The 2025 Forrester Wave™: What It Tells Us About Where Insurance Technology Is Headed Insurance agencies are navigating one of the most challenging market cycles in recent memory. A prolonged hard market, rising premiums, […]
Zywave Apex: Changing What’s Possible for Insurance Distribution By Eric Rentsch, Chief Product Officer and Head of Emerging Markets, Zywave I’ve spent most of my career building insurance […]
Why Agencies That Equip Producers With AI Will Win the Talent War Discover how AI-powered tools like Zywave Apex help insurance agencies attract and retain top producers by reducing admin work and boosting growth.
Connectivity as a Competitive Advantage: How Modern APIs Strengthen Broker–Carrier Relationships Modern insurance runs on connectivity. As markets shift and competition intensifies, brokers and carriers can’t afford to operate in isolated […]
AI in Insurance Blog: The Forces Reshaping Insurance Distribution in 2026 — And the Technology Built for This Moment Explore the market forces transforming insurance distribution in 2026 and how Agentic AI helps carriers and brokers scale, compete, and grow.
From Prospecting to Renewal: How MCP Turns Insurance Workflows Into Conversations Discover how Model Context Protocol (MCP) is ushering in a new era of AI in insurance for faster prospecting, research, and renewals.
How Insurance Brokers Can Thrive in a Soft Market: Strategies for Sustainable Growth Discover how the insurance brokerage industry is evolving with declining premiums and changing market dynamics. Learn strategies for sustainable growth in this new environment.
AI and the Hard-Soft Market Transition: How Smart Agencies Are Staying Ahead For the better part of the last three years, the hard market has done a lot of the heavy lifting […]
Carriers, MGAs, and Brokers: How Agentic AI Is Rewriting the Distribution Chain Most conversations about AI in insurance tend to focus on a single role within the organization, whether that is the […]
The Difference Between AI That Assists and AI That Acts Explore how AI in insurance is evolving from simple copilots to autonomous agents that transform renewals, prospecting, and broker growth.
Carriers, MGAs, and Brokers: How Agentic AI Is Rewriting the Distribution Chain Most conversations about AI in insurance tend to focus on a single role within the organization, whether that is the […]
What’s Working, What’s Already Obsolete, and What’s Next: Anthropic’s Take at Zywave’s AI Exchange No stadium staging or massive screens, just authentic conversation amongst insurance industry leaders and technologists shaping the next chapter of […]
Generative AI vs. Agentic AI: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters for Insurance If you’ve been following the conversation around AI in insurance, you’ve almost certainly heard both terms. Generative AI. Agentic AI. […]
AI in Insurance Blog: The Forces Reshaping Insurance Distribution in 2026 — And the Technology Built for This Moment Explore the market forces transforming insurance distribution in 2026 and how Agentic AI helps carriers and brokers scale, compete, and grow.
What Is an MCP — and Why Is It the Most Important Term in Insurance AI Right Now? Learn how Model Context Protocol (MCP) is transforming insurance AI by securely connecting systems, data, and tools for brokers, carriers, and agencies.
Generative AI vs. Agentic AI: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters for Insurance If you’ve been following the conversation around AI in insurance, you’ve almost certainly heard both terms. Generative AI. Agentic AI. […]
What Is an MCP — and Why Is It the Most Important Term in Insurance AI Right Now? Learn how Model Context Protocol (MCP) is transforming insurance AI by securely connecting systems, data, and tools for brokers, carriers, and agencies.
The Difference Between AI That Assists and AI That Acts Explore how AI in insurance is evolving from simple copilots to autonomous agents that transform renewals, prospecting, and broker growth.
Turning Producers Into Specialists: How AI Is Closing the Insurance Industry Talent Gap Discover how AI is helping insurance agencies close the talent gap, speed up producer ramp time.
From Prospecting to Renewal: How MCP Turns Insurance Workflows Into Conversations Discover how Model Context Protocol (MCP) is ushering in a new era of AI in insurance for faster prospecting, research, and renewals.
What Is an MCP — and Why Is It the Most Important Term in Insurance AI Right Now? Learn how Model Context Protocol (MCP) is transforming insurance AI by securely connecting systems, data, and tools for brokers, carriers, and agencies.
Connectivity as a Competitive Advantage: How Modern APIs Strengthen Broker–Carrier Relationships Modern insurance runs on connectivity. As markets shift and competition intensifies, brokers and carriers can’t afford to operate in isolated […]
Zywave Apex: Changing What’s Possible for Insurance Distribution By Eric Rentsch, Chief Product Officer and Head of Emerging Markets, Zywave I’ve spent most of my career building insurance […]
What’s Working, What’s Already Obsolete, and What’s Next: Anthropic’s Take at Zywave’s AI Exchange No stadium staging or massive screens, just authentic conversation amongst insurance industry leaders and technologists shaping the next chapter of […]
Connectivity as a Competitive Advantage: How Modern APIs Strengthen Broker–Carrier Relationships Modern insurance runs on connectivity. As markets shift and competition intensifies, brokers and carriers can’t afford to operate in isolated […]
Beyond the Buzzwords – Key Takeaways from the Zywave Horizon: Digital Distribution Conference New York’s insurance world doesn’t usually gather to talk. It gathers to trade — flow for capacity, capacity for flow. […]
The People Strategy Behind Sustainable Growth By Christy Dinges, Chief People Officer, Zywave I’ve spent most of my career walking into companies at exactly this moment: […]
How AI Tools Actually Work — And What That Means for How You Use Them There’s a fluid, intuitive, almost version of AI that exists in vendor decks and conference keynotes. You ask it something, it delivers exactly what you need, and everything runs more smoothly from there. Then there’s the version that actually shows up in your workflow. Useful, often impressive, but also occasionally wrong, inconsistent, or frustratingly limited in ways that aren’t always easy to predict. The gap between those two versions isn’t a marketing problem. It’s a knowledge problem. For insurance professionals…
Halfway Through 2026: The AI Moves That Are Separating Winners From the Rest How has AI in insurance changed so far in 2026? Here’s where things stand and what’s coming next.
The Difference Between AI That Assists and AI That Acts Explore how AI in insurance is evolving from simple copilots to autonomous agents that transform renewals, prospecting, and broker growth.
The Risks Hiding Inside Your AI Strategy, And How to Manage Them Discover why responsible AI in insurance reduces compliance, legal and E&O risk compared to generic AI tools, based on 2026 industry data.
From Single Agent to Agent Teams: The Next Evolution of Agentic AI in Insurance The first wave of AI in insurance gave professionals a single tool that could handle a single task: draft an email, summarize a document, answer a policy question. It was useful, but more of a helper that waited to be asked than an autonomous tool. The next wave looks fundamentally different. Insurance organizations are moving toward coordinated teams of AI agents that work together across prospecting, advising, and servicing. This shift is amplifying how teams work and enhancing growth for…
What the 2026 Broker Services Survey Tells Us About Renewal Timing By Justin Regenwether, Chief Customer Officer, Zywave Renewal season has always been the moment of truth in the broker-client relationship: it’s when a client finds out whether their broker has been paying attention or just showing up on occasion. Our 2026 Broker Services Survey put real numbers behind that moment, and the gap between what clients expect and what most of the industry delivers is wider than some may realize. Why Insurance Renewal Timing Matters More Than Brokers Think The…
Forrester Wave – Insurance Agency Management Systems See how Zywave earned the highest score in the strategy category and the highest possible scores in the criteria of vision and innovation.
2025 Insurance Market Recap: 3 Things Brokers Should Know Discover how Zywave’s software can streamline operations and drive growth for your insurance agency. Visit our website to learn more!
The 2025 Forrester Wave™: What It Tells Us About Where Insurance Technology Is Headed Insurance agencies are navigating one of the most challenging market cycles in recent memory. A prolonged hard market, rising premiums, and increased customer churn have created new urgency around operational efficiency. Customer expectations have also shifted dramatically. People now expect seamless digital experiences, real time answers, and personalized service, regardless of whether they’re buying shoes or renewing a commercial policy. An agency management system (AMS) is a significant, long-term technology commitment that must accommodate an agency’s current size and anticipated…
Insurance Content Done Right: Why Expertise Can’t Be Automated Discover how expert-driven, compliance-ready insurance content protects agencies and builds client trust.
The ROI of AI: How to Measure What Matters in Insurance Measure AI ROI in insurance with a four-part framework covering productivity, revenue, retention, and talent leverage.
Why Insurance Agencies Need MCP Now: The New Standard for AI Connectivity Discover how an insurance MCP server can enhance the value of your AI systems and enable growth.
Forrester Wave – Insurance Agency Management Systems See how Zywave earned the highest score in the strategy category and the highest possible scores in the criteria of vision and innovation.
What Zywave Apex Is Already Teaching Us By Martin Simoncic, CEO, Zywave Two weeks ago, we introduced Zywave Apex™ to the world. I’ve been in this industry long enough to know that launch days are easy to get excited about. What happens after is what matters. With that said, I want to take a moment to reflect on what the past days have meant for our team, for our customers, and for an industry that I believe is at a genuine turning point. What Zywave Set Out to…
What the 2026 Broker Services Survey Tells Us About Renewal Timing By Justin Regenwether, Chief Customer Officer, Zywave Renewal season has always been the moment of truth in the broker-client relationship: it’s when a client finds out whether their broker has been paying attention or just showing up on occasion. Our 2026 Broker Services Survey put real numbers behind that moment, and the gap between what clients expect and what most of the industry delivers is wider than some may realize. Why Insurance Renewal Timing Matters More Than Brokers Think The…
Forrester Wave – Insurance Agency Management Systems See how Zywave earned the highest score in the strategy category and the highest possible scores in the criteria of vision and innovation.
The Risks Hiding Inside Your AI Strategy, And How to Manage Them Discover why responsible AI in insurance reduces compliance, legal and E&O risk compared to generic AI tools, based on 2026 industry data.
What Is an MCP — and Why Is It the Most Important Term in Insurance AI Right Now? Learn how Model Context Protocol (MCP) is transforming insurance AI by securely connecting systems, data, and tools for brokers, carriers, and agencies.
Data Privacy in the Age of AI: What Insurance Agencies Need to Know Explore how AI is reshaping data privacy risk for insurance agencies and what brokers must ask to avoid coverage gaps in 2026.
Why Insurance Organic Growth Needs Agentic AI, Not Just More Hiring For decades, the insurance growth playbook was straightforward: acquire a book, hire more producers, train them up, repeat. This process has worked well for a long time, but the market it was built for doesn’t really exist anymore. Books of business are growing faster than ever, client expectations keep climbing, and the agencies figuring out how to grow with them are the ones pulling ahead. For agency leaders, carriers, and MGAs just starting to explore AI in insurance, understanding just…
Beyond the Buzzwords – Key Takeaways from the Zywave Horizon: Digital Distribution Conference New York’s insurance world doesn’t usually gather to talk. It gathers to trade — flow for capacity, capacity for flow. So when Zywave opened its Horizon: Digital Distribution Conference by promising something different — a room built for conversation instead of what Zywave’s own Jeff Cohen called “speed dating” — it read less like a welcome and more like a quiet challenge. What followed was six hours of senior brokers, carrier CEOs, and MGA leaders digging into the real issues…
Why Insurance Organic Growth Needs Agentic AI, Not Just More Hiring For decades, the insurance growth playbook was straightforward: acquire a book, hire more producers, train them up, repeat. This process has worked well for a long time, but the market it was built for doesn’t really exist anymore. Books of business are growing faster than ever, client expectations keep climbing, and the agencies figuring out how to grow with them are the ones pulling ahead. For agency leaders, carriers, and MGAs just starting to explore AI in insurance, understanding just…
What’s Working, What’s Already Obsolete, and What’s Next: Anthropic’s Take at Zywave’s AI Exchange No stadium staging or massive screens, just authentic conversation amongst insurance industry leaders and technologists shaping the next chapter of growth and possibility across the sector. That was the vibe in the room for Zywave’s AI Exchange in New York City, what Jeff Cohen, Zywave Senior Vice President of Industry Relations, introduced as a “pop-up program” highlighted by a panel conversation with Anthropic’s Applied AI Architect Eoghan Scully and Insurance Go-to-Market lead Jake Sloan together with Zywave’s CTO Doug Marquis.…
What the 2026 Broker Services Survey Tells Us About Renewal Timing By Justin Regenwether, Chief Customer Officer, Zywave Renewal season has always been the moment of truth in the broker-client relationship: it’s when a client finds out whether their broker has been paying attention or just showing up on occasion. Our 2026 Broker Services Survey put real numbers behind that moment, and the gap between what clients expect and what most of the industry delivers is wider than some may realize. Why Insurance Renewal Timing Matters More Than Brokers Think The…
What Does an End-to-End AI Workflow in Insurance Look Like? Explore expert analysis on emerging risk management trends and strategies to help insurance professionals stay competitive and compliant.
What the 2026 Broker Services Survey Tells Us About Renewal Timing By Justin Regenwether, Chief Customer Officer, Zywave Renewal season has always been the moment of truth in the broker-client relationship: it’s when a client finds out whether their broker has been paying attention or just showing up on occasion. Our 2026 Broker Services Survey put real numbers behind that moment, and the gap between what clients expect and what most of the industry delivers is wider than some may realize. Why Insurance Renewal Timing Matters More Than Brokers Think The…
The Broker of the Future: What New Zywave Research Reveals About AI and Insurance Distribution Every carrier and broker executive has fielded some version of the same question this year, from a board member, a producer, or a client: is AI coming for the broker’s job? Zywave commissioned an in-depth study of the U.S. insurance distribution market to answer with evidence instead of opinion. The Broker of the Future is out now, and it paints a fascinating picture of where AI is truly heading in insurance. Will AI Replace the Insurance Broker? The Data Says…
