Renewals
administrator
Renewal packs prepared weeks ahead instead of days, terms requested and chased from your panel, and quotes tabulated like-for-like — so the broker compares and advises rather than assembles.
Renewal season is assembly work with a deadline
A broking business runs on a renewal calendar, and every renewal is the same sequence: pull the expiring policy, update the client's details and exposures, request terms, collate what comes back, and present something the client can decide from.
None of that is advice. It is document assembly against a fixed date, and it is why brokers spend renewal season formatting rather than talking to clients — which is also when clients are most likely to shop.
A dedicated renewals administrator runs the assembly on a rolling calendar. The broker keeps the advice, the placement and the client conversation.
What they prepare
- Renewal calendar — A rolling schedule of every renewal by date, worked backwards so preparation starts weeks out rather than in the final week.
- Renewal pack preparation — Expiring policy pulled, client details and exposures updated, and the pack assembled ready for the broker's review.
- Insurer submissions — Submissions to your panel prepared to each insurer's requirements, so you are not fielding queries about incomplete information.
- Terms chasing — Underwriters followed up until terms arrive — the most common cause of a renewal going to the wire.
- Quote tabulation — Terms tabulated like-for-like on your comparison format, with differences in cover, excesses and endorsements made visible rather than buried.
- Client information requests — Updated exposures, declarations and claims information chased from clients ahead of the renewal date.
- Policy documentation — Schedules checked against what was placed, endorsements processed, discrepancies queried before the client finds them.
- Renewal reporting — Retention, premium movement and which renewals are at risk — weekly through the season.
The advice line
Insurance advice is regulated financial services work under an AFS licence. Preparation and comparison travel; recommendation and placement do not.
- Insurance adviceRecommending cover, limits or sums insured is licensed advice and stays with your authorised representative. Never delegated, in any form.
- Placement decisionsWhich insurer and which terms to place is the broker's decision.
- Client recommendationsTabulating options is administration. Telling a client which to take is advice.
- Underwriting negotiationChasing terms is fine. Negotiating cover or price is the broker's.