Connected Underwriting USA
Underwriting leaders will explore AI adoption, data strategy, pricing intelligence, algorithmic accountability, and the evolving role of underwriting talent.
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Insurtech Insights: What's New?
By InsurTech Express -
5 August 2026
This week, we explore how insurers are using AI, connected data, and modern technology to make faster decisions, improve customer experiences, and scale operations without losing the human relationships that matter.
Industry Calendar
What’s Ahead
Key conferences and events coming up across the insurance ecosystem.
ACORD Connect 2026
Insurance organizations and technology providers come together for education, networking, and conversations about data standards and modernization.
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Life insurance distributors, carriers, agencies, producers, and technology providers gather for education, networking, and practical conversations about sales and processing.
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Senior executives will examine strategy across life insurance, annuities, workplace benefits, distribution, technology, and customer engagement.
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Carriers, InsurTech companies, investors, brokers, and startups explore AI, underwriting, claims, distribution, embedded insurance, and emerging risk.
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Top Industry Insights
A Comprehensive Guide to Customer Experience in the Life Insurance Industry
Equisoft examines how life insurers can improve the full customer journey by addressing fragmented systems, complex processes, limited data access, and inconsistent digital interactions. The guide shows why customer experience transformation requires both modern front-end experiences and stronger underlying technology.
Read the Equisoft InsightRelationships in an AI-Driven World
This article explores how human-in-the-loop operating models can help insurance organizations automate routine processes while preserving trust, accountability, judgment, and relationship-driven service.
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Press Release Roundup
Bestow Introduces Bestow Labs
Bestow announced a dedicated team focused on developing AI-native products and capabilities for life and annuity insurers. The initiative creates a controlled environment for experimentation separate from carrier production infrastructure.
Read the AnnouncementZinnia and Kuvare Expand Their Technology Partnership
The expanded relationship includes broader use of Zahara and Zinnia Live to support faster product launches, more connected advisor and policyholder experiences, and greater operational scalability.
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Research & Reports
Reimagining Medical Data Sharing in Life Insurance Underwriting
This research examines how medical-information collection affects application completion and how digital sharing through patient portals may reduce friction, follow-up requests, and underwriting delays.
Download the White Paper12 Insurance Industry Trends Defining 2026
The report explores trends including customer-centric operating models, generative and agentic AI, digital payments, connected ecosystems, changing expectations, and renewed innovation within life insurance.
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Case Studies & Practical Resources
Making Smarter Decisions Faster with Real-Time Insights
This case study shows how conversational analytics helped an insurance and fintech organization address fragmented data, manual reporting, and limited access to business intelligence.
Explore the Case StudyHubSpot Integration Playbook
The playbook explains how insurance and wealth-management distribution teams can enrich HubSpot with advisor intelligence to improve prospecting, segmentation, automated workflows, and outreach.
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