INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY
Duck Creek Technologies and CogniSure | September 15, 2022
CogniSure Submission Ingestion API allows commercial insurance carriers quicker access to risk insights buried in submission emails and attachments such as Loss Runs and SOVs.
CogniSure AI, an Illinois-based corporation, has entered into partnership with market-leading insurance software provider Duck Creek Technologies, which allows insurance companies to exponentially gain underwriting efficiencies while enhancing their risk decision-making capabilities. CogniSure AI's algorithms extract data from complex submission documents such as applications, schedules, SOVs and loss runs into structured formats and further derive risk insights for underwriter consumption. Duck Creek customers can easily integrate CogniSure AI's Submission Ingestion APIs through its Marketplace.
With ever-increasing risk complexity and customer expectations, it's important that underwriters focus their time on risk assessment and nurturing relationships rather than manually extracting and aggregating data buried in PDF/Excel documents attached to submissions.
PropertyCasualty360 reported that commercial insurers receive roughly 100 million submissions each year; as such, underwriters are extremely selective as to which risks they are willing to work. A majority of the commercial submissions come in emails, and unstructured data is one of the biggest challenges to digitization of commercial underwriting operations.
"Unstructured Data ingestion is a big challenge for property and casualty (P&C) insurance carriers, and we are excited to have CogniSure AI join the Duck Creek solution partner ecosystem. CogniSure AI drives significant operational efficiencies and helps underwriters make better risk decisions by providing access to data that is buried in unstructured documents."
- Robert Fletcher, Head of Global Partnerships at Duck Creek
Sai Raman, Founder & CEO, CogniSure, said, We're really excited to roll out our submission intake solution for Duck Creek customers. We believe it's a tremendous opportunity to complement the Duck Creek platform and drive the automation of underwriting submission processes. We have invested significantly to pre-train our solution through large volumes of insurance documents such as loss runs and schedules to make it production ready and deliver best-in-class precision and responsiveness.
About Duck Creek Technologies
Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand.
About CogniSure
The CogniSure AI platform provides actionable insights from unstructured data buried in insurance documents such as submissions, loss runs, policies, and schedules. Created by insurance professionals, CogniSure goes beyond data extraction and provides unrivaled insights to address the complexity of insurance document processing.
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PCF Insurance Services | September 22, 2022
PCF Insurance Services (PCF), a leading national insurance brokerage, was recently named a top 20 insurance broker on Business Insurance's "2022 Top 100 Brokers of U.S. Business" list. The list, which ranks companies by their 2021 brokerage revenue generated by U.S.-based clients, identifies the highest-grossing companies in the insurance industry. The company also placed within the top 15 on Insurance Journal's "2022 Top 100 Property/Casualty Agencies" list, which ranks companies by total property and casualty (P&C) agency revenue.
With 2021 revenue of $590 million, PCF Insurance increased its Business Insurance ranking from No. 27 last year to No. 20 in 2022, representing the largest year-over-year jump among top 20 companies. The company's year-over-year revenue increase of more than 150% was also the largest percentage increase of any company in the top 20.
PCF Insurance's 167% P&C revenue increase from $176 million in 2021 to $470 million in 2022 provided the momentum for the company to boost its standing in the Insurance Journal ranking from No. 20 last year to No. 13 in 2022. Over a three-year period, PCF Insurance has seen a 3,830% growth in revenue.
"In just under four years, PCF has scaled from an agency with more than $10 million in revenue to a leading national insurance brokerage with annual revenue exceeding $640 million, This recognition is a testament to our pursuit thoughtful, value-accretive expansion and our partners' commitment to delivering best-in-class services to clients."
-Peter C. Foy, Chairman, Founder and CEO of PCF Insurance
The rapid ascension among the industry's leading brokerage firms is a testament to PCF Insurance's collaborative partnership model and culture. PCF Insurance has an intentional approach to attracting and bringing on entrepreneurial-minded, growth-focused agency owners who perform at a high level, deliver year-over-year increases in organic growth, and retain clients.
PCF Insurance has earned a reputation as being a preferred partner for entrepreneurs because even though our partners are independent, everyone has a stake in the success of our organization, Our Agency Partners are the fuel to our success. They collaborate, share knowledge, and as a result, propel our growth strategy. Because when one of us grows, we all grow.,said Peter C. Foy.
In addition to the expansion of its technology and infrastructure investments, PCF Insurance completed six acquisitions in 2019, 36 in 2000, 89 in 2021, and is on pace to complete more than 100 acquisitions this year. Of these acquisitions, XX% of these deals were a direct result of referrals from within the PCF partner network. To continue to add value and diversification to its network of offerings, PCF recently announced acquisitions of California-based Andreini & Company, Utah-based MGA United Underwriters, and specialty MGA Professional Warranty Service Corporation (PWSC). According to analysis by Chicago-based Optis Partners LLC.
Through the company's collaborative structure, PCF Insurance currently serves more than 465,000 clients through its network of nearly 165 Agency Partners* across 37 states.
About PCF Insurance Services
A top 20 U.S. broker headquartered in Lehi, Utah, PCF Insurance Services is a leading full-service consultant and insurance brokerage firm offering a broad array of commercial, life and health, employee benefits, and workers' compensation solutions. Propelled by its people, PCF Insurance's agency-centric operating model and entrepreneurial environment support its tremendous growth profile, offering partners alignment through equity ownership, significant leadership incentives, and resources to over 3,100 employees throughout the U.S. PCF Insurance is a notable leader in the insurance space, ranked #20 on Business Insurance's 2022 Top 100 Brokers and #13 on Insurance Journal's 2022 Top Property/Casualty Agencies.
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World Insurance Associates LLC | September 28, 2022
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA), a Top 50 Insurance Brokerage, announced today that it acquired Cotten Coverage Insurance Agency (“Cotten Coverage”) of Farmingville, NY on September 1, 2022. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Cotten Coverage provides property & casualty personal lines products and services, as well as commercial lines products and services to customers on Long Island. The agency was founded in 1991 by Bob Cotten and his wife Karen. Bob started in the business as an associate actuary with Allstate on Long Island in 1984.
“We know our clients and we know insurance, so our clients have the peace of mind that comes with knowing their insurance agency can help them regardless of how big, small, unique, or specific their insurance needs are, We take great pride in the quality of service we provide for our customers, and we look forward to continuing to do so as part of WIA.”
-Bob Cotten, Owner, Cotten Coverage insurance Agency
On behalf of everyone at WIA, I’d like to welcome Cotten Coverage to the World family, Cotten Coverage is a successful agency—voted “Best Insurance Agency on Long Island" for 10 years—and I know they will continue providing their clients the excellent service they have come to expect,says Rich Eknoian, CEO and Co-Founder of WIA.
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla provided legal counsel to WIA, and Fortrust Diligence advised them on the transaction. APEX Consulting, Inc. provided legal counsel to Cotten Coverage, and Agency Brokerage Consultants advised them on the transaction. No other advisors, diligence firms or legal counsel were disclosed.
About World Insurance Associates LLC
World Insurance Associates LLC (World) is headquartered in Iselin, N.J., and is a nationally ranked, full-service insurance organization providing individuals and businesses with top products and services across personal and commercial insurance, employee and executive benefits, retirement and financial services and human capital management solutions. Since its founding in 2011, World has completed 160 acquisitions and serves its customers from more than 250 offices across the United States. World is ranked #34 on the 100 Largest Brokers of U.S. Business list by Business Insurance, ranked #2 on the Fastest Growing Brokers list by Business Insurance and is a Top-50 ranked personal lines agency by Insurance Journal.
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