2008 Best Practices Study
Agencies with Revenues between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000
 
   
 

 

Service Staff

Service Staff is defined in the study as typically non-commissioned employees who have responsibility—either directly (e.g., Account Executives (AE), Account Managers (AM), Customer Service Representatives (CSRs), Assistant CSRs, etc.) or indirectly (e.g., Claims Specialist, Placer/ Marketer, etc.) —to provide or support the delivery of service to the agency's clients.

Customer Service Staff
  Average +25% Profit +25% Growth
Total # of Service Staff:
(as defined above) 26.5 19.8 23.5
% of Peer Agencies Having:
Separate/Dedicated Marketing Department 55.6% 57.1% 28.6%
Separate/Dedicated Claims Department 63.0% 42.9% 28.6%
Assistants for CSRs/Account Managers 70.4% 85.7% 71.4%


TPA Service Staff
  Average +25% Profit +25% Growth
% of Peer Agencies Having:
Workers Comp TPA 3.7% 0.0% 14.3%
# of Service Staff 1.0 N/A 1.0
Total TPA Revenues Serviced * N/A *
Group Benefits TPA 3.7% 0.0% 14.3%
# of Service Staff 1.0 N/A 1.0
Total TPA Revenues Serviced * N/A *

 

 
     
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