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Hard Decline Rules for Insurance Brokers: Filter Bad-Fit Leads Automatically
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Hard decline rules let insurance brokers auto-screen unquotable leads—cancelled policies, excluded occupancies, out-of-appetite classes—before they reach a CSR or producer.
Every brokerage has a list of risks it will not write. The problem is the list lives in someone's head. Hard decline rules put that appetite into the intake form so unquotable work never looks like a real lead.
Examples that pay for themselves
- Auto: too many at-fault claims, suspended license, excluded vehicle use
- Home: vacant beyond your maximum, oil tanks, uninsurable roof age, short-term rental if you do not write it
- Commercial: prohibited class codes, no prior coverage, operations outside your licenses
Decline is not the same as ignore
A good system still stores the submission. You may want a polite message, a referral partner, or a monthly review of what you turned away. The point is protecting producer time, not deleting data. Low-priority folders beat overflowing inboxes.
Configure once, apply everywhere
Rules should follow the form whether the client self-serves or a CSR takes the application by phone. That is how CSR and broker workflows stay consistent. Intakecore lets brokers set custom hard decline rules per question and per line so the filter matches how you actually bind.
Put this to work on your intake.
Intakecore gives brokerages branded forms, AI document parsing, decline rules, and a dashboard your CSRs and brokers actually use.