Customers

Supporting BDA with smoother specialist insurance administration

British Dental Association conference presentation with audience

One record

Case file

Specialist

Workflow

Less re-keying

Admin

Founded in 1880, the British Dental Association is the UK professional body and trade union for dentists and dental students. Its indemnity service is built for modern dentistry, with support around clinical, legal, and regulatory risk.

Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Headquarters
London
Size
51-200 employees
Visit
bda.org

BDA's indemnity work needs a file that can carry clinical, legal, and regulatory context without losing the thread. Policyflow keeps that context attached to the case so the workflow stays clear from quote through renewal.


Challenge

BDA Indemnity protects dentists against clinical, legal, and regulatory challenges, so each file holds far more than a policy. Eligibility evidence, GDC registration, membership tier, and the clinical context behind a member's cover all need to stay together.

That context was spread across inboxes, documents, and separate systems. Assembling a member's full history took time, and ownership of an in-progress case was not always clear. At renewal, the team rebuilt the picture instead of starting from a complete record.

Solution

Policyflow gives BDA one case record that carries clinical, legal, and regulatory context alongside the policy. Risk details and notes capture the clinical background, while member detail - registration, membership tier, eligibility - is captured once and stays connected through quote, bind, and renewal.

Quote documents, email filing, and document uploads keep correspondence and evidence on the same record, so the workflow stays clear and nothing depends on a single inbox.

Implementation

Data migration brought BDA's existing member and policy data into Policyflow, so the team began from live records. The off-the-shelf quote-to-renewal lifecycle covered the indemnity workflow without bespoke build, with risk questionnaires configured in admin settings to match how cases are assessed.

Permissions and audit history were set up so case ownership and changes are visible by default.

Feature highlights

Risk details & notes

Clinical, legal, and regulatory context is captured against the case, so the file holds the full story behind a member's cover.

Quote management

Indicative quotes, terms, and status sit in one place, so the path from enquiry to application stays clear.

Document management

Eligibility and registration evidence is catalogued against the member record, ready when it is needed.

Permissions & audit history

Case ownership and every change are visible by default, so nothing falls between people.

Renewal visibility

Upcoming renewals surface before they become urgent, so the team works ahead rather than catching up.

Task automation

Tasks and reminders keep each indemnity case moving, so a next step never waits on someone remembering it.

Compliance checks

Sanctions and PEP screening run from details already on the record, keeping checks part of the case workflow.

Results

The team works from a clearer record. Less time goes on reconstructing case files, and the next step stays visible as indemnity cases move through the workflow.

“Indemnity cases carry a lot of context, and losing the thread isn't an option. Policyflow keeps the clinical, legal, and regulatory detail attached to the file, so the team can always see where a case is and what comes next.”

— Director, BDA Indemnity

Cleaner handoffs

Clinical, legal, and regulatory context stays attached to the case file, so the next person can continue without starting from scratch.

Less re-keying

Member and policy detail is reused through the process, keeping the case moving and reducing avoidable admin.

Clearer renewals

Renewals begin from the live record rather than a rebuilt trail of emails and documents.