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June 2026 Agency Appointment Report

By Coverager

Coverager published its Agency Distribution report for June 2026.

Investments

Arch Capital Group to acquire Watford Re

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Arch will acquire all the common shares of Watford in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $622 million.

Investments

Zurich LiveWell to acquire digital health and wellbeing service providers

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Zurich LiveWell was created earlier this year under the working name of WellCare to bring together the Group’s existing health and wellbeing initiatives and expand the services into new markets.

Product

Zurich introduces Zurich Taboo Cube

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The solution includes 3 fundamental protections (serious illnesses, loss of self-sufficiency, death) in a single plan.

Strategy

HYPE partners with Zurich Connect

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The Zurich Connect Motor TPL offer is now available to over 1.3 million HYPE customers.

Product

Mutual of Omaha offers seniors new resource to help combat loneliness and isolation

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Mutual Cares is a new online resource for seniors to help them stay well, connected, active and entertained.

Strategy

Erie Insurance announced senior leadership changes

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The organizational changes are in conjunction with the January 2021 retirement of Chris Zimmer, senior vice president, Claims. Zimmer has been with Erie Insurance for 29 years in a variety of leadership roles.

Innovation

Waymo goes public in Phoenix

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The Google self-driving-project-turned-Alphabet unit, announced that members of its Waymo One service will be able to take family and friends along on their fully driverless rides in the Phoenix area.

Strategy

TypTap launches Phase One of nationwide expansion

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Phase One involves applying to state insurance regulators to write homeowners insurance in 20 states outside of Florida.

Business

Demotech assigns Unsurpassed Financial Stability Rating to Coefficient

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The company has earned a Financial Stability Rating of Aʺ, A Double Prime, Unsurpassed, from Demotech.

Investments

Onex to make a majority investment in OneDigital

By Coverager ·

Upon closing, the Onex Group and employees of OneDigital will own approximately 83% of the company.

Member News

Innoveo and Ignite Announce Strategic Partnership

By Innoveo ·

Integrating Innoveo eBro’s Digital Agency Platform with Ignite’s Policy Administration Capabilities for the Global Broker Market Innoveo, a forward-thinking no-code global technology provider, and Ignite Software Systems Ltd (Ignite) a...

Strategy

Petco ends the sale of electronic “shock” collars

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The decision, which was confirmed in consultation with the Petco Pet Wellness Council (PPWC), includes all human- and bark-activated electronic pet collars, commonly referred to as "shock" collars, which have been removed from Petco's in-store and online assortment.

Technology

Nexsys Technologies and Farmers to digitize the verification of homeowners insurance

By Coverager ·

Following Lemonade, Farmers also joined the Clear HOI platform.

Financials

The Zebra turns a profit

By Coverager ·

Upcoming initiatives for the company include home and auto bundling capabilities as well as a refreshed and personalized results page informed by machine learning, aimed at creating long-term relationships with consumers as their insurance advisor.

Strategy

Markel consolidates all property CAT reinsurance business under Nephila

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Moving forward, Markel Global Reinsurance will increase its focus on underwriting and growing its casualty and specialty lines under the continued leadership of Jed Rhoads, president and chief underwriting officer, Markel Global Re.

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Member News

Vertafore’s latest AI innovations help agencies accelerate carrier statement reconciliation and turn Outlook activity into structured workflows

By Vertafore ·

Claims AI ROI Should Be a Scale Test, Not a Spreadsheet

By Yo Sub Kwon, Voltaire ·

Fuse Launches Tape: a Free, Live Market-Intelligence Surface for the Public P&C Insurance Complex

By Sean Bourgeois, Fuse ·

Dearborn Labs Launches “Context Window” Podcast Exploring the Real Stories Behind AI Adoption in Insurance

By Alec Martins, Clearcover ·

Canal Insurance Selects Kyber to Enable Claims Modernization and Equip Its Teams for the Road Ahead

By Kyber, Kyber ·

Canopy Connect Reaches 10 Million Shared Insurance Policies as Demand for Verified Insurance Data Grows

By Insurance Verification, Canopy Connect, Inc. ·

Checklist: 6 Ways to Automate for Smarter Insurance Operations this Summer

By Evy Strom, ePayPolicy ·

A major global broker in Australia moves commercial broker placement to API-first negotiation infrastructure

By InsureMO, InsureMO ·

5 Strategic Tradeoffs MGAs are Navigating

By Vertafore ·

Fuse Launches Hospitality Vertical, Bringing Real-Time, Synthesized Market Intelligence to One of Commercial Insurance’s Most Dynamic Classes

By Sean Bourgeois, Fuse ·

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