Insurance distribution is being reshaped on every front at once, and the leaders figuring out what comes next are gathering to talk about it in person. Next week, Zywave is bringing them together in New York City for the second annual Zywave Horizon: Digital Distribution Conference on Sept. 9, with the Zywave AI Exchange taking place the next day on Sept. 10.
The organizations pulling ahead in this market share one thing in common: they know exactly where they’re strongest, and they’ve built a strategy around doubling down on it. If you haven’t registered for these events yet, here’s why you can’t afford to miss.
Zywave Horizon Digital Distribution Conference 2026: What It Is and Why It Was Created
Now in its second year, Digital Distribution kicks off the newly launched Zywave Horizon Thought Leadership Series, uniting Zywave’s flagship industry events under one mission: bring the insurance ecosystem’s most influential voices together to figure out where the market is heading before it’s obvious to everyone else.
A new half-day AI Exchange session follows on Thursday, September 10, giving attendees who want to go deeper on agentic AI a dedicated space to do so.
Why Insurance Distribution Leaders Need Tailored Insights
The distribution landscape is shifting on several fronts at once. Rates are softening, agentic AI is accelerating, distribution models are fragmenting, and risk profiles are changing in real time. The carriers and brokers pulling ahead are the ones who’ve found their specific niche and gone all in on being excellent at it.
Digital Distribution exists to help attendees identify the slice of the market where they can outperform the competition, then build the strategy to own it. Finding that focus requires understanding how the rest of the distribution chain is specializing and where the real openings are. This year’s agenda, shaped by an advisory board of industry leaders, is built to deliver those insights.
Everyone attending Digital Distribution on September 9 gets complimentary access to the following day’s AI Exchange session, where Anthropic’s Eoghan Scully, Applied AI Architect, and Jake Sloan, Insurance GTM, sit down with Zywave’s Doug Marquis, Chief Technology Officer, and Jeff Cohen, SVP of Industry Relations for a builder’s-eye view of where AI capability is actually headed over the next 12 to 24 months, grounded in real insights and customer stories. Insurance leaders won’t just hear about agentic AI in the abstract; they’ll hear it discussed directly by the team building the models it runs on.
Digital Distribution Conference 2026 Agenda: Keynotes, Panels, and Speakers
This year’s program features a keynote from Tom Gillingham, President of Commercial Risk at NFP, titled “Narrow Your Focus, Expand Your Premium Potential,” on unlocking growth by serving challenging or underserved segments.
Sessions also dig into trends across retail channels, wholesale networks, and MGAs/MGUs; the evolving role of insurance technology; and panel discussions on organic growth, agentic AI, and producer validation, plus two customer panels where attendees hear directly from peers about what’s working in their own AI journeys.
Growth in this market goes to the organizations that spot opportunities before they’re obvious to everyone else, and seats for this conversation are limited. Space is limited…register now for Digital Distributionto lock in your place at the table for these valuable conversations. And, your registration for Digital Distribution includes a free ticket to the exclusive AI Exchange event on September 10!
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