The Heart of Rancho Mesa
Author, Daniel Frazee, Executive Vice President, Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc.
If you are reading this article, listening to our podcasts, and taking advantage of the meaningful risk management content we share weekly, you and your business likely find some degree of value in what is produced. While much of this content originates from our Media Communications Group, they, with other Rancho Mesa family members join together as the backbone of our operation. Our Certicians®, Account Coordinators, Benefit Analysts, Claim Advocates, Associate and Account Managers, and Sales Executives are the beating heart of our company. That core focuses on three main principles that guide our values, shape our decisions, and directly influence our daily interaction with clients and one another. They include Developing Solutions, Protecting Clients, and Building Trust.
Developing Solutions
A solution is defined as the act, method or process of solving a problem. Our clients face daily challenges and problems as they manage their organizations and continually look for competitive advantages. They rely on us to provide complete solutions but those can look far different across our many departments. Here are a few examples:
One of our Sales Executives might recommend higher limits of coverage or adjusting deductibles to meet new exposures.
Our Workers’ Compensation Claim Advocate might deliver a quarterly status to a company’s Safety Committee and make recommendations on return-to-work options.
It might also include an Account Manager reviewing contractual requirements for a client bidding a new job.
And lastly, an Account Manager in our Benefits department might help to resolve a sensitive claim issue with a member.
These actions are just a few of the many day-to-day priorities that are centered entirely on serving our customers. We remain fearless in our approach to problem solving!
Protecting Clients
Risk comes in all shapes and sizes. Protecting our clients with insurance is one vehicle we may use to transfer some or all of that risk to a third-party. But, that process can only be effective when our team actively listens to clients and prospective clients through regular interaction at policy audits, pre-renewal meetings, claim reviews, stewardship reports, and renewal meetings.
A key part of that protection are the resources we offer internally that help mitigate risk and reduce overall exposure to claims across all lines of coverage. Those resources include our:
Weekly Educational Newsletter and Podcasts,
Our clients can use these tools for risk management trainings, HR issues and concerns, safety certifications, and consistent risk management education and guidance.
These examples represent a very small sample of what is available from our organization. Building a risk management program that centers on controlling losses by implementing the proper protocols and best practice techniques is ultimately our vision for protecting clients.
Building Trust
We cannot develop solutions and properly protect our clients without building customer relationships based on a deep level of mutual trust. And, we view a distinct difference between establishing trust and maintaining it over the course of our partnership. While we are proud that our customer retention ranks in the top percentile across the nation, we recognize that trust is the key component to our success. And so, our work is never done. We continually expect more from ourselves, our team members, and our carrier partners to maintain, and ultimately, exceed customer expectations. It is simply how we were built and what we stand for. We see No Limit to what we can do.
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