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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.

2018, Agency-Carrier Connectivity, Agents, Carriers, MGAs

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.

2018, Agents, Industry Trends

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.

2018, Agents, Best Practices

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

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 These time-consuming, manual processes often provide a partial and outdated view of potential markets for risk which can lead to a lost business.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

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

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

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

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

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

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