Articles by Niji Sabharwal

Niranjan “Niji” Sabharwal is the co-founder and CEO of AgentSync, an insurance producer management software firm. Niji believes solving problems at scale requires the right proportions of people, processes, and technology. He holds a B.A. in business economics from the University of California Santa Barbara. Contact Niji at sales@agentsync.io

Carrier and Agency Duties Under the DOL Fiduciary Rule

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The insurance industry thrives on rewarding top-selling agents, but the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) fiduciary rule says traditional sales incentives tied to annuities present a compliance challenge for carriers and …

Checklist to Producer Management Shows Manual vs Automatic Processes for Insurance Licensing and Compliance

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The producer management lifecycle for carriers, agencies, and MGAs/MGUs is made of distinct stages, each managed by different teams, regulatory requirements, and general processes. So, how can a business be …

New Guide Makes the Case for Growing Your Distribution Channels with Producer Management Technology

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Producer management and licensing compliance isn’t the most attractive part of working in insurance. Most carriers, agencies, and MGAs are using fairly manual processes to maintain and update data for …

Connectivity Advancements and 4 Other Tech Trends Transforming the Insurance Industry

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The insurance world isn’t moving at the speed of light quite yet, but technology is still bound to transform the ways insurance agents and carriers do business with one another …

How Employee Experience Drives Growth (Hint: You Can’t Grow Without Your Employees!)

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Growth: If you just want it badly enough, it’s practically done, right?! If you’ve spent any time at an insurance carrier, agency, or MGA/MGU, we don’t have to tell you …

Defining Producer Management: What It Is and Why It Matters

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Producer management encompasses the administrative process co-owned by licensing, compliance, operations, and legal teams across carriers and agencies, but what does that even mean? And where does the producer lifecycle …

It’s Time to Think About the Future of Producer Management

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The insurance industry is riding a wave of insurtech and other digital advancements because there is a dire need to transform manual processes that have long hampered carriers, MGAs, agencies, …

What the Next Generation of Insurance Consumers Wants

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Did you know that in the next 3 years Millennials and Gen Z will comprise 75% of the workforce? That means by 2025 the majority of working individuals will have …

Preventing Burnout at Your Insurance Agency, Carrier, or MGA/MGU

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. There’s no beating around the bush, the past two years have been rough to say the least. We are now almost 24 months into the pandemic and daily coronavirus cases …

AgentSync Asking MGAs to Take Poll

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Personal ask: Please take our poll. MGAs don’t always get a lot of love, and we at AgentSync are trying to change that. The last year was one of mind-expanding …