Dovetail: Creating a superstore for small commercial insurance

Small enterprise shouldn’t imply small insurance coverage options. For brokers serving small business enterprises, getting the correct insurance policies for his or her shoppers needs to be straightforward and easy from begin to end.

Enter Dovetail for Brokers. Mike Ferber, CEO of Dovetail Insurance coverage, stated the relaunched platform goals to be the equal of Amazon for small business brokers. Dovetail is a part of international managing common underwriter Victor Insurance coverage Holdings.

“It’s one place to get all of the merchandise that an agent is in search of to service a small business enterprise,” Ferber instructed Insurance coverage Enterprise.  

“Consider your magnificence salons, nail parlors, accountants, or contractors like plumbers or electricians: those that have small storefronts and footprints however want insurance coverage. They may go to their agent and that agent will make the most of Dovetail to each quote and purchase.”

Utilizing the platform, brokers can enter their consumer’s data as soon as and get quote choices for enterprise house owners’ insurance policies, cyber, common legal responsibility, skilled legal responsibility, and employees’ compensation from a number of high rated insurance coverage carriers.

With an intuitive person interface, Dovetail for Brokers empowers brokers to cite, bind, and subject insurance policies inside minutes. “What makes Dovetail for Brokers totally different is that the agent should purchase the coverage from our web site, proper in the identical place that they only quoted,” stated Ferber.

“It actually is like shopping for one thing from Amazon. I’m going in, I see what merchandise I wish to purchase, I get advisable extra merchandise that perhaps make sense for me. I put these issues in my buying cart and purchase,” he added.

Worth for brokers and carriers

Ferber stated Dovetail for Brokers is exclusive amongst its rivals for a number of causes. Whereas some platforms cost brokers a subscription payment or maintain on to a portion of premiums generated by their web site, Dovetail for Brokers is a totally free service. There are not any annual charges or dealer charges.

“There’s actually no barrier to getting appointed with us. Increase your hand, we’ll verify your licensing, get you a login, and also you’re free to cite,” he continued.

Dovetail for Brokers additionally hosts its personal service heart. Customers can name, electronic mail, or use a web-based chat characteristic to obtain coverage help or quoting help from licensed insurance coverage professionals. Moreover, the platform helps brokers handle the referral course of with carriers.

“Now we have devoted underwriters which might be aligned particularly to Dovetail from our carriers. When an agent needs to refer one thing, they merely point out this and we take over the method,” defined Ferber.

“We assist the agent not solely get educated on these merchandise and tips on how to promote them, however we’re giving them a platform to promote it by. We cut back their prices to amass and to service these insurance policies,” he added.

Ferber highlighted effectivity as a significant worth level for Dovetail. A single consumer knowledge enter to the platform quickly generates a number of quotes without delay, empowering brokers to streamline their enterprise and acquire an edge on rivals.

Ferber added: “A instrument like Dovetail for Brokers will assist [agents] present higher service to that potential policyholder. They’ll have higher advisory service as to what insurance coverage merchandise new small-business house owners must be profitable.”

For carriers, Ferber stated partnering with Dovetail will give them entry to Victor’s broader experience: “We carry the power for these carriers to not solely do enterprise with Dovetail, however to do enterprise extra seamlessly with different components of our mother or father group. As I prefer to say, for those who construct it as soon as, we use it in a number of locations.”

Rising Dovetail

Dovetail for Brokers is at present out there in all 50 US states. However Ferber indicated aspirations to develop internationally. “We’re going to excellent our footprint in the US and be very opportunistic about transferring internationally,” Ferber affirmed.

Dovetail additionally plans to develop its product providing and add extra carriers to its present strains of enterprise, widening its protection.

“There is likely to be a particular class code that we’re lacking for a product, which implies we’ll be in search of carriers to assist us get that class code. We don’t need the agent guessing whether or not they’re going to get a quote once they come to Dovetail. We at all times wish to give them a quote,” stated Ferber.

The platform will even develop to embrace provides from its mother or father agency, Victor. “Now we have plans to carry all Dovetail and Victor merchandise collectively into one platform the place the agent can service all their shoppers in a Victor superstore,” added Ferber.

Michael Ferber is chief government officer of Dovetail chargeable for the corporate’s general technique, service, and product supply.

He has over 25 years of know-how, process-effectiveness and alter administration expertise. Previous to becoming a member of Dovetail, Ferber was the chief data officer for ICAT, additionally a Victor firm. As CIO for ICAT, his function was a enterprise place with obligations within the areas of know-how, digital and person expertise methods, in addition to operational processes.

Previous to becoming a member of ICAT, he served as senior vp of change administration for Lehman Brothers’ mortgage division in Denver. Previous to Lehman Brothers, he spent 5 years with GMAC main operations and know-how inside their mortgage banking division. Early in his profession, he spent seven years with Ernst & Younger, in addition to know-how start-up firms.

He holds a BS in Pc Info Programs from Indiana College.