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AGENCIES WITH REVENUES UNDER $500,000
2005
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SERVICE STAFF INFO
A.
Service Related Personnel
Service Structure
B.
CSR Productivity by Line of Business
CSRs includes Account Executives
(non-producer position)
, Senior CSRs, CSRs, Account Managers, Assistant CSRs,
etc.
(i.e., positions with main responsibility for client service or main responsibility to support the AE, CSR/AM in
providing client services)
as well as the department managers who spend a portion of their time servicing clients.
Respondents were instructed to use decimals to accurately represent the actual number of full-time equivalent CSR
positions.
Average
+25%
Profit
+25%
Growth
Total # of Service Related Personnel*
2.6
2.0
3.3
% of Agencies Having:
Average
+25%
Profit
+25%
Growth
Separate/Dedicated Marketing Department
10.5% 20.0% 20.0%
Separate/Dedicated Claims Department
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Assistants for CSRs/Account Managers
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Commercial P&C CSRs
Average Top 25%
Number
1.1
High
3.0
Low
0.5
Average
Commissions Serviced
$135,740 $241,910
Average Pay ($)
$33,262
Average Pay (as %
of Book Serviced)
24.5%
How Time Was Spent
Marketing
(Placement)
11.7%
Customer
Service
54.6%
Administration
8.6%
Selling New Business
(New or Acct Rounding)
15.0%
Claims
Processing
10.1%
*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.