Featured Post
5 Industry Stats You Need to Know
Discover the five stats you need to know from the Digital Technology Adoption Trends to spark better partnerships in this blog post.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Instant Data Delivery Is Possible with Download
Ivans CTO Pat Forgione shares how one carrier leveraged Ivans Download and other technology to create a five-second policy download workflow.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution
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Marketing & Distribution
Unlock the Industry Insights You Need
Discover how Ivans Insights is transforming how carriers and MGAs search for agencies.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Data Insights, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Events
Ivans Connect Is Back and Better Than Ever
Ivans CEO Reid Holzworth shares the inside scoop about Ivans Connect, coming to Las Vegas October 22-23.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Events, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Automated Servicing
Unlock the Power of Claims Download
Ivans has been collaborating with carriers to improve the Claims download process, with carriers providing new claims types.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Carriers
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Agencies, Carriers, and Tech: What’s the Disconnect?
Strategy Meets Action Partner Mark Breading shares insights about the agency-carrier tech disconnect.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Events
3 Takeaways from the First Big “I” InsurTech Summit
Ivans CEO Reid Holzworth shares three takeaways from the first-ever Big “I” InsurTech Summit.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Events, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Get Recognized for Sparking Digital Connectivity
Discover what it takes for carriers and MGAs to become a 2023 Ivans Spark recipient.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
5 Industry Stats You Need to Know
Discover the five stats you need to know to spark the best industry partnerships.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
3 Digital Connectivity Resolutions for 2023
Learn how to easily ramp up your digital connectivity in 2023.
2023, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
2022 Agency-Carrier Digital Adoption Trends
Do you want to discover the latest agency-carrier insights that will help you ignite the most connectivity and value across the insurance lifecycle?
2022, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends
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Commercial Lines
Commercial Lines: What Agencies Are Looking For
Ivans VP of Marketing Christen Kelley gets two agent perspectives on a variety of topics – from appetite to digital document delivery and user experience.
2022, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Brokers and Agencies Take a Seat at the Insurtech Table
Many sectors of the insurance industry came together for Insurtech Boston in May – creating the perfect opportunity for insightful sessions and conversations on how we can all work together to push the industry forward.
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
5 Reasons to Use Ivans' New Carrier Dashboards
We heard your feedback and are excited to share that the new Ivans Exchange carrier dashboard is now customizable, drillable and can be delivered automatically.
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Industry Trends
Cheers to the New Ivans!
IVANS (now Ivans) recently launched a new look and voice to reflect the direction of the company and the spark that is created when insurance intersects with technology.
2022, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
3 Steps to Becoming a Preferred Carrier Partner
Get an agent perspective on what defines value in the carrier-agent relationship and learn three steps you can take to meet agency needs.
2022, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Best Practices, Industry Trends
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
How to Meet Your Agency Partners’ Digital Connectivity Needs
Kathy Hrach and Westfield Chief Distribution Officer Craig Welsh discuss insights from the 2021 Connectivity Report to help you better connect with your agency partners.
2022, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Digital and Traditional: Find the Best of Both Worlds
Find out the importance of technology in insurance from the point of view of an agency and insurer.
2022, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends
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Automated Servicing
Helping Agents Tackle 3 Perceived Download Dilemmas
Cal Durland, director, customer success at Ivans, recently shared some of the reasons she has heard as to why agents choose not to download.
2021, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Industry Trends
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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
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Marketing & Distribution
IVANS Quarterly Product Updates
In this blog post, find out more about the latest IVANS product updates and how they will make each stage of the insurance lifecycle easier for you.
2021, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Automated Servicing, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Marketing & Distribution
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Ivans Acquires Ask Kodiak: What It Means for You
Learn more about the Ask Kodiak acquisition and how it will make each phase of the insurance lifecycle easier for you and your agency partners.
2021, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Become the Next IVANS Connected Agency in 4 Easy Steps
Learn how your agency can streamline processes, reduce time spent on administrative tasks, and become one of the next recognized as an IVANS Connected Agency by following three easy steps.
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Find Out Why Agent-Insurer Connectivity Matters
Learn the current state of connectivity and how automation and the use of digital tools increase customer experience and ease of doing business.
2021, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends
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Automated Servicing
How MGAs Get More Business Using Download
If you’re an MGA and you are not offering download – you should be. As the insurance landscape becomes more competitive, independent agencies are moving to automation technology to better compete in the digital world. They expect their ecosystem partners to do the same.
2021, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Automated Servicing, MGAs
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Marketing & Distribution
Connecting with Semsee – A Single Connection to More Markets
To discuss Semsee, Ivans Distribution Platform and all things straight-through processing, we sat down with Philip Charles-Pierre, chief executive officer at Semsee.
2021, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Commercial Lines
The Ivans Superhighway: Automating the Commercial Lines Policy Lifecycle
To illustrate how Ivans has revolutionized the commercial lines policy workflow, let’s move down the Ivans Superhighway and discuss how each stage creates a more connected and efficient ecosystem for all stakeholders.
2021, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Does Your Agency Have What It Takes to Become IVANS Connected?
Each year, IVANS recognizes agencies committed to getting the most out of IVANS Exchange and IVANS Markets with the IVANS Connected program.
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
The State of Agency-Insurer Connectivity
Check out this blog post to view 6 insights on the state of agency-insurer connectivity.
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Marketing & Distribution
Industry Voices: Solving the Challenge of Managing Submissions with Acuity
IVANS Vice President of Product Management, Kathy Hrach recently sat down with the Digital Sales Director at Acuity Insurance, Joel Katsma to discuss Acuity’s participation in a project to tackle commercial lines process improvement including the challenges and how to address them.
2020, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
You Go First
The apprehension to be the first mover or first adopter is being overcome by a community process of development that promises a major move forward in reducing roadblocks and inefficiencies in the quote and bind process.
2020, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends
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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
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Marketing & Distribution
IVANS and Aon Affinity: Supporting Agents Where They Are: Part 1
IVANS’ Vice President of Data Products Group Brian Wood recently sat down (via Zoom of course) with IVANS Markets client, Aon Affinity, to discuss AON Affinity and AON Programs.
2020, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution
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Marketing & Distribution
Test Your Knowledge: Commercial Lines Submissions Process
Test your commercial lines submissions knowledge and learn ways to improve the process for the benefit of all those involved – agents, insurers and insureds.
2020, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution
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Events
Big News: IVANS Connect 2020 Is Going Virtual
As you have likely heard by now, we have decided to take IVANS Connect online. And while we would like to say it was a hard decision to miss the opportunity to see you all in person, the decision was ultimately an easy one.
2020, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Events, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
A Book Roll Solution Made for These Times
Even in this time of social distancing and remote working, your day-to-day business activities need to continue. Some activities traditionally involve working with agents face-to-face, but the current world we are living in doesn’t allow for in-person office visits – and might not for some time. How can you do so if you can’t visit offices in person?
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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
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Don’t Miss the Forest for the Trees: Why Agency-Insurer Collaboration Is Necessary to Grow Your Business
Have you ever walked into a forest, looked up and seen the way the crowns of trees seem to fit together like puzzle pieces? It turns out trees, no matter their species, work together to make the most of the resources and space available to them.
2019, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
The Latest Trends in Digital Distribution and Automated Servicing
The digital age of insurance is here. Insurtechs are starting daily. Consumers are demanding new digital services. And regulatory changes are forcing organizations to adapt more quickly than ever before.
2019, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Industry Trends
A Match Made in Heaven – What Makes Agencies Love Insurers
Nowadays, nearly everyone expects the convenience of not only accessing information on their mobile device via a web browser, but from a mobile app too.
2019, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Automated Servicing, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Building Better Relationships with Your Insurer Partners
Is your agency realizing the benefits of greater connectivity with insurers? Now more than ever, the most successful agencies are those building and maintaining close ties to the insurers and MGAs they work with on a regular basis.
2019, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Best Practices, Industry Trends
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Automated Servicing
Going Beyond Download – What’s Available and How You Can Benefit
According to the latest IVANS Connectivity Survey, 82% of agents surveyed reported they place more business with insurers that provide automation. In the digital age of insurance, efficiency through automation can build stronger agency relationships and lead to significant time and cost savings for both your business and agencies. Are you using all the automation available to be as efficient as possible?
2019, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Automated Servicing, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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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
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
A Journey Through IVANS’ 35-Year History
For 35 years, IVANS’ commitment to innovation has enabled thousands of insurers, MGAs and agencies from around the globe to safeguard and protect what matters most in people’s lives.
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Insurers, Ever Wonder How You Can Better Support Your Agency Partners?
Today, insurance agencies face many challenges that they didn’t contemplate years ago. Consumer buying behaviors and patterns are different.
2018, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Irrefutable Interdependencies: The Case for Agent - Insurer Connectivity
As a lover of all things tech, it shouldn’t be a surprise to hear that I also love science. Recently, while thinking about the future of the insurance industry, I was taken back to something I first learned about in my sixth grade science class, which is the concept of mutualism.
2018, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Industry Trends
Why Digital Transformation Is a Partnership
For a very long time, everyone outside the insurance industry has been admonishing everyone inside the insurance industry for their lack of digital capabilities. In turn, insurers have been pushing agencies to step up their digital capabilities.
2018, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Best Practices
3 Ways to Support the Needs of Today’s Digital Agents
As the world becomes more digital, agencies are leveraging technology to meet consumer demand for instant, 24/7 customer service. Consumer demand, along with the need for greater ease of doing business and a more diverse product range, has pushed agencies to seek increased connectivity from insurer partners.
2018, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Automated Servicing, Best Practices, Carriers, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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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
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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
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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
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Automated Servicing
Why You Should Maximize Your Download Connections
Is your agency using download services to the fullest extent? If not, you’re leaving valuable time and money on the table.
2018, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Best Practices
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Automated Servicing
Surety Bond Download: Save Even More Time
Do you find yourself spending hours sifting through emails, printing and scanning documents and attaching files for surety bonds? For years, producers have manually managed surety bond documents and information, greatly reducing staff productivity and wasting valuable time.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing
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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
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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
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
CAB/AAB Insider: Agents Reveal What They Really Want from Insurers
Our annual Carrier & Agency Advisory Board (CAB/AAB) meeting brings together insurers and agents for an open dialogue on the group’s collective experiences, challenges and opportunities in the insurance industry.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Marketing & Distribution
How Digital Distribution Will Revolutionize Insurer-Agency Collaboration
The insurance industry is transforming unlike any time in its history. New startups, new business models, innovative products, and new types of partnerships are surfacing everywhere.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Marketing & Distribution
Grow Your Business Through the Independent Agent Channel
On a daily basis, there are new stories commenting on technology’s impact on our world. Technology is redefining communications, evolving business and upstarting new economies.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
Insurer Connectivity: Technology for the Future of Your Business
Connectivity between agencies and insurers is not only valuable to the growth of your agency, it is critical.
2017, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Industry Trends
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
What Do Agents Want from Insurers?
The world is becoming more digital and the insurance industry is no different. Consumers are demanding real-time customer service from their insurance providers.
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Automated Servicing
Getting Started with eDocs & Messages – What You Need to Know
Insurance has historically been known as a paper-heavy industry that mails all notices, policy information and general messages.
2016, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing, Carriers, MGAs
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Automated Servicing
4 Reasons We Chose Download
Technology has changed the way we do business today at Berends Hendricks Stuit, especially when it comes to receiving client, policy, billing and claims information. In fact, we have made it a priority to stay ahead of the curve with technology to drive efficiency and gain a competitive advantage.
2016, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Automated Servicing
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Agency-Carrier Connectivity
The Insurer Connectivity Capabilities of a Digital Agency
Rapid and increased technological innovation has significantly changed consumer behavior and expectations. Readily embracing social, mobile and cloud technology, consumers today, particularly younger millennials, prefer interactions to be instant, brief and digital.
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