Featured Post
What Efficiency Means to Your Business
Have you noticed how customers have changed in the past 10 years? Consumer behavior and expectations have experienced significant change with the introduction of new technologies in recent years.
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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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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
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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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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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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Marketing & Distribution
Meet the 2022 Ivans Spark Award Winners
In this blog post, Ivans' Director of Customer Success Taira Mandy talks through the Spark Award distinction and reveals the 2022 winners.
2022, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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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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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
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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Marketing & Distribution
Get Agency Download Feedback in 5 Easy Steps
Did you know that you can review and respond to feedback and download requests from potential and existing agency partners in one central location?
2021, Automated Servicing, Carriers, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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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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Industry Trends
How Data and Technology Could Create a Bionic Broker
Learn how the role of the broker will evolve if the industry continues to leverage technology and data, level up connectivity, and bring strategy to the transaction.
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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
How to Solve the 4 Pain Points of Commercial Submissions
Ivans Vice President of Product Management Kathy Hrach covers the four pain points in the CL admissions process and technology solutions that can help.
2021, Best Practices, Carriers, Commercial Lines, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Automated Servicing
What Efficiency Means to Your Business
Have you noticed how customers have changed in the past 10 years? Consumer behavior and expectations have experienced significant change with the introduction of new technologies in recent years.
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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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Industry Trends
4 Things Insurers Need to Know About Agents of the Future
The way independent insurance agents conduct business is changing. Faced with an aging workforce, new insurtech competition, and the digital transformation of the industry, agents are quickly embracing technology to ensure future success and longevity.
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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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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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Marketing & Distribution
Embracing Digital Distribution: Instantly Reach More Agents
A challenge for many insurers is finding the right agents to fit their appetite. It’s even more difficult for a new insurer since many agencies do not know where or how to find you.
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Marketing & Distribution
Insurtechs Working Together: A Different Way to Cover Small Businesses
Any agent who has worked with small business owners knows that the process is a complicated one. There is typically a lot of work involved, including working through complicated insurer appetites, policies that don’t properly cover customers, and what feels like endless forms to fill out in order to submit and underwrite a risk.
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Best Practices
Surety eDocs: How Insurers Can Help Agency Partners for Mutual Success
Many independent insurance agencies would agree that the traditional way of receiving Surety renewal documents is a highly manual process. In a typical work week, I would estimate that I spend about four to eight hours going through the mail we receive from our insurers.
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Industry Trends
A Visual Guide to Millennial and Gen Z Buying Preferences
As previous generations retire and move to a life stage in which they consume fewer products and services, younger millennial and Gen Z adults between the ages of 18 and 38 are becoming more relevant to the insurance industry in terms of size and spending power.
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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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Industry Trends
Digital Collaboration: Agents Speak and Why Insurers Should Listen
Digital technology is changing the way we live and work, creating a more connected life in a more connected world.
2018, Automated Servicing, Carriers, Industry Trends, Marketing & Distribution, MGAs
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Automated Servicing
Goodbye Paper, Hello Productivity
Do you find yourself spending countless hours every day re-keying data and processing requests? Are you searching for a better way to access policy documents on demand?
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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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Automated Servicing
Why Your Business Should Be Leveraging Automated Servicing Technology
In today’s digital world, insurers across the industry are recognizing that their agencies need improved servicing options to work more efficiently and sell more business.
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Industry Trends
Ivans Index: Industry Insights to Help You Run Your Business Better
More than a year ago, the Ivans team asked agents and insurers, “What insight is missing in the industry that you truly need to better run your business and serve your clients?”
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Industry Trends
Emerging Trends: The Widening Technology Gap – And How to Close It
Recently, I spoke at the 2017 AAMGA Automation Conference in Atlanta, an annual gathering of MGAs and insurance professionals that centers on automation and advancements in insurance technology.
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Marketing & Distribution
New Ways to Distribute Your Products
As the digital transformation of insurance continues, agencies and insurers have come to rely on technology to run their businesses. In order to provide the best coverage to their insureds, agents are looking to place their risks with the best markets by product and service.
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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
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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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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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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