NetQuote and PL Rating Partnership Simplifies the Rating Process

What agent wouldn't want a more streamlined rating process that allows them to service their clients and prospects faster and possibly increase their business, as well? That was the thinking behind the inception of PL Rating, a web–based comparative rating solution designed with the independent agent in mind and available for personal auto and home owners in 35 states.

Launched as SETWrite in 2005, the company was re–branded as PL Rating in January of this year under the ownership of SilverPlume Rating Solutions. According to Jeri Dunnivant, spokesperson for PL Rating, the company evolved out of the necessity of independent agents being able to offer multiple quotes to their clients.

"Previously, it required that the agent log into multiple carrier sites directly and enter the same customer information over and over, which could take hours for just one customer," Dunnivant says. "PL rating offers a single–entry transaction process for direct access to rates from multiple carriers at the point of quote."

With PL Rating, agents and CSRs use a single intuitive workflow rather than repeatedly entering the same data in individual carrier websites. As a result, the company says, PL Rating eliminates errors and saves time. Once the agent determines which carrier to write the business with, they simply choose "submit" and they are taken directly into the carrier's site. The client's information is already entered and the agent only has to proceed with the binding processes with the carrier directly. It's this simplified workflow–along with a growing list of real–time carrier partners–that Dunnivant says gives PL Rating, as well as the agents who use it, a competitive advantage in the market.

As for the partnership with NetQuote, Dunnivant says it was a natural match. "We're always looking to simplify the rating process for our customers," she says. "Since many PL Rating customers are also NetQuote customers, we felt the integration between NetQuote and PL Rating would further streamline the agent's rating experience. By importing NetQuote leads into PL Rating, the agent only has to complete required rating details in order to quickly receive multiple quotes and get back to the consumer quickly with multiple options."

PL Rating and SilverPlume Rating Solutions are based in Pulaski, Tennessee, with SilverPlume corporate offices headquarted in Boulder, Colorado. For more information about SilverPlume Rating Solutions and PL Rating, visit their website at www.silverplume.com or call 1–800–874–2616.