Applied Systems News

Putting AI to Work Within the ‘Digital Round Trip’: Applied Systems CEO

The data is out there. The challenge is how to amass it, standardize it and make it useful. Taylor Rhodes, CEO of Applied Systems, stopped by the On Point podcast with host Peter Aartrijk to talk about the future of …

Applied Systems Acquires Tarmika

Applied Systems said it has acquired Tarmika, a leading commercial lines rating solution that streamlines small business insurance. This complementary acquisition will expand Applied’s commercial quoting and Ivans’ distribution connectivity solutions to create a more valuable and digital distribution experience …

Insurance Technology: Aon and Paypal, Applied Systems, and iink Address Digital Payments

Aon and Paypal Expand Access to Insurance for Small Businesses Insurance broker Aon and digital payment service PayPal Holdings announced a program to help PayPal’s small business customers in the U.S. access insurance simply and quickly. The digital insurance program …

BTIS to Automate Distribution with IVANS

Commercial lines insurer to automate appetite communications and market products directly in agencies’ daily workflows TAMPA, Fla. – January 27, 2021 – IVANS®, a division of Applied Systems®, today announced that BTIS, a leading insurance intermediary Amynta Group company focused …

Applied Systems to Acquire EZLynx, Comparative Rating, Agency Management Vendor

Insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire EZLynx, an agency management system vendor and pioneer in real-time comparative rating . Applied said the acquisition is complementary and will expand its portfolio of agency management and rating technologies for …

Half of Insurance Agencies Lack a Digital Strategy, Applied Systems Survey Finds

A little more than half (51%) of independent insurance agencies and brokerages say they have some sort of digital strategy in place, with larger firms more likely than smaller to have one. That’s according to insurance technology company Applied Systems …

Insurtech M&A: Applied Systems to Acquire Indio to Digitize Commercial Lines Sales

Leading insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire digital insurance technology startup Indio Technologies. The move will enable Applied Systems to offer Indio’s digitized commercial insurance application and renewal process to its 13,000 agency and brokerage customers and …

Applied Systems Names Rhodes New CEO as French Steps Down

Reid French has stepped down as CEO of the insurance agency technology firm Applied Systems, and cloud technology executive Taylor Rhodes has joined as Applied’s new chief executive officer. French, who served as CEO for eight years, will continue to …

Applied Systems Acquires Agency CRM System TechCanary

Agency technology firm Applied Systems said it has acquired TechCanary, an insurance customer relationship management (CRM) system built on the Salesforce.com platform. Terms were not disclosed. Applied Systems said TechCanary’s insurance CRM will be integrated with the Applied Epic agency …

How Big Tech Flirted with Insurance in 2018

The almost weekly headlines about insurers and venture capitalists investing in insurtechs and tech-savvy insurance startups sometimes blocked the view of what established big technology firms were doing in insurance. During 2018, giant technology firms Google and Amazon showed renewed …