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The Hanover Launches New Quote-and-Issue Platform for Small Businesses, TAP Sales

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The Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE: THG) launched its new TAP Sales platform aimed at small commercial insurance. This innovative tool streamlines the quoting process, cutting the time to generate a quote by nearly 50%. Key features include intuitive navigation, pre-filled fields, and quick policy delivery. The TAP Sales platform also enables agents to issue enhanced business owner policies. Following a successful rollout in several states, Hanover plans to extend its implementation nationwide, enhancing its digital capabilities and support for small businesses.

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  • Launch of TAP Sales platform enhances quoting efficiency by nearly 50%.
  • Improved agent experience with features like intuitive navigation and pre-filled fields.
  • Quick policy delivery, allowing agents to receive policies within minutes.
  • Successful initial rollout with positive feedback from agents.
  • Expanded offerings with enhanced business owner's policy available.
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WORCESTER, Mass., July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG), a leading property and casualty insurance company, today announced the launch of its new TAP Sales quote-and-issue platform for small commercial, The Hanover's latest addition to its suite of digital agency resources. With a brand-new interface and features, TAP Sales was designed to help The Hanover's agents provide fast, streamlined quoting capabilities for its small business customers.

"As an agent-centric carrier in the market, The Hanover approaches small commercial insurance differently. We strive to leverage data, analytics and emerging technology to create insurance solutions that meet agent and customer needs," said Michael R. Keane, president of core commercial at The Hanover.  "The launch of TAP Sales demonstrates our commitment to advancing that goal, knowing how important ease of doing business is to this important market segment. The investments we have made give our agent partners a competitive edge in rapidly changing markets and strengthen their overall value proposition."

The Hanover's new TAP Sales quoting experience reduces the time to generate a quote by nearly 50%. Its features include:

  • Intuitive navigation for a simplified quoting process, allowing agents to easily edit any part of the quote at any time. With its fresh, modern design, TAP Sales provides an adaptive screen flow based on coverages being quoted
  • Quicker quoting capabilities, with more than 20 pre-filled fields, translating to fewer screens to complete and fewer clicks, cutting agents' quoting time in half
  • Faster policy delivery, with the ability to receive a policy within minutes of issuance
  • A customizable quote proposal that includes flexible options for agents to utilize as well as a new summary option that provides a streamlined proposal for customers
  • A responsive support model, allowing agents to ask questions and request a call-back consult on an account with their Hanover underwriter, with just one click

Along with these new quoting capabilities, agents will now have the ability to quote and issue The Hanover's enhanced business owner's policy, Hanover Business Owner's Advantage, in TAP Sales. This new business owner's policy offers more flexibility and options than ever before, enabling agents to meet the needs of more small business customers.

TAP Sales is the latest in a series of investments made by The Hanover to advance its digital capabilities. The company also offers the ability to quote and issue specialty lines of business online through TAP Sales, including select marine, management liability and professional liability coverages. This allows The Hanover to seamlessly bring a full suite of coverages to its agents for their small business customers.

The new platform and product offerings have been successfully rolled out in several states already with rave reviews from The Hanover's agents. It will be implemented across the company's national footprint throughout the year. The Hanover plans to round out complementary lines of business in the system in 2022. For more information about The Hanover's TAP Sales offering, please visit https://www.hanover.com/tap-sales.

About The Hanover
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is the holding company for several property and casualty insurance companies, which together constitute one of the largest insurance businesses in the United States. The company provides exceptional insurance solutions through a select group of independent agents and brokers. Together with its agents, The Hanover offers standard and specialized insurance protection for small and mid-sized businesses, as well as for homes, automobiles, and other personal items. For more information, please visit hanover.com.

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All products are underwritten by The Hanover Insurance Company or one of its insurance company subsidiaries or affiliates ("The Hanover"). Coverage may not be available in all jurisdictions and is subject to the company underwriting guidelines and the issued policy. This material is provided for informational purposes only and does not provide any coverage. For more information about The Hanover visit our website at www.hanover.com.

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FAQ

What is TAP Sales launched by Hanover Insurance Group?

TAP Sales is a new quote-and-issue platform for small commercial insurance designed to streamline the quoting process for agents.

How much time does TAP Sales save in generating quotes?

TAP Sales reduces the time to generate a quote by nearly 50%.

What key features does the TAP Sales platform include?

Features include intuitive navigation, over 20 pre-filled fields, quicker quoting capabilities, faster policy delivery, and customizable quote proposals.

When will TAP Sales be available nationwide?

The TAP Sales platform will be implemented across Hanover's national footprint throughout the year.

What new insurance offerings are available with TAP Sales?

TAP Sales offers the enhanced business owner's policy, Hanover Business Owner's Advantage, and supports various specialty lines of business.

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