2008 Best Practices Study
Agencies with Revenues over $25,000,000
 
   
 

 

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) 171.5 143.8 170.1
% of Peer Agencies Having:
Separate/Dedicated Marketing Department 60.0% 71.4% 57.1%
Separate/Dedicated Claims Department 72.0% 57.1% 71.4%
Assistants for CSRs/Account Managers 88.0% 71.4% 85.7%


TPA Service Staff
  Average +25% Profit +25% Growth
% of Peer Agencies Having:
Workers Comp TPA 28.0% 0.0% 42.9%
# of Service Staff 16.5 * 19.1
Total TPA Revenues Serviced $1,385,697 * $1,406,893
Group Benefits TPA 8.0% 0.0% 14.3%
# of Service Staff * * *
Total TPA Revenues Serviced * * *

 

 
     
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