March 2021 – With solution providers in the distribution connectivity space no longer considered novel, insurers can boost their presence during the customer buying experience and demonstrate ease of doing business to their distribution channel partners.

Insurance distribution connectivity continues to evolve. Intermediaries are providing more than just connectivity between agency management systems and insurer systems. Agents, insurers, and prospective insureds can now leverage intermediaries that provide appetite transparency, submission streamlining, data and analytics, comparative rating, and digital agencies and wholesalers in addition to traditional quote/bind hubs.

This brief provides an overview of this new distribution ecosystem and profiles of prominent players, including Applied Systems, Appulate, Ask Kodiak, Bold Penguin, bolt, Broker Buddha, DAIS, Ebix, Fluid Insurance Workflow, InsureZone, IVANS, Relay, Semsee, Talage, Tarmika, towerIQ, TurboRater, Vertafore, Vlocity, and Wunderite.