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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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 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.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
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 technology — first as a founder, now having the privilege to lead product at Zywave. That vantage point has made me shy away from the breathless product announcement that also quietly dies the moment it touches a real customer’s book of business. Our industry has sat through plenty of those. So, I want to be deliberate about the words I…
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 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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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 Producer Productivity Problem: Why Insurance’s Biggest Growth Challenge Is an AI Opportunity Discover how agentic AI reduces administrative overload, boosts producer productivity, and unlocks sustainable organic growth in insurance agencies.
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 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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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.
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. They’re often used interchangeably, but they describe fundamentally different capabilities. For insurance professionals evaluating how AI fits into their workflows, understanding the distinction is more than a vocabulary exercise. Knowing the difference changes what you should expect from the tools you’re using and the outcomes you should be measuring. What Generative AI Does for Insurance Professionals Generative AI is 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.
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.
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 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…
