VICIdial for insurance agencies — quote + close + retain

Insurance agencies run both directions: outbound prospecting + inbound quote handling, with a fronter-to-licensed-closer warm-transfer in the middle. State commissioner rules vary, recording retention is typically 7 years, and TCPA exposure on outbound is real. The platform handles the dialer + compliance plumbing; you handle licensure + quote logic.

Plan sizing

| Operation | Plan suggestion | | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | | Solo agent + assistant | Starter | | 5–15 producers | Growth | | 15–40 producers | Pro (2 dedicated vCPU, 8 GB) | | Multi-state agency, 40–100 | Business (4 dedicated vCPU, 16 GB) | | Enterprise / national, 100+ | Scale + custom regions |

Most agencies start on Growth and graduate to Pro when the inbound queue load grows past 8 simultaneous concurrent calls.

Outbound — fronter → licensed closer

Insurance is the canonical warm-transfer use case. Fronters dial predictive, qualify the prospect (renewal date, current carrier, current premium), then hot-key transfer to a licensed-closer in-group.

Fronter campaign → Predictive or RATIO dial
   ↓
Qualified lead → Hot Key (e.g. Ctrl-T) → triggers warm transfer
   ↓
Licensed Closer in-group → picks up
   ↓
3-way → fronter introduces → closer takes over
   ↓
Closer runs quote logic + binds policy

VICIdial setup:

• Fronter campaign with RATIO or PREDICTIVE dial method
• Closer in-group restricted to licensed agents
• Hot Key bound to "Initiate transfer"
• In-Group Recording = Y (closer leg gets recorded for state-commissioner compliance)

Inbound — quote-engine screen pop

If you run paid lead-gen (Google Ads, Facebook leads, insurance comparison sites), inbound calls land on a DID → VICIdial in-group → licensed agent.

Configure web screen-pop in the campaign:

Web Form Address:
https://yourquoteengine.example.com/lookup?phone={lead_phone}

Agent picks up → quote engine record opens in their browser → they see prior quotes + the prospect's referring source before they speak.

Per-trunk TCPA scrubbing

Insurance agencies dialing multiple LOBs (life, health, P&C, Medicare supplement, final expense) often have different compliance contracts per program:

trunk-life-out         → CUSTOM, BLA key for life-program account
trunk-medicare-out     → CUSTOM, fail-closed (CMS-strict)
trunk-pc-out           → INHERIT (server default)

Per-trunk BLA matters because Medicare-supplement dialing has tighter compliance posture than P&C. See /features/tcpa-compliance.

Recording retention

Industry typical: 7 years for sold policies, 3–5 years for non-converted quotes. Aligns with state-statute-of-limitations on claims + state commissioner audits.

Storage: 50 producers × 3 recorded-hours/day × 250 days/year ≈ 90 GB/year. Seven-year retention ≈ 630 GB total. Push to your own S3 via /features/external-backups.

VICIdial settings that matter

| Setting | Value | | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Recording Override | ALLFORCE | | Recording announce | Two-party-consent states (CA, CT, FL, IL, MD, MA, MT, NV, NH, PA, WA) | | Pre-call DNC scrub | Federal + state DNC | | Local Call Time | 8am-9pm called local; many insurance regulators set 9am-8pm | | CallerID | Agency's published number, attestation A | | Closer in-group | Restricted to licensed-agent VICIdial users |

Carrier choice

• Twilio — premium answer rates, premium price. Good for inbound + outbound at moderate volume.
• Telnyx — moderate volume sweet spot, A-attestation.
• Bandwidth — direct US carrier, best wholesale at >500K min/mo.

CRM integration

Insurance agencies typically use industry-specific CRMs:

• AgencyBloc (P&C / life)
• HawkSoft (independent agency management)
• Applied Epic (mid-large agency)
• Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (enterprise)
• Salesforce / HubSpot — for B2C consumer leads

Webhook-based integration patterns work for all of these. Three patterns cover the field: webhook on disposition change, polled list sync, and screen-pop on inbound match. Build them once against VICIdial's REST hooks; the same three apply to any AMS or CRM you target.

Common mistakes

1. Fronter dispositioning the close — only the licensed closer can disposition policy-sold. Configure VICIdial roles so fronters don't have access to bind statuses.
2. CallerID without attestation A — insurance prospects screen calls hard. B/C-attestation answer rates can be half of A.
3. Recording the fronter leg only — state commissioner wants the licensed-agent close on tape. Set In-Group recording to Y explicitly.
4. One BLA key for all LOBs — Medicare supplement compliance ≠ P&C compliance. Per-trunk override.
5. No retention on declined quotes — non-converted quotes still need retention (state-statute-of-limitations on bad-faith claims). 3-year minimum.

Why teams switch to managed

• Audit log for state commissioner audits — every state change + admin action timestamped.
• Recorded SSH sessions — when the IT audit asks "who touched the recordings folder in May", you replay the asciinema cast.
• Sub-users with roles — compliance officer gets read-only audit + recording access; producers get agent access; the back office gets billing access.
• Region pinning — useful if you operate in regulated regions (NY DFS, CA DOI) and want data residency.

What VICIfast handles

| Concern | Who | | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | OS + Asterisk patches | Platform | | AuditLog | Platform | | TLS / encryption | Platform | | Daily snapshots | Platform | | BLA AGI hook | Platform (you BYO key per LOB) | | 7-year retention | Both (snapshot rollover + your S3 lifecycle) | | Licensure check | You (closer in-group restriction) | | State-DOI audit prep | You (we surface the data; you assemble responses) |

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