There are 4 Agents on a Lead.
Creator
The Agent who created the lead if not the system
Assignee
A Manually Assigned or Trigger Assigned Agent
Agent
The First Converting Agent
Foster
An Agent Assigned to the Lead After Conversion (such as for an Agent that quit)
A way to preserve the converting agent
Aside from Assignee and Foster, the agent types are automatically filled out based on actions completed on the lead. It is important that they are used correctly.
In addition, the Policies themselves have Agents.
For example, a User can own a Policy they sold and be listed as the Agent on that policy however they don't own the lead.
It is important to note that subsequent Conversions on other Policies will not change the lead agent once it has been set.
This is to preserve the history of the lead.
The new converting agent can be listed as Foster without overriding the original converting agent afterwards
Lead Ownership Example
Agent A sells policy
Lead Converts, (Date converted) and lead has Agent Set to this Agent
Policy Converts, Policy has this Agent
Policy Verified and Submitted giving the Policy Date Verified and Date Sold
Verifier and Submitter are Set, the original Converting agent on the policy is preserved
Agent B or CS sells a Policy on the same lead.
Lead Does not convert as it is already converted, Agent is not changed, to preserve original converting agents history.
New Policy has Date converted and Agent Set to Agent B or CS
Policy is Verified and Submitted preserving Agent B or CS as the converting Agent of the POLICY
The owner of the Lead in this case is still Agent A so they can keep track of their leads, unless a foster is set overriding the owner.
A trigger can be created to “Foster Lead” on policy update
This would require a specific request from the client
This trigger would make the Foster Update when a Lead Status Disposition is selected every time if it hasn't been converted yet
The foster would always shift as they make more policies on a lead.
The "Owner" of the Lead and Policy is what determines what shows up under agents "My Leads" and "My Customers" sections.
However, even without ownership of the lead, if another agent sold a policy on another agents lead, it would still show up under "My Policies"
By Default My Policies and My Leads are hidden from the Agent unless given the special Abilities to "View My Leads" or "View My Policies"