Based on the analysis of the "Failed" sheet, the most common error messages are primarily related to missing or incorrect contact information for applicants and co-applicants within various workflows, including those potentially associated with Splice and Automation Center text emails.
Missing Email Addresses: The most frequent error is "Email address not found," indicating a significant issue with capturing accurate email addresses during the initial setup or within the system. Specific instances of applicant email addresses not found also contribute to this category.
Missing Phone Numbers for Text Messages: A substantial number of errors are related to the inability to send text messages due to missing phone numbers, particularly for co-applicants. This highlights a gap in collecting complete phone contact information for all relevant parties.
Business Email Addresses: When applicable, capturing business email addresses is also proving to be a significant factor in successful communication.
Splice and Applicant Phone Numbers: It is noted that for Splice workflows, the system is mindful of the phone number on the primary applicant but may not fire correctly on the co-applicant. This is a critical distinction and requires careful attention during data entry.
Automation Center and Co-Applicant Contact Information: For Automation Center text emails, it is essential to double-check email addresses and text message capabilities for both primary and secondary co-applicants. This reinforces the need for comprehensive contact data for all individuals involved in a policy or application.
To mitigate these common errors and improve workflow success rates, the following recommendations for data collection within EZLynx are crucial:
Obtain Complete Information at Setup: When setting up a new client (applicant), it is paramount to obtain complete and accurate contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers, for both the primary applicant and all secondary co-applicants.
Double-Check During Service and Renewal: Implement a process to double-check and verify client contact information whenever they call in for service or during policy renewal. This proactive step can catch errors or omissions before they lead to workflow failures.
Prioritize Business Email Addresses: Where relevant, make a concerted effort to obtain business email addresses in addition to personal ones.
Leverage EZLynx Capabilities: Explore how EZLynx's features and data validation rules can be best utilized or enhanced to ensure that all necessary contact fields are populated and accurate before initiating any workflows.
Pro Tip ๐ช๐ผ Take note that the text messages and emails for each workflow will fire at approximately 10:45 AM EST. Do not run workflow/add labels multiple times. Also, no triggers/text messages go out from 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM CST. โ๏ธ
Understanding Automation Center Failures
Our focus is to make all automated workflows as similar as possible. Sometimes we will filter out certain automations to send to a specific department ๐ข or have a checklist.โ
Therefore we will filter automations by manual/download polices๐, LOBS๐ผ,ย or even agents!๐
Producers
We filter by producer for task assignment to department.
A main difference you will find is between manual and download policies. Manual policies require more work and follow through versus download.
For example, a renewal may be coming up and being that it does not download into the system we would need to reach out to the carrier to request it, bind it, and renew it in the system manually ๐ ๏ธ. Therefore we use checklists extensively in manual policies. This applies to all policy changes, new policies, policy changes, and renewals.
Some Workflows are designed for a specific line of business of that policy. It is triggered using a filter by Line of Business or LOB.ย
Depending on the LOB (Personal Lines/Commercial Lines/Trucking), it will be then assigned to the appropriate backend team.๐ฏ
Here are a few examples of policy change request workflows available in Automation Center per line of business:
Personal Auto Policy Change Request Download - filtered by LOB is one of Auto (Personal) (AUTOP), policy source is download๐ฅ
Personal Auto Policy Change Request Manual - filtered by LOB is one of Auto (Personal) (AUTOP), policy source is manual๐
Businessowners Policy Change Request Download - filtered by LOB is one of BOP Liability (BOPGL), Business Owners (BOP), General Liability (CGL), policy source Automation Filtersis download๐ฅ
Commercial Package Policy Change Request Manual - filtered by LOB is one of Commercial pkg (CPK), policy source is manual๐
Workflows will not fire or will fail if the applicant doesn't have an email address and/or phone numberโ ๏ธ
Send out a text message ๐ฑ and/or email โ๏ธ to the insured and assign a task to the TED Team to follow up on this, so we can minimize the chance of experiencing this issue.ย
Sometimes, a workflow will not run until all policies receive their renewal.ย
Check the renewal range explainer video Understanding Renewal Range ๐ย
To turn off the automation sequencing, click the workflow playing icon and cancel it.ย