Posts Tagged ‘independent agents’
Agent Associations Help their Members Meet New ACORD Form Licensing Requirement
Effective January 1, 2020, ACORD will require all insurance agencies to directly license and pay membership fees to ACORD for the usage of ACORD Forms. AVYST, agency management system vendors, carriers, and others have been required to hold a licensing agreement with ACORD for the use and distribution of forms for many years, but this…
Read MoreInsurTech Talk: Tips for Successful Technology Implementation
During this episode of InsurTech Talk, Kitty Ambers and George Robertson recap the fundamentals shared during our last episode, and outline 3 key ideas to ensure that your technology transformation goes smoothly. These include: Overcoming the tendency to resist change, Approaching your technology investment as Strategic, and Supporting Strategy with solid Tactics We hope you…
Read MoreAVYST Partners with NIICA to Offer Its Members eForms Wizard
Nationwide Agents to benefit from free eForms Wizard Gold Subscription through year-end 2019 DALLAS, TX (September 12, 2019) – AVYST, a provider of sales and risk management solutions for independent insurance agents, brokers and their trading partners, announced that it will provide members of the Nationwide Insurance Independent Contractors Association (“NIICA”) with complimentary access to…
Read MoreKeep your agency’s eyes on three IA realities
As seen in PropertyCasualty360 – July 18, 2019 – Keep your agency’s eyes on three IA realities Related: 5 Fundamentals for Leveraging InsurTech
Read More5 Leadership Lessons from Hosta
This spring, a plethora of hosta had overtaken my flowerbeds. I did a bit of reading about how to care for hosta and learned that they should be dug up and divided every three to five years. I was pushing the six-year mark with mine. As I dug up dozens upon dozens of plants and…
Read MoreDeclare Independence from Complacency
It is only natural that as our country’s Independence Day approaches we revisit history. Our Founding Father’s were relentless in the pursuit of Independence from Britain and the Declaration of Independence enumerates the many reasons (grievances) for the desired split. During my most recent reading of the historical document, one phrase jumped out at me. …
Read MoreArgo Adopts AVYST Technology to Improve Distributor Experience
HAMILTON, Bermuda – June 17, 2019 – Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: ARGO), an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance, has adopted insurtech that enables MGAs, wholesalers and independent brokers to submit, quote and bind risks seamlessly, without paper or error. Argo has deployed AVYST’s bi-directional forms system, eForms Wizard, making it possible…
Read MoreInsurtech & Insurance: Perfect Together
You can’t tell the players in insurtech without a scorecard. Here’s one for reference: Crunchbase’s website lists 642 insurtech firms. Their combined total equity funding is $6.1 billion. Their average founding date is April 2011. They have cool names like Pie Insurance, TheGuarantors, Premonition, and Descartes Underwriting. Investor types include accelerator, incubator, angel group, venture…
Read MoreCarolina Agents Journal with Linda Dodson
(IIANC magazine May 2018) Q&A: AVYST Partners with IIANC Members on Smoothing Applications Carolina Agents Journal recently spoke with Linda Dodson, chief experience officer of AVYST, an insuretech firm providing sales and risk management solutions to independent agents and carriers. IIANC is partnering with AVYST to provide its eForms Wizard tool to members to eliminate…
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