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Translate qualified opportunity premium into an agency-income scenario. Show commission, fees and probability assumptions separately.
A $1 million premium pipeline is not a $1 million agency revenue pipeline. It may also include overlapping quotes or unqualified discussions. A useful income scenario starts from distinct, qualified opportunities and exposes the assumptions that connect premium, commission and possible outcomes.
One row represents: one distinct qualified opportunity with a defined decision cycle and estimated placement basis.
Useful fields: Opportunity ID, client ID, line, expected premium, commission basis, fee assumption, qualification status, outcome scenario, decision period and assumption date.
Deduplicate alternative quotes for the same need. Estimate gross agency income as premium times the supported commission assumption plus approved fee assumptions. Apply probability or low/base/high cases only as an explicitly stated modeling choice. Separate confirmed bindings and existing-book renewals to avoid counting them twice.
The following records and amounts are invented to show the method. They are not customer results, industry benchmarks or a forecast of Covirage performance.
| Opportunity | Gross income assumption | Base scenario |
|---|---|---|
| A: $100,000 premium × 12% | $12,000 | 50% = $6,000 |
| B: $50,000 premium × 10% + $1,000 fee | $6,000 | 75% = $4,500 |
Gross modeled income is $18,000 and the base weighted scenario is $10,500. Neither figure is booked revenue. If A and B are actually alternative options for the same coverage need, they cannot both contribute as independent opportunities; the population must be corrected before modeling.
Weighted pipeline is an assumption-based planning view. Outcomes may be correlated and commissions may differ from estimates. The report should not promise a return or imply that the agency is entitled to an assumed fee.
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.
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No. Translate it using supported commission and fee assumptions and label uncertainty. Premium is the placement measure, not the agency's income.