IVANS News
Compared to Prior Quarter, All Commercial Lines Saw Renewal Rate Up in Q4: Ivans
Ivans Index found the average premium renewal rate increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines except workers compensation, but every line of business averaged rate increases at renewal ...
Survey: Carrier Connectivity Top of Mind for Agents
Agents continue to favor carriers and MGAs that offer automation, ranking ease of doing business and time savings at the top of the list of value they get from connectivity, according to a newly ...
The Latest Launches from Ivans, Vertafore, Kin
Ivans announced the launch of Ivans Insights, a business intelligence service that delivers carriers and managing general agencies new channel insights derived from a distribution network. The first ...
Next Gen Service: What Agents Want From Their Carrier Partners
At a recent industry event, the Duck Creek Formation conference in March, insurance agency representatives, including Most Insurance Agency Principal Craig Most, shared their thoughts about what ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at MediaAlpha, FRISS, Ivans
MediaAlpha Inc., a customer acquisition marketplace for the insurance industry, announced a four-year extension of its agreement with The Zebra, an insurance comparison site. As part of the ...
Amazon and Agents: How Did Leaders Read The Tea Leaves?
Back in 2017, Next Insurance CEO Guy Goldstein wasn't envisioning that his InsurTech would launch a portal of insurance agents just two years later. When Carrier Management asked Goldstein, eight ...
IVANS Buys Ask Kodiak to Accelerate Commercial Lines Digital Distribution Efforts
Applied Systems' IVANS division has acquired Ask Kodiak, a Massachusetts-based InsurTech that provides commercial lines market appetite and search capabilities for the independent agency channel. ...
Insurers, Agents Both Want More Connectivity and Digital Collaboration
Both agents and insurers express strong support for agent-insurer connectivity and digital collaboration in distribution and servicing. Nearly 90 percent of insurers believe it would be useful to ...