Andrew Lee
Commercial Insurance Broker & InsurTech Strategist
16+ years in commercial insurance
About Andrew Lee
Andrew Lee is a commercial insurance broker with over 16 years of experience in the property and casualty industry. He specializes in niche insurance markets and complex commercial placements, helping agencies and their clients navigate coverage challenges that generalist brokers often miss.
Throughout his career, Andrew has worked across the full insurance lifecycle — from underwriting and risk assessment to client management and carrier negotiations. His hands-on experience with hundreds of loss run requests, carrier workflows, and agency operations gives him a practitioner's perspective that most insurance content lacks.
Andrew founded RequestLossRun after seeing the same pain point at agency after agency: loss run requests buried in email threads, missed follow-ups, and wasted hours on a process that should be simple. He built the platform to solve the problem he lived every day.
When he's not writing about insurance operations, Andrew advises independent agencies on workflow automation and technology adoption. He believes the agencies that win in the next decade will be the ones that systematize their back-office processes without losing the personal relationships that make independent agencies irreplaceable.
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All articles published on the RequestLossRun blog are written by industry practitioners with direct experience in the topics they cover. Content is reviewed for accuracy, clarity, and practical relevance before publication. Our goal is to provide actionable guidance that insurance professionals can apply immediately.
Articles by Andrew Lee
How to Request Loss Runs: The Complete Guide
A step-by-step walkthrough of the entire loss run request process — from gathering policy data, to writing the right email, to following up with slow carriers.
What Is a Loss Run? Everything You Need to Know
New to commercial insurance? Learn exactly what a loss run is, what it contains, and why carriers and agencies rely on them for every new business submission.
Loss Run Authorization Letters Explained
Why carriers require signed authorization before releasing loss runs, what your letter must include, and how digital signatures cut turnaround time from days to minutes.
How Long Do Loss Runs Take? A Realistic Timeline
Carrier turnaround times vary widely. Here's an honest breakdown of what to expect, which factors cause delays, and how much buffer time to build into your workflow.
5 Common Loss Run Request Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
The most preventable errors agencies make when requesting loss runs — wrong insured names, missing authorization, no follow-up plan — and how to fix each one.