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, […]
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, […]
How to Evaluate an AI Tool Before You Buy It AI tools are showing up in nearly every corner of the insurance market, from prospecting, underwriting support, and service, to […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
The Productivity Gap in Insurance Is Real. Agentic AI Is How the Best Agencies Are Closing It. Discover how agentic AI is transforming insurance agencies and turning operational efficiency into measurable revenue growth.
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 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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Prospecting Problem Is Solved — If You Have the Right AI Transform insurance prospecting with Zywave’s AI-powered workflow—identify, score, research, and reach ideal clients in minutes, not hours.
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.
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 […]
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: […]
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.
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 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.
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…
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 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…
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.
Insurance Content Done Right: Why Expertise Can’t Be Automated Discover how expert-driven, compliance-ready insurance content protects agencies and builds client trust.
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…
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.
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.
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…
The Prospecting Problem Is Solved — If You Have the Right AI Transform insurance prospecting with Zywave’s AI-powered workflow—identify, score, research, and reach ideal clients in minutes, not hours.
Insurance Content Done Right: Why Expertise Can’t Be Automated Discover how expert-driven, compliance-ready insurance content protects agencies and builds client trust.
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.…
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 Prospecting Problem Is Solved — If You Have the Right AI Transform insurance prospecting with Zywave’s AI-powered workflow—identify, score, research, and reach ideal clients in minutes, not hours.
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: the org chart is expanding, the ambition is real, and there’s an obvious opportunity sitting just underneath the surface. In our world, that’s an agency that just closed an acquisition and inherited a second book of business overnight, or a carrier standing up a new underwriting team to keep pace with growth. Leaders usually reach for the obvious levers first:…
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…
How to Evaluate an AI Tool Before You Buy It AI tools are showing up in nearly every corner of the insurance market, from prospecting, underwriting support, and service, to claims and compliance. Vendors are moving fast, but occasionally, marketing language outpaces what the tools do. For agency leaders and tech buyers, that gap makes evaluating AI tools in insurance a new skill, one that goes beyond the usual software vendor checklist. This step-by-step guide offers a practical framework for what to ask, what to watch for, and why insurance…
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…
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.
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’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.…
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.
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…
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!
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 systems or wait on slow, manual data exchanges. After years of hard market rate increases, personal and commercial lines are entering a more competitive cycle, and the brokers and carriers best positioned to win are the ones who can respond faster, quote more accurately, and align on appetite in real time. The real competitive edge now comes from API driven…
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.
