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HawkSoft Overview

What is HawkSoft?

Since 1995, HawkSoft is a leader in agency management systems for commercial and personal lines agencies that want effective workflows and a delightful experience for staff and policyholders. We take pride in being independently owned and answerable to only two stakeholders – customers and employees. Created by independent agents, HawkSoft continues to evolve as a cutting-edge system that powers thousands of agencies with the tools and technologies you need to succeed in the ultra-competitive modern insurance industry. Turn your agency into an insurtech powerhouse with our strategic software and API Partner integrations.

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Product Description

HawkSoft Client Management System (CMS) is an insurance agency's smart choice to enhance office productivity, profitability, and customer service.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

HawkSoft embraces its differences from others in the marketplace, creating memorable service and meaningful relationships. HawkSoft is much more than an insurance software platform,; we deliver a unique customer experience through our remarkable commitment to transparency, stability, collaborative innovation between insurtech and agent, and a user community like no other in the industry.

- Value without gimmicks
No long-term contracts, early termination or data extraction fees, or nickle and diming per feature. Painless data conversions make it easy to get started fast.

- Private ownership
While mergers and acquisitions create huge disruptions for agencies on affected systems, HawkSoft is committed to staying privately owned and answerable only to its customers and employees.

- A unique customer experience
We consider our customers to be family. We provide unparalleled phone and live chat support, a company culture that embraces user input, and a user group that is truly unique in the industry.


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Hawksoft
Year Founded
1995
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Canby, OR
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Shannen S.
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Shannen S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Great CRM for Insurance Agencies"
My favorite customer management tools within HawkSoft are email integration, the policy suspense tool, and the daily download reports. Our Agency h...
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5.0 out of 5
"Most responsive tech support"
Hawksoft is easy to use. Their support documentation is easy to search & find relevant results. Not only can I find help, but there are clear inst...
Earl B.
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Earl B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"An Excellent Solution for Agency Management"
We left one of the big two providers due to contract requirements and escalating costs. Another issue was that they held my data hostage and forced...
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HawkSoft Media

HawkSoft Demo - Agent Portal
View client data from a web browser on any mobile device - smartphone, tablet, or latptop.
HawkSoft Demo - Texting
Integrated texting from your main agency phone number or choose one with your local area code. Manage client consents with automated opt-in and opt-out capabilities.
HawkSoft Demo - Agency Intelligence Reporting Suite
Manage your book of business, retention, cross-sell, and sales pipeline KPIs in one place, available at no extra cost.
HawkSoft Demo - Self-Service Certificates
Policyholders can publish COIs from HawkSoft to a secure web-based portal.
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Shannen S.
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Life &amp; Health Broker
Insurance
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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

My favorite customer management tools within HawkSoft are email integration, the policy suspense tool, and the daily download reports. Our Agency has used this system for many years for all lines of business. It is very easy to learn and they offer training tools within Hawksoft for new agents. Their customer support team is wonderful and very responsive when needing technical or functional system support. I love the customer text abilities as it is very easy to use and manage. We use this system every day and have found that we have a hard time functioning without it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

The only pain point with this system that I have found is managing premium totals per Agency producer when multiple producers are working with the same client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

HawkSoft eliminates the need for multiple systems to manage Agency policies, tasks, reporting, sales growth, and prospecting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

Hawksoft is still a software company that sells software. They don't exist to buy other company's ideas and repackage them as if they are part of a Hawksoft suite. Therefore, they listen to their customers - independent agencies in the U.S. that value relationships. You can go to a conference and upper management, not to mention the owner of the company will be sitting next to you in a breakout session and ask for your feedback. Hawksoft competitors often don't have owners, they have stockholders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

Companies that don't buy up competitors and remarket them as their own, are companies that actually design, build, and distribute solutions to problems their customers face. Those solutions can take time to solve. Invariably there will be arguments on what are actually problems. What's easier is to leave existing products alone, leave those customers be, and go buy out your competitors and steal their customers. Then make it appears that you've GROWN your product base and customer base. That's not Hawksoft. They listen to their customers and build solutions that can take time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hawksoft helps agencies with a level of consistency in procedures, while leaving room for flexibility based on individual agency needs. They also have a solid base of partners they connect to making it very easy to build out the agency in ways that serve the needs of nearly any agency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Terrill S.
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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

I like how it works with Hub Spot so you are able to see the policies in one place where all the communication to the customer is located. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

I wish that Hawk Soft had the ability to transfer information from Hub Spot so you dont have to log informaiton in 2 separate places. Hawk Soft transfers to Hub Spot but on the other way around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

I like the ease of use as the best feature for Hawksoft. I trained all employees in my office when we first started using Hawksoft and once you know the logic behind how they created it, it is quite simply, very easy to use. The 2nd BEST feature (maybe this should be #1) is their customer service team, they are SIMPLY THE BEST! They have been amazing to work with from the very beginning. I am know on 5th year dealing with Hawksoft and their team is still SIMPLY THE BEST! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

The least simple thing bout Hawksoft is the way you have to put in for something to change and/or work better. It never gets done if you don't get other people to vote for you. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I don't have time for that! Something so simple as to add something or get it changed can take a long time! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

Right now I have no problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from of HawkSoft

Stacey, we are happy to hear that HawkSoft is so easy to use for your agency. We also pride ourselves on delivering an exceptional experience and we appreciate your feedback on our product support team being THE BEST. We also hear your concerns about voting to get a feature added or changed. Thank you for such a kind, constructive review. We appreciate it!

Earl B.
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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

We left one of the big two providers due to contract requirements and escalating costs. Another issue was that they held my data hostage and forced me to pay for my own data even though I uploaded it, maintained it and paid them for their service. Hawksoft was the best solution for us. Pricing fits our budget better, and the data is always mine. The system is straightforward to learn and operate. Since we signed on, there have been many improvements. Their customer support is excellent, and the user group is beneficial. I had the opportunity to sign on with them at the beginning of agency ownership but didn't. I wish a thousand times over that I had. To sum it up: Ease of use, pricing, flexibility, data ownership, and forward-thinking are the top likes for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

The one dislike I have is the way we access the system. It is online but not browser-based. It is more of a thin client-type access. This means you are accessing a remote network to access the file servers. Sometimes this can create a lag in access times and prevents proper remote access from smart devices. However, this will be fixed shortly. They have a plan in place for a true browser-based access, hopefully in the year 2023. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Hawksoft, we can depend on accurate tracking of our day-to-day operations. Documenting activities, producing applications for marketing accounts, and reminders for following up on service items. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from of HawkSoft

Earl, we are very appreciative of your review. We are glad that we can offer ease of use for your agency and the freedom to own your data. We hear your concern with not being a browser-based system. HawkSoft 6 will allow us a lot of new opportunities and we encourage you to explore the link below for more information on the platform. We are so happy that you enjoy HawkSoft! Don't hesitate to reach out to us in the future if you have questions.

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Terri Lyn R.
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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

I can work all day within Hawksoft and never have to go to my desktop. The ability to open Outlook and my carrier websites from within, print to client files, scan to client files and not have to save anywhere else first is a time saver. For most of my actions, I can flow from start to finish with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

I wish there were some other customizable fields within the Log. I wish the Log system as a whole was organized and had a different appearance. Unless you know to go all the way to the right to look for the plus (+) signs, you'd never know there were appends to the log note itself.

Reports - they are very hard to figure out how to run on your own.

Start Page for everyone is not the same (so some tutorials don't apply and some functions are not available)

Text Notifications need to be more noticeable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hawksoft allowed me to move the agency to mostly paperless. With the ability to store everything in the cloud, we can access all necessary documents, applications, notes, contacts, etc.. for our day-to-day work needs. Additionally, it allowed us to work remote when needed and give access to our client information in the event of an emergency. Our clients know we can respond if they need us after hours. Overall, Hawsoft opened the doors to a whole different way to operate this office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from of HawkSoft

We are happy that HawkSoft has helped your agency grow. We appreciate your input on reports, the start page, logs, and text notifications. We value your opinion and we will pass this feedback along. Thank you for the review!

LT
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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

As an independent agency, we have tried and tested multiple software, management systems, etc. Hawksoft has been, BY FAR, the easiest to work with. Our onboarding specialist spent hours helping us, was extremely knowledgeable, and expressed how much she loved her job. Any time we have questions or an issue arrises it always gets resolved after we call their support team. We can't begin to describe the great things Hawksoft has helped us do. It helps us stay organized, on task, and connected with our agents and clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

The only thing I dislike about HawkSoft is that.... honestly, I can't think of anything, especially when compared to the competing systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hawksoft allows us to keep very detailed reports on production and also renewals. Customer contact and communication have gotten significantly more manageable now that we have a system that holds all of the data we need access to and allows us to send targeted and specific emails using that data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from of HawkSoft

Luke, thank you for the thoughtful review! We appreciate your input and are glad that you had a fantastic onboarding experience. We try to deliver an exceptional experience everyday and we hope that it shows. Thank you and let us know how we can help your agency in the future!

George P.
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Agency Development / Information Services
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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

I would highly recommend the HawkSoft insurance agency management system. This comprehensive solution demonstrates a commitment to continuous innovation and ensures it stays current with the ever-evolving technology trends.

One of the standout qualities of HawkSoft is the accessibility and responsiveness of its leadership team. They actively engage with the agent force and proactively respond to the needs and workflows of agents in their offices. It's evident that HawkSoft values the input and experiences of their users, as they prioritize incorporating user feedback into their system enhancements.

The support provided by HawkSoft is exceptional and sets them apart from others in the industry. Their support team goes above and beyond to address any concerns or issues promptly and effectively. Whether troubleshooting technical problems or providing guidance on system optimization, HawkSoft consistently delivers top-notch support.

In conclusion, HawkSoft's dedication to staying at the forefront of technology trends is commendable. They understand the importance of adapting to changes in the insurance industry and continuously improve their system to meet the evolving needs of insurance agencies. This commitment ensures users can leverage the latest tools and features to streamline their operations and enhance productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

Our standout issue with HawkSoft has been the lack of portability and access to a cloud-based system. This has restricted our ability to service clients off-premises in the past. Fortunately, we were informed this year that they are moving to an actual, cloud-based platform early in 2024. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

With innovation and third-party integration partners, HawkSoft is moving us towards a true enterprise system. This allows us to manage client data, communicate via email and text, and have an available sales funnel to manage our business from prospect to client in a central place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from of HawkSoft

Thank you George for the review. Listening to our clients is important to us and a great way to learn about the independent agent's needs. We appreciate your candid feedback on what you dislike. We're glad that we remain a "peak management system" for agencies and that agents such as yourself enjoy HawkSoft. Thank you for being a member of the HawkSoft family!

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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

In order to create and complete a process, you have to start and finish a log which helps prevent an employee from stating they did the work but forgot to document and also helps create a timeline should you have to defend against an E&O claim. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

Continually improving but still a work in progress to have a seamless API with vendors and carriers to help speed up the process of quoting/issuing/binding /servicing in our industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

Support us in writing and servicing property and casualty clients both personal and commercial and keeping policies and coverage up to date. They are continually working to find ways to create a one and done process when creating a process even when you need to send a document to sign, connect to a carrier website or process a claim. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Stauffer of HawkSoft

Alan, thanks for your awesome review! We're glad you're enjoying HawkSoft's documentation features. Thanks for your feedback on API integrations - we're constantly adding new 2-way API integration partners, and we're excited for the release of our upcoming HawkSoft 6 platform which will have even more potential for deeper API connections with partners!

Andrew K.
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What do you like best about HawkSoft?

My favorite thing about Hawksoft is that its leadership is dedicated to growth and improvement. There is so much interaction between them and all of us users that I am confident that we will always have a product that is relevant and functional to keep up with the times. The Hawksoft user group is a huge plus! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HawkSoft?

The only issue I have with hawksoft is the challenges in creating and managing client files that doesn't involve too many steps, and that log suspenses can't be assigned in bulk outside of the download process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HawkSoft solving and how is that benefiting you?

hawksoft is solving the problem of providing a platform that is simple to use, but with a level of depth that can facilitate a lot of flexibility to use in various ways as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Rachel Stauffer of HawkSoft

Thanks for taking the time to leave us this review, Andrew! We're so glad you value HawkSoft's commitment to listening to and implementing agency feedback, and great to hear you've enjoyed being part of our incredible user group. Thanks for sharing your feedback as well - you'll be excited to see our new Task Center in our upcoming HawkSoft 6 platform, which allows much more robust task assignment and management features than our previous suspense feature!