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Cancellation is arguably the most costly component of servicing an insurance premium finance loan account. Costs are born out not only in the documentation and follow-up on a cancellation but in lost commissions for the agent and lost finance charges for the finance company.

Statistics bear out the fact that a sizeable population of loan accounts that cancel as a result of a payment default will cure that default shortly after the cancellation is issued. Knowing this, agents have developed a practice of asking finance companies to hold an imminent cancellation from being processed if the agent either has the money in their possession or believes that the insured will cure the default within a pre-specified period of time.

In an effort to assist in the curbing of cancellations, preserving revenues for all parties and reducing operational costs related to phone traffic to handle cancellation holds, Input 1 has created a Hold-by-Web feature whereby an agent can hold a cancellation for up to X days (where “X” is defined by the finance company) when a payment is expected.

Our online cancellation hold feature will help your insureds avoid potential cancellation and you costly rewrites. Agents can use this option to put a specific account on hold to prevent a cancellation from occurring. This feature is especially helpful in cases where the account is due to cancel soon, however the insured might have simply forgot to make a payment on time or maybe they misplaced their coupons or bills. We give you the convenient option to hold the cancellation for up to 5 days without having to ever pick up the phone to call us or to have the insured pay overnight charges for mailing their check.

As with all functionality in AIV, we strive to make the process simple. Holding a cancellation involves these 3 easy steps:

  1. Click “Hold Cancellation” from the account summary screen
  2. Choose the date that the hold should expire and save the hold request.
  3. User can print the Hold Cancellation Receipt for future reference


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