Ascend and Embroker Team Up to Supercharge MGA Billing Automation for Brokers
San Francisco, CA — August 13, 2025 — Ascend, the leading accounting automation platform for the insurance industry, is proud to announce a strategic expansion of its partnership with Embroker Access. Embroker Access was designed to democratize availability of Embroker’s market-leading insurance products through partnerships with both retail and wholesale brokers.
This collaboration further integrates Ascend’s cutting-edge financial technology to support Embroker’s end-to-end billing and accounting operations, streamlining payment processing for both its retail brokerage and MGA (Managing General Agent) divisions under a unified platform.
By leveraging Ascend’s robust automation capabilities, Embroker continues its mission to simplify and modernize insurance distribution and operations through a smoother, nearly touch-free transaction process for brokers.
“After witnessing the operational improvements Ascend brought to our financial workflows, it was a natural next step to extend that efficiency to our MGA infrastructure,” said Brian Acks, Chief Financial Officer at Embroker. “This enables us to deliver the same best-in-class financial experience to our broker partners that we provide to our insured clients.”
Through this expanded partnership, Embroker Access now offers streamlined financial solutions powered by Ascend to its appointed brokers, including:
- Faster invoicing
- Easy and flexible payment options
- Reduced back and forth emails and paperwork
- Fewer manual invoice and system reconciliations
“We’re thrilled to deepen our partnership with Embroker as part of our broader vision to modernize the financial backbone of the insurance industry,” said Jack Brown, Head of Customer Success at Ascend. “By extending our platform to support MGA operations, we’re ensuring that both retail agencies and MGAs can benefit from unified, automated financial workflows.”
The collaboration underscores both companies’ shared commitment to improving the efficiency, transparency, and scalability of financial operations across the insurance value chain.
About Ascend
Ascend is a comprehensive accounting automation platform built for insurance. Agencies, MGAs, wholesalers, and carriers use Ascend to automate invoicing, payment, cash application, payable, commission reconciliation workflows—eliminating manual processes and improving cash flow and financial visibility. Visit www.useascend.com to learn more.
About Embroker
Embroker is a digital-first insurance company helping businesses manage risk with a radically simple approach. Embroker is enhancing the legacy and manually intensive technology of the commercial insurance industry with an end-to-end digital insurance platform that intelligently recommends industry-tailored coverage programs, all in minutes. Through Embroker Access, Embroker provides partner agencies and wholesalers with the capability to offer all of Embroker’s industry-leading insurance products to their customers. Founded in 2015, Embroker is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised more than $140M in funding from leading Fintech and Insurtech investors. With a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 70+, Embroker is also the highest-rated business insurance company in the market. Visit www.embroker.com for more information.