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name: insurance-renewal-retention-ladder
description: "Activate when: an insurance agent wants to keep clients renewing and buying more lines; 'how do I stop losing clients at renewal', cross-sell/round-out accounts, book retention; 'my retention is dropping'. Do NOT activate when: the agent has no existing book to retain."
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# Insurance Agent — Renewal & Retention Ladder

> **Industry front door for [customer-relationship-ladder](../customer-relationship-ladder/SKILL.md).** Adds domain triggers, example, packs. Parent Process unchanged.

**Activate when:** building a renewal/retention cadence; deciding cross-sell timing; a book with single-line clients; retention slipping at renewal.
**Do NOT activate when:** no book yet.

## Why this variant
The parent [customer-relationship-ladder](../customer-relationship-ladder/SKILL.md) moves contacts up rungs. Insurance is a recurring-revenue business where retention and account rounding (multiple lines per household) drive profit far more than new logos. The ladder turns a one-policy buyer into a multi-line, long-retained, referring client.

## Domain inputs → the ladder
Rungs and lift triggers:
- One policy → **rounded account** (auto+home+umbrella; business owner: add lines) via annual review.
- Rounded → **retained** (proactive pre-renewal contact, coverage-gap review before the carrier's rate letter causes shopping).
- Retained → **advocate** (referral ask after a good claim experience or a savings win).
Each rung = a scheduled touch (feed a CRM/renewal agent), not a hope.

## Worked example
Client has only auto; agent contacts them only when the renewal price jumps → client shops and leaves.
→ Ladder fix: annual review rounds the account (multi-line clients retain far better), proactive pre-renewal outreach reframes value before the rate letter, referral ask after a smooth claim. Retention and premium per household both rise.

## Packs
- **Solo agent**: annual-review + pre-renewal outreach cadence; round-out checklist.
- **Agency**: monoline-account report → cross-sell campaign; at-risk renewal alerts.

## Red flags
- Only contacting clients when price rises.
- Monoline households left un-rounded (low retention).
- No proactive pre-renewal touch (carrier rate letter drives shopping).

## Verification
- [ ] Annual review / account-rounding process in place
- [ ] Proactive pre-renewal outreach scheduled
- [ ] Multi-line penetration tracked
- [ ] Referral ask timed to a positive moment (claim/savings)

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