Access to Markets

Marketing & Distribution

Chesapeake Levels Up Appetite with Ask Kodiak

Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, the largest workers’ compensation carrier in Maryland, is increasing their appetite visibility and opening the door to more opportunities with Ask Kodiak.

2022, Access to Markets, Agents, Carriers, Marketing & Distribution

Agency-Carrier Connectivity

Agency-Carrier-MGA Connectivity in 2021 and Beyond

Discover how to find and place the right risks, save time spent on manual tasks, and best serve your customers based on the latest industry trends.

2021, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs

Access to Markets

Have Hard-to-Place Insurance Risks? Do the Math with CoEfficient Underwriters

Learn how partnering with IVANS benefits not only CoEfficient Underwriters’ business but agencies as well.

2021, Access to Markets, Agents, Industry Trends

Access to Markets

Solving the Challenge of Finding Markets for Nonprofit Organizations

One organization that’s making a real difference in getting coverage for nonprofits is the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance. To learn more about who they are, what they do and how they do it, we recently spoke to their CEO Pamela Davis.

2020, Access to Markets, Agents

Marketing & Distribution

For the Win: A Game-Changing Solution to Solve a Broken Industry Problem

Together with Indio, IVANS has teamed up with carriers and agencies from across the industry to form a working group chartered to tackle all the challenge of managing submissions. The result of this initiative is a game-changing industry solution that simplifies submissions management.

2020, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution

Access to Markets

The Future of Markets: Appetite On-Demand, At Your Fingertips

While the volume of insurer appetite available to agents searching for markets is high, finding the right match for a commercial risk remains a challenge for many agents.

2020, Access to Markets, Agents, Industry Trends

Agency-Carrier Connectivity

Connect with Your Insurers

To assist you in getting started or even more connected through additional digital tools, IVANS offers educational resources, including webinars, product videos, brochures and more. See what these resources can do to help your business collaborate better with your insurer partners.

2020, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing

Access to Markets

Risky Business: Finding More Markets in 2020

Supporting a critical aspect of all successful agencies, our top priority at IVANS is driving efficiency in the day-to-day business of insurance. This includes providing you with technologies that help to remove the pain associated with the marketing placement process, including search and appetite identification.

2020, Access to Markets, Agents

Agency-Carrier Connectivity

Meet Ivans: Your Exchange for Insurer Connectivity

Today, insurance agencies face many challenges that they didn’t contemplate years ago. Consumer buying behaviors and patterns are different.

2019, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing

Automated Servicing

MythBusters: Commercial Lines Download Edition

One of my favorite TV shows is MythBusters, the popular Discovery Channel program where hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman use scientific methods to test the validity of popular beliefs, rumors and myths.

2019, Access to Markets, Agents, Automated Servicing, Industry Trends

Access to Markets

Drive New and Renewal Business with This Indispensable Tool

Historically, agents have relied on relationships with insurers, paper guides and insurer websites to identify insurer appetite for commercial risks. These time-consuming, manual processes often provide a partial and outdated view of potential markets for risk which can lead to a lost business.

2018, Access to Markets, Agents, Best Practices

Agency-Carrier Connectivity

Connectivity: The Secret to Competing in the Age of the Customer

Today, insurance agencies face many challenges that they didn’t contemplate years ago. Consumer buying behaviors and patterns are different.

2018, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Best Practices

Access to Markets

One Click Away from the Best Markets: New Market Discovery Tools

Have you ever spent several hours reviewing appetite guides or visiting insurer portals to see if they have appetite for the business you are looking to write?

2018, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents

Agency-Carrier Connectivity

3 Ways to Increase Insurer Connectivity

In the face of changing marketplace dynamics, insurance agencies must evolve and begin the journey to becoming digital businesses. An important component of digital transformation is insurer connectivity, which is the ability to seamlessly exchange data from your management system directly to your insurer’s system, reducing manual processes and enabling you to deliver faster, more complete service to your clients.

2018, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Industry Trends

Access to Markets

Pekin Insurance: Beyond Contractors

During the digital transformation of the insurance industry, new technologies have given way to new business models and market competitors. As a result, many insurers are changing the way they do business, with greater focus on niche business rather than being generalists.

2017, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents

Access to Markets

Finding Markets: Turn Wasting Time into Saving Time

Agencies strive to provide the best products at the right price for customers and prospects. But as an independent agent working with numerous insurer partners, I know first-hand how difficult it can be to find the right insurer for each risk.

2017, Access to Markets, Agents, Best Practices

Access to Markets

Tools for Growth: How Our Agency Finds More Markets in Less Time

At 618 Insurance Agency, providing superior customer service and low rates for our clients drives the success of the agency. But as an independent agent working with numerous insurer partners, I know first-hand how difficult it can be to find the right insurer for each risk.

2017, Access to Markets, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents

Best Practices

3 Major Risk Marketing Headaches – and How to Cure Them

It's the nature of our industry that commercial insurance carrier appetites are constantly evolving. As business landscapes shift to accommodate emerging risks, carriers must continuously and deliberately refine their specialties, products and services.

2016, Access to Markets, Agents, Best Practices, Industry Trends