InsurTech Insights: What’s New | October 2026 | Edition 1
What’s Ahead: Industry Events
Key conversations and gatherings bringing insurance, technology, distribution, and innovation leaders together.
Does AI Change the Build vs. Buy Equation for Life Carriers?
As AI makes software development faster and more accessible, the traditional build-vs.-buy question is evolving. This conversation explores what that shift means for life carriers and how leaders should think about technology strategy moving forward.
View Event →Sapiens Ignite 2026
Sapiens Ignite brings insurance leaders and technology practitioners together around the theme Agile Intelligence in Action, with a focus on practical transformation, AI, technology strategy, and industry collaboration.
Explore Sapiens Ignite →IDIS Annual Conference 2026
The International DI Society brings together producers, BGAs, carriers, influencers, and industry leaders to explore growth opportunities, distribution strategies, and developments shaping disability insurance.
Explore IDIS →
Protectors Vegas 2026
Protectors Vegas brings together professionals across insurance and financial services for a high-energy gathering focused on innovation, growth, and the changing insurance and financial-services landscape.
Explore Protectors Vegas →Connected Claims USA 2026
Reuters Events’ Connected Claims USA brings senior claims and technology leaders together to explore claims severity, litigation risk, AI adoption, workforce transformation, and faster, fairer claims outcomes.
Explore Connected Claims →
Press Release Roundup
Checkr Launches Insurance Solution
Checkr has introduced an insurance-focused solution designed to help carriers access identity, driving, criminal, and public-record information during applicant evaluation.
Read More →Sureify Expands CoreCONNECT™ with aiCONNECT™
Sureify has expanded CoreCONNECT with aiCONNECT, an AI capability purpose-built for the life and annuity industry and designed to support secure AI use across data, systems, and workflows.
Read More →EquiTrust Partners with Sureify
EquiTrust Life Insurance Company has selected Sureify as part of a broader digital transformation initiative aimed at improving connectivity, data flow, and operational efficiency.
Read More →Shelter Mutual Selects One Inc
Shelter Mutual Insurance Company has selected One Inc’s ClaimsPay® and PremiumPay® solutions to expand digital payment capabilities across claims and premium transactions.
Read More →Partner Spotlight
Supporting the Life Insurance Underwriting Journey
From collecting applicant health information to helping streamline exam scheduling and underwriting workflows, APPS provides paramedical and data-collection services that support the life insurance process.
Explore APPS Services →Research & Reports
World Life Insurance Report 2027
Capgemini’s World Life Insurance Report 2027 examines how consumer centricity can unlock growth in life insurance. The report finds that while 47% of consumers are actively considering purchasing life insurance, one in four drops out of the purchase journey before completion, often because information is confusing or unclear.
The research highlights how leading insurers are improving relevance, communication, personalization, and customer engagement across the policyholder lifecycle, supported by connected data, AI, and accessible human guidance.
Explore the Report →RIA Custodian Trends Report
AdvizorPro examines custodian adoption, market leadership, platform growth, switching patterns, multi-custodial relationships, and how preferences vary across segments of the RIA market.
Explore the Report →
Case Studies & Practical Resources
How Proactive Monitoring Helped Prevent $500K+ in Potential Fines
In this FieldWatch case study, a national insurance provider used the platform to monitor a network of 10,000+ independent agents. Within six months, the platform identified 1,200+ instances of noncompliant advertising. According to FieldWatch, the initiative helped the organization avoid more than $500,000 in potential fines.
Read the Case Study →ITX Career Spotlight
Explore current opportunities across insurance, InsurTech, distribution, and financial services.
Account Executive
A sales opportunity for professionals interested in helping grow technology-driven solutions within the insurance ecosystem.
View Opportunity →Business Development Consultant
A B2B wholesale insurance business-development role focused on building relationships and generating new opportunities.
View Opportunity →Lead Generation & Growth Specialist
A growth-focused position supporting prospecting, lead generation, and business-development initiatives.
View Opportunity →Brokerage Life Underwriter
An opportunity for an experienced life underwriting professional working within the brokerage insurance market.
View Opportunity →