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Separate recurring, one-off and pass-through amounts in agency fee reports. Compare fees with service demand using a worked example.
An agency's fees can represent ongoing service, one-off work or amounts collected for another party. A single fee total hides whether income is repeatable and whether the reporting definition is consistent. The useful question is which approved income categories are changing and what work sits behind them.
One row represents: one fee ledger item assigned to a client, period and approved fee category.
Useful fields: Fee transaction ID, client ID, policy or service reference, fee category, recurring flag, amount, credit or return flag, posting period and currency.
Agree a classification with finance and keep unclassified items visible. Separate fees from commission before combining them into agency income. Compare recurring fees over matching periods and treat credits as negative amounts. Link service activity only where it can be assigned reliably; do not infer fee profitability from fee value alone.
The following records and amounts are invented to show the method. They are not customer results, industry benchmarks or a forecast of Covirage performance.
| Category | Current-period amount | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Recurring service fees | $8,000 | Agency income |
| One-off project fees | $3,000 | Agency income, separate recurrence |
| Pass-through collection | $2,000 | Excluded under this example's definition |
| Fee credits | −$500 | Reduce fee income |
Fee income in this example is $10,500, not the $12,500 net cash collected across all listed items. Recurring gross fees are $8,000; the remaining income includes one-off work and credits. Finance must determine which categories belong in the agency's actual revenue definition.
Fee arrangements can depend on contracts, disclosure duties and jurisdiction. This guide concerns analytics classification, not whether a fee is permitted or how it should be charged. Confirm the commercial and legal basis separately.
Bring a small, authorized sample to Covirage for insurance agencies and brokers. Use the sample to discuss the fields and views your business needs. A dashboard or AI analyst can help explore this question when the required data and definitions are available; missing records still need to be resolved.
Upload sample data to check its structure. Keep unnecessary personal, claims and policyholder details out of an initial sample. The sample check does not establish that every analysis in this guide is available automatically.
These references provide terminology or governance background. The worked example and proposed review method above are original illustrations, not prescribed industry standards.
Keep commission yield as commission divided by comparable premium. Report fees separately, then combine approved commission and fee income for a total agency-income view.