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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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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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Events
It’s Time for Insurtech Boston 2023
Join us at Insurtech Boston on May 24 at the House of Blues to network with top industry players.
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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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Commercial Lines
All of the Ivans Product Updates in One Hub
Find Ivans’ product updates, demo videos and resources in one location – the Ivans product hub.
2023, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, MGAs
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Industry Trends
Insurtech: The Industry Buzzword That Never Stops Trending
Insurtech, short for insurance technology, has been a buzzword for quite some time. It has impacted everything from distribution to claims – and much more.
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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
Ivans Talks Commercial Lines with Coterie Insurance
Ivans CEO Reid Holzworth shares insights from a recent webinar with Coterie Insurance VP of Insurance Pete Buccola and Coterie Insurance VP of Product Ray Lynch.
2022, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution
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Commercial Lines
The Commercial Lines Balancing Act: Technology and Human Interaction
Ivans Director of Customer Success Taira Mandy shares what our expert panelists had to say about technology’s role in Commercial Lines at Insurtech Boston.
2022, Agents, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution
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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
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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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Automated Servicing
The Value of Claims Download to Agencies
Claims can be complex, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Claims download can help you securely and instantly provide your agency partners with critical claims details they need to assist their clients in their time of need.
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Events
Insurtech Boston 2022: An Event to Remember!
Three weeks removed from Insurtech Boston 2022, Mike Albert, co-founder of Insurtech Boston and Ask Kodiak, shares his thoughts and some highlights from the event.
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Best Practices
How to Safelist Ivans Communications in Your Email Clients
To ensure Ivans is delivering the best experience to you, we need your help ensuring email communications from Ivans reach you quickly.
2022, Agents, Best Practices, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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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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Industry Trends
Meet Ivans CTO Pat Forgione
Since joining the team a little over a year ago, Ivans CTO Pat Forgione has been working hard behind the scenes to provide a seamless path to digital distribution for the industry.
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Industry Trends
Thad Bauer’s Day Off: Wishing an Industry Great the Best in Retirement
IVANS CEO Reid Holzworth recaps a conversation from The Insurance Technology Podcast where he talked to Thad Bauer, an incredible human being and recent IVANS retiree.
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Industry Trends
Celebrating Women in Technology
Find out how three women in insurance technology got into the field, what they see for the future, and advice they would share with the next generation of women in technology.
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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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Industry Trends
A Year of Illuminating Insights from Insurtech Godfathers & Trailblazers
Are you up to date with the latest trends in insurtech? What about the history of insurtech?
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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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Industry Trends
3 Commercial Lines Technology Trends to Look for in 2022
APIs, blockchains, and cybersecurity, oh my! These three trends and others will continuously evolve within Commercial Lines as we go into 2022.
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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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2021
Meet IVANS CRO Saima Shaukat
Since joining the team this past summer, IVANS chief revenue officer Saima Shaukat has been working hard behind the scenes to create the most customer-centric culture at IVANS.
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2021
A Veterans Day Tribute
Applied and its Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Council are proud to commemorate the service and sacrifices made by our military veterans throughout the month of November.
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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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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.
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Industry Trends
The Everchanging Insurtech Landscape: Where Your Agency Should Pay Attention
Industry experts Reid Holzworth, CEO of IVANS, and Kabir Syed, CEO of ennabl, share their viewpoints on the everchanging landscape of InsurTech.
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Industry Trends
A NEW Insurance Technology Podcast with an OLD Twist
To understand the insurance industry, you need to understand insurance technology – from the management system origin story to the latest tech innovations pushing the industry forward.
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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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Industry Trends
Go Green by Going Paperless
Learn 3 technologies that can help your agency purge the paper once and for all.
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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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Industry Trends
Catching Up with IVANS’ CEO – Insights from His First 100 Days
Now that he’s been at the helm for over 100 days, we thought it would be a good time to hear from IVANS CEO Reid Holzworth about what’s holding back the industry and how we move it forward for the benefit of all stakeholders.
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2021
Celebrating Women In Insurance
March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, we wanted to acknowledge the many contributions made by women.
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Automated Servicing
Less Is More When Agents Go Digital
IVANS recently sat down with Jay Green, Agency General Manager for Crye-Leike Insurance, an Big I agency and IVANS Connected Agent, to talk about going digital.
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Industry Trends
Speeding Up on the Insurance Industry’s Superhighway
IVANS CEO Reid Holzworth explains why IVANS is focused on building the industry’s digital distribution platform.
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2021
Celebrating Black History Month
In the United States, thousands of companies celebrate Black History Month (BHM) every February. This year, Applied joins in.
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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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Industry Trends
A Bright Spot in 2020: Meet Our New CEO Reid Holzworth
As we look into the New Year, we wanted to take a second to sit down and introduce you to IVANS' new CEO Reid Holzworth and what he has in store for the insurance industry.
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Industry Trends
Have Yourself a Happy, Healthy Holiday
Take a look at our latest blog post for a cheerful message from all of us at IVANS.
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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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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.
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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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Business Continuity
An Update On Our Business Continuity Plan
First and foremost, I hope that you, your family, friends, and communities are staying safe and healthy. For those who have been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak – whether directly or indirectly – my prayers are with you and I wish those affected a speedy recovery.
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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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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.
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Industry Trends
COVID-19: Personal and Commercial Lines Policy Transaction Index Report
Analyzing more than 120 million data transactions, this special COVID-19 Index report measures the month-to-month volume of specific policy transaction types, like new policies, policy changes, policy cancellations and policy renewals for both personal commercial lines policies relative to transaction trends.
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Industry Trends
Coming Together in a Time of Crisis
We are all going through a trying time right now but through all the anxiety, confusion, isolation and Tiger King, the human spirit remains. People around the world, our industry, and here at Team IVANS are doing amazing things to support educators, first responders, healthcare workers, and local businesses they used to frequent. We want to share some of them with you because who doesn’t love Some Good News.
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Industry Trends
How to Celebrate Earth Day While Sheltering in Place
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has caused concerts, sporting events and other exciting spring plans to be put on hold, one thing that’s not cancelled is Earth Day.
2020, Agents, Best Practices, Carriers, Industry Trends, MGAs
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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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Business Continuity
Breaking Down the CARES Act – What This Means for Your Business
This past Friday, March 27, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act made headlines as the largest economic stimulus package in U.S. history. The Act includes relief for businesses and individuals, assistance to states, and key protections for workers.
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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.
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Industry Trends
The Future of Commercial Lines Submissions: Part 2
Following our previous blog post where we began our discussion around Commercial Lines submissions, let’s continue with a look at the second half of the process; starting with quoting and submission.
2019, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Industry Trends
The Future of Commercial Lines Submissions: Part 1
When discussing where we are going to focus our innovation to provide the greatest value for our customers, commercial lines submissions is often top of mind for many.
2019, Agents, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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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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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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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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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
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Automated Servicing
The Secret to Delivering Superior Service to Your Benefits Clients
Keeping up with consumer demand for instant service is vital in the digital age of insurance. Are you sure your agency is taking advantage of every chance to automate servicing and improve customer satisfaction?
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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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Industry Trends
Agencies in the Digital Age of Insurance
Today’s insurance agencies are faced with new demands from prospects and customers for mobile capabilities, new opportunities to improve agency-carrier connectivity via digital solutions, and new competition from insurtechs.
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Best Practices
Prepare Your Agency for the Unexpected
Extreme weather and natural disasters are becoming more commonplace and can have financially debilitating effects on businesses that are not prepared. Take last year’s hurricane season for example.
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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.
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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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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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Best Practices
Data and Download: How to Make Your Agency Stand Out in Today’s Digital World
To be able to adapt, you have to see things that are not there and things that others are not able to see. All those things are built on data. Data is vital. It is not something that can be taken for granted any longer and it’s one of the ingredients to a great customer experience.
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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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Automated Servicing
Claims Download: Staking Your Claim to More Time in the Day
Technology has changed the way we do business at Schultheis Insurance Agency, especially when it comes to receiving client, policy, billing and claims information.
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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.
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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
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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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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Industry Trends
Women in Insurance: Meet 2 Industry Leaders Paving the Way for the Future of Insurance
Insurance Networking News’ 9th Annual Women in Insurance Leadership conference took place recently in Chicago, celebrating gender diversity in the workplace and honoring the important contributions of women who have helped redefine the insurance industry.
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Industry Trends
2020 Insurance Trends: Competing in an Era of Customer Immediacy
Humans and technology are inseparable. Each impacts the other, in both predicted and inexplicable ways. The co-evolution of humans and technology continues to progress exponentially through time, and currently, the interdependence of the two is bringing society into an era of customer immediacy.
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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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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
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Industry Trends
Technology & the Insurance Industry – Buckle Up, There’s an Exciting Ride Ahead
This is a great time in the insurance industry, and we have an exciting ride ahead of us. But before I get into that, I want to share this GE commercial I saw the other day that reminded me of how our industry is often perceived. It’s embedded below, so check it out before reading on.
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