Insurance Cancellation Not Processed, Sent to Collections
An insured cancelled their policy after switching carriers but the insurance company failed to process the cancellation, associated the account with an outdated name, and sent an erroneous balance to collections. The agent agreed to the cancellation and zero balance but the internal systems did not reflect it. A structural data governance and cancellation workflow problem.
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