Press Releases

Agents Are Choosing Carriers That Automate Submissions Say Findings in 2026 Insurance Agency-Carrier Connectivity Trends Survey Report

August 26, 2026

2026 Connectivity Report reveals submission automation, not commission, is now driving where agents place business

Ivans Index July 2026 Results Released

August 11, 2026

Most major commercial lines post lower premium renewal rates month over month while workers comp ticks up

Ivans Index Q2 2026 Results Released

July 16, 2026

Renewal rates for all lines except Workers' Compensation remained up year over year and fell quarter over quarter

Ivans Index May 2026 Results Released

June 04, 2026

Average premium renewal rates of nearly all major commercial lines of business down month over month, except property and workers comp, which experienced modest increases

Ivans Named Company of the Year for Third Straight Year at the 2026 American Business Awards®

May 21, 2026

Stevie® wins recognize continued innovation and impact across the insurance industry

George W. Bush to Keynote Applied Net 2026

May 18, 2026

43rd President of the United States to share an exclusive conversation on the challenges facing our nation in the 21st century and the power of freedom

Ivans Index April 2026 Results Released

May 07, 2026

Month-over-month premium renewal rate change is variable, as year-over-year premiums rise across all lines except Workers’ Compensation

Cytora and LexisNexis Risk Solutions announce strategic relationship to enhance risk selection and automation for U.S. commercial insurers

April 23, 2026

The collaboration accelerates digital risk processing by integrating comprehensive data and analytics directly into AI-enabled digital underwriting workflows

Ivans Index Q1 2026 Results Released

April 23, 2026

Renewal rates for all major commercial lines of business, except Workers’ Compensation remain up year over year; all decrease quarter over quarter

Applied Systems Names Graham Blackwell as Next Chief Executive Officer

April 16, 2026

Current CEO Taylor Rhodes will lead a planned transition to Blackwell over the next two quarters

Cytora and VulnCheck partner to embed exploit and vulnerability intelligence into insurance workflows

April 09, 2026

Insurers will now be able to leverage advanced exploit and vulnerability data for precise cyber risk evaluation and automated decision-making

Cytora Wins 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award for groundbreaking insurtech platform

March 27, 2026

Cytora and Ideal Postcodes Partner to Bring High-Precision Address and UPRN Data to Commercial Insurance Workflows

March 25, 2026

New collaboration integrates Ideal Postcodes’ highly accurate address validation and Rooftop Geocodes into Cytora’s risk processing platform to enhance underwriting accuracy and streamline ingestion

Cytora launches Autopilot to deliver insurance workflows that run themselves

March 17, 2026

Pioneering agentic AI capability enables underwriting and claims workflows that run themselves from submission to decision

Ivans Index February 2026 Results Released

March 05, 2026

General Liability and Workers’ Compensation the only lines showing month-over-month improvement in premium renewal rates, with year-over-year gains holding steady across all but Workers’ Compensation

Ivans Index January 2026 Results Released

February 05, 2026

Umbrella only line of business to show month-over-month premium renewal rate increase, as year-over-year premiums rise across all lines except Workers’ Compensation

Ivans Index Q4 and Year-End 2025 Results Released

January 22, 2026

Renewal rates for all major commercial lines of business, except Workers’ Compensation remain up year over year; rate change variable quarter over quarter

Applied Systems and Applied Client Network Announce Applied Net 2026

January 14, 2026

Registration now open for the industry’s premier conference for independent insurance agents, brokers, carriers, and MGAs