IVANS INSURANCE SOLUTIONS
The insurance industry's connectivity network linking carriers, MGAs, and agencies for automated data exchange.
Overview
IVANS Insurance Solutions is the insurance industry's leading digital connectivity platform, operating as a brand and division of Applied Systems, Inc. For more than 40 years, IVANS has served as the central exchange connecting insurance carriers, managing general agents (MGAs), and independent agencies -- automating the exchange of policy, claims, commission, and appetite data across the insurance distribution chain.
The platform processes more than 1.5 million transactions daily across 45+ agency management system integrations, serving 38,000+ independent insurance agencies and 700+ carrier and MGA partners. IVANS describes its network as "the industry's hub where insurance professionals can plug into new ways to drive business," offering an end-to-end digital roundtrip of insurance from appetite matching through policy download and claims communications.
Applied Systems acquired the P&C business of IVANS in 2013, integrating it alongside its portfolio of brands including EZLynx, Indio, Tarmika, and Cytora. Applied Systems is majority-owned by Hellman & Friedman, with minority shareholders Stone Point Capital, JMI Equity, and CapitalG. The combined Applied Systems group employs approximately 2,700 people globally.
Products & Services
Ivans Download
Automated delivery of policy, claims, and commission data from carriers and MGAs directly into agency management systems. Eliminates manual data re-entry across the policy lifecycle.
Key Features
- Real-time policy data synchronization
- Claims status and payment communications
- Commission statement automation
- 45+ AMS integrations
Target Users: Independent agencies, carriers, MGAs
Ask Kodiak
Commercial risk appetite and eligibility platform that centralizes carrier and MGA appetite data for real-time promotion to distribution partners. Acquired by IVANS in August 2021.
Key Features
- Real-time appetite matching for commercial lines
- Carrier appetite search for agents quoting new business
- Integration with Ivans Bookroll for automated book transfer appetite analysis
- Eligibility filtering to route submissions to fitting markets
Target Users: Carriers, MGAs, independent agencies
Ivans Distribution Platform
Multi-carrier product distribution platform enabling carriers and MGAs to digitize their products and distribute them across the agency network. Expanded to include Commercial Auto with smart auto-fill in 2025.
Key Features
- Commercial Auto quoting with intelligent auto-fill
- Digital product submission and quoting workflows
- Carrier appetite promotion to thousands of agencies
Target Users: Carriers, MGAs
Ivans Insights
Market analytics and benchmarking platform providing renewal rate data, market trend intelligence, and performance benchmarks for the P&C industry.
Key Features
- Monthly Ivans Index reports tracking commercial renewal rates by line of business
- Bound policy benchmarks for Homeowners and Dwelling Fire (Premium Insights, launched 2025)
- Year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter trend analysis
Target Users: Carriers, MGAs, industry analysts
Ivans Bookroll
Book-of-business intelligence platform that automates the process of transferring agency books between carriers. Recognized in PropertyCasualty360's 2025 Insurance Luminaries.
Key Features
- Automated book transfer analysis
- Carrier appetite fit scoring (percentage match)
- Integration with Ask Kodiak for eligibility overlay
Target Users: Carriers, MGAs, agencies
Ivans eServicing
Digital service platform enabling policyholders and agents to manage policies, access documents, and handle service requests digitally.
Target Users: Carriers, agents, policyholders
Ivans Exchange
Complimentary online tool allowing agencies to track current and new download connections, monitor total download usage, and signal interest in new lines to carriers.
Target Users: Independent agencies
Cytora
AI-powered submission intake and risk digitization platform. Acquired by Applied Systems in September 2025. Reduces submission processing time by up to 70% (Arch Insurance case study). In March 2026, launched Cytora Autopilot for agentic AI-driven underwriting and claims workflows.
Key Features
- Automated document processing and data extraction
- AI for Risk Digitization across submission workflows
- Cytora Autopilot: autonomous underwriting and claims decisions
- Integration with Ideal Postcodes for address validation and geocoding
Target Users: Carriers, MGAs
Planck Plus
Advanced AI-powered business intelligence and risk analytics tool using third-party data signals to enrich commercial submissions.
Target Users: Carriers, MGAs
At a Glance
- Founded
- 1983
- Headquarters
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Employees
- 1000+
- Funding
- PE-Backed
Category & Focus
- Category
- Insurtech Infrastructure
- Subcategories
- Insurance connectivity policy download appetite & eligibility market analytics AI-powered submissions
- Insurance Verticals
- P&C Personal P&C Commercial Specialty/E&S
- Target Customers
- Carriers, MGAs/MGUs, Agents/Agencies
Customers
- Acuity
- Cincinnati Insurance
- ClearCover
- Encova
- The Hanover Insurance Group
- Mercury Insurance
- Nationwide
- The Hartford
- Travelers
- Progressive
- Arch Insurance
- Merchants Insurance Group
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Last updated: 2026-06-03