Knows The Drill

Insurance agencies

Virtual assistants for insurance agencies

Give producers more room for client relationships. Your virtual assistant coordinates renewal-review appointments, document requests and outstanding follow-ups. Knows The Drill recruits and prepares your assistant for insurance agency workflows and the agreed role before handoff, with licensed decisions staying with your professionals.

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Keep renewal administration moving toward the conversation.

A producer has identified clients due for a conversation, but appointments are unconfirmed and requested documents are outstanding. Another client replies with a coverage question. These items need different next steps, even when they arrive in the same inbox.

An assistant can organize the queue around a producer's instructions. Track appointments, document requests, and producer questions separately. Your team can then see what can move through routine follow-up and what needs a licensed professional before the next client message.

The work to hand off

Administrative follow-through around your producers

01

Renewal review scheduling

Provide the producer's approved review list, available times, and meeting instructions. An assistant can coordinate appointments, send agreed reminders, and record unanswered invitations. Any question about renewal terms or coverage goes to the producer, while the assistant maintains a clear record of the scheduling conversation.

What you get back: A review calendar with confirmed and outstanding appointments

02

Client document requests

Supply the exact information or documents your producer has requested and the approved delivery process. An assistant can send reminders and record when a response arrives. The producer decides whether the response is sufficient and answers questions about why the information is needed or how it affects coverage.

What you get back: A request log showing responses awaiting producer review

03

Inbox routing and context

Define the message categories, responsible people, and approved routing instructions. An assistant can organize scheduling requests and flag messages requiring a producer or other designated contact. Preserve the client's wording and earlier correspondence in the handoff so the professional receives the question with its context intact.

What you get back: Routed client messages with context and an assigned owner

04

Producer action list upkeep

Give each follow-up a named owner and an agreed next check-in. An assistant can collect status updates, maintain administrative records from team instructions, and prepare outstanding items for the producer. A logged response stays awaiting review until the producer confirms the appropriate next step.

What you get back: A producer follow-up list with clear administrative statuses

Illustrative workflow

A renewal administration handoff

Adapt this example to a producer's review list. Keep the scheduling status separate from information requests, and give every unanswered question a professional owner.

Review list supplied

Assistant preparesThe producer's approved contacts, target review dates, and appointment instructions in one scheduling list.

Producer decidesConfirm the review priority, required attendees, and any changes to the contact instructions.

Appointment requested

Assistant preparesAvailable options, the client's response, and the last follow-up for unanswered invitations.

Producer decidesHow to handle an unresponsive client or a question that changes the planned conversation.

Information requested

Assistant preparesThe approved request, reminder history, and a received status when the client responds.

Producer decidesWhether the information satisfies the request and what further explanation is needed.

Open items handed back

Assistant preparesUnanswered requests and client questions linked to the relevant correspondence and their owner.

Producer decidesCoverage answers, policy actions, and the professional response to the client.

Illustrative example — not a client record

A renewal request waiting for producer review

Use this handoff when a renewal response includes a requested change. Keep the client's request visible without treating it as a policy update.

Renewal reference
Example entryIA-023: a business client's upcoming commercial vehicle renewal review.
What to provide or checkConnect the response to the producer's review record.
Client request
Example entryThe client says a replacement van will enter service Monday and asks for it to be included.
What to provide or checkPreserve the requested change and the timing reported by the client.
Information received
Example entryAn updated vehicle schedule arrived through the agency's approved channel.
What to provide or checkRecord the document's receipt without deciding whether it is sufficient.
Current status
Example entryRequest and schedule routed to the producer; no coverage change has been confirmed.
What to provide or checkKeep receipt, review and any eventual coverage confirmation distinct.
Next action and owner
Example entryThe assigned producer reviews the request and supplies the next client response; the assistant tracks that response.
What to provide or checkMake the professional decision and administrative follow-through explicit.

Ready to hand over when: The producer has the original request, reported timing and received schedule together, and the tracking record does not imply that coverage has changed.

Download the blank template (CSV)

No email required. The file includes field names and guidance, with blank spaces for your own inputs. Use it to describe the work during matching; keep private client information out of an initial inquiry.

Shape the role around the workload

Do renewal follow-ups compete with your producers' client work?

A useful fit when

  • Your renewal list creates recurring scheduling, document reminders and messages to route.
  • Producers can supply the requests and handle coverage questions while an assistant maintains the follow-up record.

Discuss the setup first

  • You need insurance-related tasks beyond the proposed administrative scope; define licensing, supervision and permissions with your agency before matching.
  • Requests arrive when the producer who can resolve them is unavailable; agree the escalation contact and coverage hours.

Managed support provides a dedicated, full-time assistant. Direct-hire responsibilities, hours and employment terms are agreed during matching.

Keep insurance decisions with your licensed team.

Your agency defines the administrative scope and the professional responsible for each exception. Give the assistant clear routing instructions for questions that require insurance knowledge. Producer review stays separate from recording that a message or document arrived.

  • Coverage advice, policy interpretation, and product recommendations
  • Quoting, binding, changing, or canceling coverage
  • Claims guidance, coverage determinations, and other licensed activities

Bring a producer's open-item list.

  • 01An approved renewal-review list with producer owners and scheduling instructions
  • 02Document-request templates and the distinction between received and professionally reviewed
  • 03Your agency management tools, proposed permissions, and requirements for client information
  • 04Your communication channels, required office hours, and routing contacts for urgent messages

Recruit. Prepare. Hand over.

Recruited for you. Trained for your industry.

First, we discuss your niche and the work you want your assistant to own. Then we recruit and prepare them in depth for the industry and responsibilities agreed with you before handoff. The matching conversation defines the skills, tools and preparation time your role needs.

We assess English fluency, practical problem-solving and independent judgment, so your assistant can work through the next step and recognize when to bring you in.

Choose the support behind your hire.

Managed assistant

A dedicated, full-time assistant through our service, with ongoing support from our team. One monthly fee.

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Direct hire

We recruit and train an assistant for you to hire directly into your team. You manage the day-to-day. One placement fee.

Explore direct hiring

The examples on these pages are a starting point. Bring the broader range of work you want covered to the matching call. We agree responsibilities, preparation time, working hours, fees and terms before you start.

Before you bring someone on

Are these licensed insurance assistants?
We prepare assistants for insurance agency workflows and the responsibilities agreed before handoff. That industry preparation is separate from insurance licensing. Discuss specialist servicing requirements during matching so skills, preparation and permissions can be defined; activities requiring a license remain with appropriately qualified professionals.
Can an assistant use our agency management system?
We discuss your agency management system and the actions you need during matching, then prepare your assistant for the agreed insurance-agency role before handoff. Required platform skills and preparation time are defined with you. Your agency approves permissions and client-information requirements.
Can the assistant send renewal reminders to clients?
Yes, for scheduling and information requests using a producer-approved contact list, timing, and wording. Define which replies can receive a routine logistical response and which must go to the producer. Questions about policy terms or coverage need a professional answer.
How should urgent client or claims messages be handled?
Provide a routing process, designated contacts, and approved instructions for each communication channel. Claims guidance and coverage interpretation belong with the appropriate professional. Agree working hours during matching and set an after-hours route for urgent messages outside those hours.
What are the managed support and direct-hire options?
Managed support provides a dedicated, full-time assistant for a monthly fee, with ongoing KTD team support. With direct hire, you pay a placement fee and hire into your agency. We agree the role scope and terms before you start.

Put consistent follow-through around your producers.

Bring the scheduling, document requests and open items around a review cycle. We will help shape an administrative role around your agency’s tools, working hours and professional boundaries.

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