\u201d behind it and its downstream impact to the customer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-impact-revenue-growth-during-challenging-times\"><strong>THE IMPACT: REVENUE GROWTH DURING CHALLENGING TIMES<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Consulting with the Growth Solutions team has enabled TrueNorth\u2019s producers to elevate the sales process, develop greater confidence, and enhance their ability to build trust with clients, even in a challenging market.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>With ReSource Pro\u2019s support, TrueNorth was able to:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Help producers develop a deeper understanding of each step of the sales process, allowing them to create greater receptiveness among customers<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Empower departments outside of sales, such as marketing, to optimize the customer experience for every client touchpoint<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Engage young producers who understand the sales process but don\u2019t understand the downstream impact to the customer of each step<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As a result, the company navigated 2020\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-social-distancing-friendly-sales-process-in-black-swan-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtual selling environment<\/a> with greater agility and achieved nearly 40% revenue growth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cIn a pandemic and a remote virtual selling environment, we were rock solid in our process,\u201d said Aaron Brown, Principal, Construction Practice Leader at TrueNorth. \u201cThat allowed us to grow in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Case-Study-TrueNorth-Agency-Growth-Solutions-Optimized-Sales-Process-6.4.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Full Case Study<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-more-about-improving-your-customer-experience\"><strong>READ MORE ABOUT IMPROVING YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/blog\/upgrade-your-insurance-customer-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Upgrade Your Insurance Customer Experience<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/blog\/top-underinsurance-risks-agents-need-to-talk-about-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Top Underinsurance Trends Agents Need to Talk About<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/blog\/3-ways-insurance-brokers-can-help-clients-cut-costs-during-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>3 Ways Insurance Brokers Can Help Clients Cut Costs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Interested in learning more about how <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/services\/focused-solutions\/growth-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Growth Solutions<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> can boost sales and service team performance for agencies and carriers? <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/contact-us\/business-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Let\u2019s talk.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s explore how ReSource Pro\u2019s Agency Growth Solutions team worked with one insurance broker to enhance their sales team performance, enabling them to thrive in a pandemic and into 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-category":[],"insurance-segment":[],"services":[],"type-of-content":[38],"resource-type":[67],"class_list":["post-12890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","type-of-content-blogs","resource-type-blog"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 16:14:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15946,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12890\/revisions\/15946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12890"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=12890"},{"taxonomy":"insurance-segment","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insurance-segment?post=12890"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=12890"},{"taxonomy":"type-of-content","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-of-content?post=12890"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resourcepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type?post=12890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}