Two kinds of callers, both handled.
After a storm the phones fill with owners wanting an evaluation and adjusters chasing estimates. This snapshot answers every call, gets each caller what they need, and keeps your team informed.
Claim on file
Company, customer and claim number saved, then straight to your estimator.
Evaluation booked
Free evaluation booked in the call, with text and email confirmations.
Email after every call
Who called, the details and a summary with the recording.
The snapshot contents.
Voice receptionist for insurers and vehicle owners.
Questions, estimate handling, booking and transfer.
Insurer or new-lead email after every answered call.
30-minute in-person evaluation with confirmations and reminders.
Insurance Company, Insured Customer Name, Claim Number, Vehicle Year, Make and Model.
Your shop name in the greeting.
Two workflows, two kinds of caller.
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An inbound call is greeted with the shop name and asked whether the caller is from an insurance company or a vehicle owner with hail damage. Insurers answer six questions (first and last name, insurance company, callback number, the customer on the claim and the claim number), all saved to the contact, and are tagged insurance for this call. They choose between an estimate and a vehicle in the shop. Estimate questions split into line items, which are noted without any approval or amount, and process questions, which are answered within limits. Every insurer path ends with a transfer to the team. Vehicle owners answer four questions (name, phone, vehicle year, make and model) and are tagged client for this call. If they have already been evaluated they can ask questions, answered within limits, and are then transferred. If not, they are offered the free evaluation: the booking step books it and confirms the time, a failed booking creates a scheduling task, and a caller who says not now is invited to stop in. The transfer rings the owner's team line; an answered transfer is noted, and no answer or a closed shop creates a return-call task before the call ends.
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When an answered inbound call ends, the workflow checks the tag set during the call. Insurer calls send the team an email with the representative, company, callback number, customer, claim number, call summary and recording link, then remove the insurance tag. Vehicle-owner calls send a new-lead email with the vehicle, summary and recording link, then remove the client tag. A call with neither tag gets a note and no email.
Seven owner steps make it yours.
- 1Set your shop name
Update the Company Name variable.
- 2Enter your team phone and shop hours
On the transfer step. Default hours are Monday to Saturday, 8 to 6 Central.
- 3Choose your caller ID
The number used when transferring.
- 4Set up the Free Hail Evaluation
Assign staff, set hours and your address, then publish it.
- 5Connect email and SMS
An email sender for the team emails, an SMS number for booking texts, and confirm the support address.
- 6Add your FAQs
PDR, estimates and supplements in a knowledge base, so the receptionist can answer them.
- 7Assign the agent to your shop line
Calls to that number start the receptionist.
Run the acceptance calls.
Six details on the contact; the team line rings; insurer email after the call; tag removed.
Line items noted with no approval or amounts; then the transfer.
Booking confirmed on the call, then by text and email; new-lead email after the call.
The call ends with an invitation to stop in.
The agent says the team confirms after the evaluation.
The agent apologizes and a return-call task is created.