Boston, April 28, 2016 – It’s no secret that traditional brick-and-mortar agencies face new pressures—technology is shifting consumer demands and ushering in a new set of P&C insurance distributors. Some think this spells the end of the traditional insurance agent, but plenty of evidence suggests that agents will fight back with the help of technology. And agency management systems technology vendors are offering plenty of opportunities to launch this fight, adapt, and delight.

Based on 20 spring 2016 Aite Group interviews conducted with industry leaders and technology vendors, this research analyzes insurance value-chain shifts, discusses what vendors are doing to address the shifts, and profiles 18 vendors: Agency Master, Agency Revolution, Applied Systems, ATraC, Avyst, Conceptual Minds, DocuSign, Evolution, HawkSoft, Insurance Technologies Corporation, InsureSign, Networked Insurance, QualCorp, Simply Easier Payments, TrustedChoice.com, VantageAgora, Vertafore, and Vue.

This 39-page Impact Report contains two figures and three tables. Clients of Aite Group’s P&C Insurance service can download this report.

This report also mentions Agency Performance Partners, Archway Computer, BlueC 802, CoreLogic, ecertsonline, Entrinsik, EZLynx, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, and Xpress-pay.