Boosting growth and profitability is a goal for all U.S. insurance agents and brokers, but until recently that has been easier to assert than to achieve consistently. Booking organic growth is difficult, even for firms with strong sales cultures, and …
There’s a storm brewing for many captive insurance agencies and their agents, and that storm may be lengthy. As an example, Nationwide is one of a number of captive insurance companies actively converting their captive agents to the independent model. …
Veruna, a Massachusetts-based insurance technology developer of an agency management system built on the Salesforce platform, said it completed a $6 million Series A funding round. Founded in 2015, Veruna offers a cloud-based agency management system that targets independent agents. …
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 …
Vertafore, the Bothell, Wash.-based insurance software provider, announced the acquisition of Keal Technology, a leading provider of broker and commercial management systems in Canada. The move extends Vertafore’s customer base into Canada, further enhancing its international footprint, the company said …
Insurance software provider Vertafore, has acquired QQ Solutions, Inc., a provider of agency management systems and a comparative rater offering. The move expands Vertafore’s portfolio of agency management systems and rating products and further expands Vertafore’s rating capabilities in Texas …
Carrollton, Texas-based Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of agency marketing, rating and management software and services, announced that AgentCon, its user group conference, will be held for the first time on April 15-16, 2014, at the Omni Mandalay Hotel …
Insurance producers who specialize in an industry or insurance product line make more money than those who don’t. Likewise, agencies that encourage their producers to specialize bring in more revenue than those agencies that are content with generalization. That’s according …
Insurance technology company Applied Systems has acquired Artizan Internet Services, a provider of Web-based and outsourced customer service and claims technology for property/casualty insurance agencies wanting to offer 24 hours a day/7 day a week services. Among the software products …
