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AI-Driven Insurance Distribution Platform Wins $11 Million Financing Round
A startup centered around an AI-driven platform for insurance distribution secured $11 million in Series A financing. Zelros plans to use the money, in part to propel its North American expansion, ...
Not-So-Strange Bedfellows: Agents and Digital Insurers
Amazon distributes e-books on iPads. Samsung supplies smartphone screens to Apple. "Coopetition" is nothing new in the business world. In fact, new partnerships are constantly forming that ultimately ...
InsurTechs to Watch (The Distribution Channel): Indio Technologies
Carrier Management editors reached out to 15 InsurTech executives involved in the distribution of property/casualty insurance to ask questions about their missions, how they're changing the industry ...Research & Trends: Top Webinars of 2018
Over the recent holidays we witnessed a rise in webinar viewing and can only assume some of you finally found a quiet moment in the office to catch up on topics of interest. For those of you who ...
Reflections of a Middleman
Praise rarely rains down on the middleman. The role is frequently trivialized and unfairly characterized as adding an extra layer of cost without also adding value. Since the advent of sales inserts ...
Alive and Well: Reports of the Death of the Independent Agent Were Greatly Exaggerated
When I began my career as a journalist covering the insurance industry back in 1981, many of my early stories reported on dire warnings in a series of studies and expert pronouncements predicting the ...
Captive vs. Independent Agents: Carriers Are Committed to Multiple, Evolving Distribution Channels
Despite the grim outlook forecasted for U.S. agents in a 2013 report by McKinsey & Company, both captive and independent agents remain a viable segment of carrier distribution channels. Even with ...
The Future of Small Business Insurance Distribution: What Can We Expect?
In the United States today, there are almost 28 million small businesses, all requiring a wide array of insurance coverage to confidently conduct daily business. Insuring these businesses has always ...