The Insurance Agency Client Onboarding Checklist That Cuts Churn in Half (90-Day System)
The average insurance agency has an 84% retention rate. That sounds decent until you realize it means you are losing roughly one in six clients every year — and replacing them costs five times more than keeping them. The research is clear: churn is highest in year one, and the biggest predictor of whether a client stays or leaves is their onboarding experience. This article gives you a complete 90-day onboarding system for insurance agencies, broken down by personal lines and commercial lines, with an interactive calculator to see what poor onboarding is costing your agency, a process grader to diagnose exactly where your intake breaks down, and a free downloadable day-by-day checklist you can start using today.
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