Title: SmartOffice New Products Overview
1SmartOffice New Products Overview
- SmartOffice Product Managers
2Agenda
- Base and Framework
- Agency Management
- SmartCommissions
- SmartWholesaler
- SmartLeads
- SmartRecruiting
- SmartInvestments
- Integrations
- Outlook and Notes Integration
3Base System and Framework
- Julie Hanson and Alena Tenreiro
- Product Managers
4Framework
- Framework is the underlying services and
technology - Main Improvements
- Technology Updates
- Results in performance and stability improvements
- Enhanced queries
- Code profiling
- On Access validation reduces the need to
validate after electronic downloads
5Base System
- Base System - No module required
- User Roles and Licenses
- General
- SmartPad
- Data Import
- Letters and Correspondence
- Record Merges
- Spreadsheets
- Calendar and Activities
- Reporting
- PDF reports
- Enhanced Dynamic Reporting capabilities
6SmartOffice for Agency Management
- Kandace Hager and John Pattison
- Product Managers
7SmartCaseManager
- A Comprehensive Solution
- Built for front and back office management
- Reduce cost, increase productivity
- Efficient new business processing
- Seamless Integrations and Automations
- Pending Case Downloads
- Carrier and Plan Downloads
- Service Provider Integration
- Advisor Tracking
- Fully Integrated with Reporting, Commission
Tracking and Marketing functionalities. - Drive your business from every angle
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Pending Case Underwriting Workflow
Informal Application
Pending Case
Inforce Policy
8New Features and Highlights
- New Features in 5.1
- Production Dashboard
- Case Manager Reassignment
- Modifiable PCM Table Merge Codes
- Refined Carrier and Plan downloads
- Service Provider Requirement Status added to
Follow Up spreadsheet - Highlights
- Weekly Status Sheet
- Mass Correspondence directly from PCM
- Advisor Request Tracking
- SmartView for Advisors
9SmartOffice for Commission Processing
- Sherri Schultze
- Product Manager
10Two concepts of Commission Processing
- Commission Carrier Interface
- Report only feature that displays data received
directly from Insurance Carriers Commission
Systems via an ACORD XML data feed. - Commission Tracking System
- A full commission tracking and reconciliation
process. Taking data in multiple formats and
reconciling it against expected commissions
calculated during case processing.
11Customers
Carrier Interface Commission Tracking
Corporate offices can electronically send the transaction data while the bank handles the EFT Out-brokerage departments of a Carrier can track commission received via other companies and process payments for captive advisors
Banks can electronically receive transaction data for tracking purposes Banks can reconcile expected vs. received and are given the ability to pay internal advisors, branch managers or referral advisors
BGA / Distributor can electronically receive both advisor and override commission transactions BGA / Distributor can reconcile and pay parties such as internal advisors, supervisors or marketing managers.
Advisors can utilize the data received via this interface for reference to verify they were paid Advisors can reconcile the receipt of payments from Carriers, BGAs, Broker Dealers or Banks.
12SmartOffice for Wholesalers
- Wholesaler Management
- Joseph Yang
- Product Manager
13Challenges for Wholesalers
- Coordinating Internal/External Wholesalers and
Home Office - Communication and reporting
- Staying competitive
- Relationship building
- Value added services
- Dealing with high turnover rate of producers
- Signing new distributors
- Recruiting top producers
- Territory Reassignment
14Can your office do this?
- Do you have the ability to see up line and down
line? - Do you have the capability of marketing?
- Do you have pipeline management?
- Do you have the ability to track calls,
appointments and notes? - Do you have the ability to take your calls,
appointments and notes on the road? - Can you see PCM for your distributors?
- How are the production numbers reported?
- Are the production numbers viewable by territory,
sales rep, line of business (LOBs), sales
channel, etc.? - Is there visibility for management to see how
well a wholesaler is doing? - Can wholesaler see how well a producer/firm is
doing? - How much time and material cost does wholesaler
spend versus the amount of production?
15Report - Branch Offices By Region (California)
Sales Manager users
Wholesaler users
Bank Sales Executive users
Branch Manager users
16SmartLeads
- Leads Tracking
- Joseph Yang
- Product Manager
17Customer Challenges
- Orphan policy issues
- Lead assignment
- Lack of automation in the process
- Cannot track progress of leads
- No feedback from advisor
- Leads not serviced in time (cold leads)
- Agents just sit on leads
- Cannot generate real time reports
18Benefits SmartLeads Tracking Module
- Save time by automating the assignment of Leads
- Track assigned Leads through the Sales Cycle
- Real Time Feedback
- Create Powerful Management Reports
- Seamless Integration with other SmartOffice
Modules
19Currently in Production
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- Revocation
- Disposition Status
- Address Correction
- Enrichment Request
- Opt In / Out (vacation)
20SmartRecruiting
- Recruitment Tracking Module
- Michael Grubb
- Product Manager
21Industry Wide Challenges
Industry-wide crisis. 75 of advisors leave
within three years.
Cost
30,000 to recruit, hire, and train a candidate.
Visibility and Best Practices
They dont work if you dont use them.
22Challenges and Solutions
- Lack of Process Definition/Repeatability
- Maintain visibility into pipeline flow across
hierarchy
- Keep the pipeline full (marketing)
- Actively manage the flow
- Understand/predict seasonality
- Discover where the best advisors come from
23Managing the Recruiting Pipeline
Recruiting Process Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Provides Process Definition Pipeline
Visibility Best Practices
Workflow Integration with Advisor
Module Calendar Dynamic Reports / Excel
24SmartInvestments
- Investment Tracking Module
- Amy Hii
- Product Manager
25Key Benefits Features
- Data Feeds
- Integrations
- Asset Allocations
- Performance Measurement
- Reports, Reports, Reports!!!
- Client Access 24-7
26Whats New and Exciting?
- DataXchange 2.0
- DST FanMail, Pershing, NFS, PFPC
- Morningstar Export
- Export multiple accounts positions for multiple
contacts and households - Asset Allocations
- Variable Products from Policy are included in
calculations - How much is out of balance in Dollar Amount
- Performance Measurement
- GIPS Calculations
- Corporate Actions
- Merger/Acquisitions, Stock Splits, Spin-offs
- Reports PDF Reports, Performance Reports
27Integrations with SmartIntegrator
- Carolyn Carrasco
- Product Manager
28Integration Goals
- Meet user needs
- Seamless integration
- Requires little or no training
- Easy to deploy
- Reasonable time frame and cost effective
29Integrations with SmartIntegrator
- Current
- Financial Profiles
- Intellisys
- Laser App
- Coming Soon
- Quik! Forms
- EbixLife
- PaperClip
- LaserFiche
30Integration with Outlook and Lotus Notes
- Carl Besaw
- Product Manager
31Whats New in SmartOffice 5.1?
- SmartMail for Outlook/Lotus Notes
- Post Subject or Body of E-mail
- Display previously posted messages
- Improved integration with SmartCaseManager Module
- SmartLink for Outlook/Lotus Notes
- Major performance improvements
- More Setup Options
- Preview Only Synchronization
- Synchronization Reports
- Resolve Conflicts after Synchronization
- SmartLink for Intellisync
- Compatible with Mobile Devices
- Ready for Beta
32QA
33SmartOffice New Products Overview
- SmartOffice Product Managers