Articles by Holly Monroe

Holly Monroe AgentSync
Holly Monroe is a writer and editor who’s been creating written and multimedia marketing content for various organizations since graduating from Montana State University in 2020. Her work spans multiple industries, but has ultimately led her to a focus in the insurance and insurtech space. Holly began working with AgentSync in October 2022 and joined the company as a full-time Content Specialist in February 2023. Her writing seeks to inform readers of the many nuances of insurance while adding a little humor and liveliness to the multifaceted, but sometimes dull, industry. Outside of her professional work, you can find Holly either cozying up at home with a good book in hand and her cat, Murphy, on her lap, or adventuring into the Colorado mountains for a day of skiing or hiking.

Regulatory Roundup: Operation Bear Claw, Rampant Deer, and Key Holiday Coverage

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State-by-state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory culture can lend one the impression that keeping up with industry changes is a little bit like herding cats. …

How Will Your Insurance Organization Handle These 2025 Predictions?

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Another year has come and gone. How’d your organization fare over the last 365 days? In many ways, 2024 was a difficult year for the insurance industry. Between the thousands …

Unlocking Efficiency in Life Insurance Renewals: The Hidden Cost of Manual License Verifications

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Keeping insurance producers’ licenses and appointments compliant is a critical responsibility shared by nearly everyone in the insurance distribution channel. However, plenty of insurance carriers get bogged down each year …

Is Your Distribution Channel Management Strategy Optimized for Medicare Open Enrollment?

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. How to scale your insurance organization efficiently and effectively during AEP and beyond ‘Tis the season! The Medicare open enrollment season, that is. It’s time again for Medicare beneficiaries to …

Regulatory Roundup: California’s Flood Mitigation Initiative, Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud, Over $300,000 in Compliance Fines

State-by-state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory culture can lend one the impression that keeping up with industry changes is a little bit like herding cats. So, what better way to wrangle some of the more …

Cybersecurity in Insurance: Why Your Data and Compliance Can’t Afford to Slip

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Data is at the core of the insurance industry. From the smallest independent agencies to the largest legacy carriers, insurance organizations of all sizes house data. This includes distribution channel …

5 Pitfalls to Effective Insurance Compliance Vendor RFPs and How to Address Them

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Digital transformation is taking the insurance industry by storm as more agencies, carriers, and MGA/MGUs update their manual processes in favor of modern, automated solutions. When it comes to a …

No Stupid Questions: What Not to Ask in Your Compliance Software Vendor RFP

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Navigating the request for proposal (RFP) process can feel like steering through a labyrinth. The stakes are high, and the complexities are numerous. Your role demands not only ensuring that …

Crimes Against Customers: Part 3 – Technology Crimes

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance compliance is serious business. Falling out of compliance can have real consequences for everyone from insurance agencies, carriers, MGAs, and MGUs, to individual producers, adjusters, and dually licensed broker-dealers. …

Insurance 101: Understanding Insurance Carrier Terminations

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. In the insurance industry, the term “termination” can refer to a few different things. First, there are policy terminations. These occur when an insurance policy runs its course and the …