Ivans President Covers Where Progress Meets Possibility

I proudly joined Ivans in the second half of 2025 as president, and what really stood out to me from day one is the depth of passion and innovation that drives our industry.

I am extremely energized by the momentum this company has built over the past year. 2025 was a pivotal chapter in digital innovation and next-gen tech in the insurance industry. Let me walk you through how we’re committed to empowering you now and in the years to come.

One Secure Platform

Bringing you valuable innovation is not just about delivering individual functionality enhancements; it’s about bringing together the experiences you are in every day to make you more effective. We’ve made significant progress on building the Ivans platform, streamlining interfaces between Ivans Exchange™,Ivans Bookroll™ and Ivans Insights™ to provide a simplified and unified user experience. Building one platform for all Ivans products has also allowed us to keep your business safer with multi-factor authentication and single sign-on.

Instant Risk Appetite for Book Roll Data

 We know Ivans Bookroll is providing a better way to provide carriers and agents a digital way to share book information, with over $9 billion in premium represented within the system, but it still put work on the carrier to review the book to see how much was an actual fit, Now, when transfer opportunities come in, you'll instantly see which policies match your appetite powered by Ask Kodiak (with exact percentage scores) in a clear dashboard view. Both tools can work together to turn days of manual analysis into minutes of strategic insight. No more spreadsheet marathons or guesswork, just smart decisions about which policies will grow your business.

Data Made Accessible for Personal and Commercial Lines

Every day, 38,000+ agencies generate over a million and a half transactions through Ivans – creating industrywide data set. Ivans Marketing Insights™ turns this data into clear opportunities: grow share of wallet, spot market gaps, and identify products your clients' want.

Ivans Marketing Insights reflects the industry’s shift toward data-fueled decision making by giving carriers access to the largest, most accurate view of in-force policies from those agencies, enabling them to move beyond manual outreach and guesswork to make precise, data-backed choices about agency partnerships, growth opportunities, and market expansion. Marketing Insights Plus users get API access with advanced filters to find agencies that match your exact growth targets.

We just launched Ivans Benchmarks as the second insights tool to hit the market with a premium intelligence capability that enables carriers to optimize their pricing strategies using real-world, bound policy data. Bottom line? The data you need to make smarter product pricing decisions is right at your fingertips.

Recognized Among the Best

In the competitive insurance technology landscape, industry recognition serves as a powerful indicator of a company's impact and innovation. Ivans has distinguished itself by securing multiple prestigious awards that highlight its transformative role in the insurance ecosystem. Let's explore the significant accolades that underscore Ivans' commitment to advancing the insurance industry through technology.

Gold Standard: Stevie Awards Honor Ivans' Industry Leadership

Ivans was named winner of a Gold Stevie Award for Company of the Year in the Large-Sized Insurance category, while Ivans Bookroll won a Gold Stevie Award for Insurance Solution in the 2025 American Business Awards®.

“Ivans presents a standout nomination, demonstrating how it has transformed from a legacy connectivity provider into a robust, data-driven infrastructure powering the modern insurance ecosystem. Innovations like Ivans Insights, Ask Kodiak, and Ivans Bookroll show thoughtful responses to real distribution and quoting challenges. Ivans excels in driving efficiency, transparency, and business generation across the policy lifecycle. It’s a best-in-class example of digital transformation in a traditionally manual industry,” one American Business Award® judge noted.

PropertyCasualty360's Insurance Luminaries Recognition

Ivans Bookroll was included in PropertyCasualty360’s Insurance Luminaries Class of 2025 for its work in further connecting carriers, MGAs and agents to create greater productivity and profitability for all stakeholders. A panel of industry experts selected the 2025 honorees based on how well they stated and achieved goals with respect to the nomination category; how impactful their work has been; how dedicated the nominee has been to furthering modernization and humanization in the P&C insurance business; and how committed and dedicated the nominee has been to high ethical standards, service and excellence.

Golden Bridge Awards Recognition

Adding to its impressive collection of accolades, Ivans secured a Silver award in the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year category for companies with 11-2,400 employees in the 2025 Golden Bridge Awards. This global recognition program honors outstanding organizations, products, and individuals who have made significant contributions and established new standards of excellence across major industries worldwide.

The Golden Bridge Awards' recognition of Ivans highlights the company's position as an innovation leader that continues to set new benchmarks for technology excellence in insurance.

Spotlight: Cytora + Ivans

Applied’s acquisition of Cytora is big news for Ivans and the independent insurance community. Cytora’s AI-powered risk processing platform will help create a more friction-free, transparent commercial lines submission process – an area where efficiency is often a challenge. This solution is designed to address your daily pain points and make commercial lines submissions smoother and more collaborative, helping you win more business by getting the right risks to your underwriters with the information they need to quickly respond to the agent with a quote.

Looking Ahead: A Partnership for the Future

As I move into my sixth month leading this organization, one thing stands out: the immense potential for us, as an industry, to move forward together. Technology is a powerful lever, but it’s only as effective as the people and partnerships behind it.

I’m honored to lead Ivans into this exciting next chapter, and my focus, will be on listening to your challenges, your successes, and your ambitions. What excites me most is the opportunity to continue bridging the gaps in our industry, delivering not just incremental change but transformative impact for agencies, carriers, and MGAs alike.

As we embrace 2026, our mission remains the same: to create a more connected, efficient, and profitable insurance ecosystem for everyone involved. We’re here to support you, and we’re ready to build on what we accomplished together. Here’s to an even brighter future ahead! Thank you for the trust you place in us and for letting us partner with you on this journey.