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Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Zywave Announces Inaugural Digital Distribution Insights Conference
Exclusive event will unite insurance industry thought leaders, providers, and brokers to explore strategies for driving premium growth in an increasingly complex market MILWAUKEE, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading insurance technology provider Zywave has announced the lineup for its first ever Digital Distribution Insights Conference on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at Convene 360 Madison in New York City. This exclusive event, an expansion of Zywave's highly regarded thought leadership series, will bring together capacity providers, wholesalers, and retail brokers to challenge the distribution status quo and explore proven premium growth strategies in today's complex and competitive insurance market. "We're currently on an escalating risk trajectory – where the causes, types, and costs of loss are all increasing – making it more essential than ever that insurance professionals collaborate, working together to outpace the market despite the many challenges we all face," said Martin Simoncic, Zywave's Chief Executive Officer. "As a technology provider with 15,000 customers, that facilitates transactions on both sides of the market, Zywave is in a unique position to activate its extensive ecosystem for knowledge-sharing, problem-solving, and the optimization of digital distribution channels." The conference will focus on how industry leaders can ensure they are efficiently connecting the best products with the right clients while maximizing cost-effectiveness. Attendees will engage with top executives, experts, and innovators who will share actionable insights on navigating today's distribution landscape, leveraging AI and technology, and strengthening relationships across retail channels, wholesale networks, MGAs, and MGUs. Highlights from the event agenda include: Keynote Address Chris Treanor, HUB International, will explore the challenges and opportunities in mastering small commercial insurance growth. 'View from the Top' Panel Industry executives discuss the future role of wholesalers, retailers, and intermediaries in an evolving tech-driven space. Modernizing Insurance Distribution Lessons from personal lines and benefits—what commercial insurance can learn from digital transformation successes. Technology and AI for the Win Exploring how AI, data, and analytics are reshaping the industry and accelerating premium growth. Digital Distribution as a Performance Multiplier Zywave's Chief Product Officer Eric Rentsch showcases how technology can empower brokers and capacity providers to drive profitable growth. Future State of the Market Panel Industry leaders dissect the evolving distribution landscape and strategies for transformational growth. The conference will conclude with a networking reception, providing attendees the chance to engage with peers, build new connections, and explore innovative solutions for driving success. Renowned for rich content and extensive networking opportunities, Zywave's long-standing thought leadership event series brings together leading experts from various disciplines and insurance markets with programming that spotlights the most pressing topics facing the industry. In 2024, Zywave hosted more than 1,700 attendees and over 150 speakers across four in-person events covering a range of topics in the casualty and cyber insurance spaces. For each, Zywave convenes an advisory board comprised of respected industry experts who plan the content and agenda, ensuring topics are timely, relevant, and bring maximum value to attendees. For more information on attending, sponsoring, or to register for Zywave's Digital Distribution Insights Conference, visit About ZywaveZywave empowers insurers and brokers to drive profitable growth and thrive in today's escalating risk landscape. Only Zywave delivers a powerful Performance Multiplier, bringing together transformative, ecosystem-wide capabilities to amplify impact across data, processes, people, and customer experiences. More than 15,000 insurers, MGAs, agencies, and brokerages trust Zywave to sharpen risk assessment, strengthen client relationships, and enhance operations. Additional information can be found at Contact:April View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Zywave
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Zywave Names Software Leaders Christy Dinges as Chief People Officer and Justin Regenwether as Chief Customer Officer
MILWAUKEE, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zywave (or the "Company"), a SaaS insurtech provider, announced today that the Company has strengthened its executive leadership team with the addition of Christy Dinges as Chief People Officer and Justin Regenwether as Chief Customer Officer. Zywave is backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake") and Aurora Capital Partners ("Aurora"). "We are thrilled to welcome Christy and Justin to Zywave's executive leadership team," said Martin Simoncic, Chief Executive Officer of Zywave. "Christy's expertise lies in navigating complex, multi-site, and global environments, delivering impactful results in talent acquisition, organizational development, change management, and workforce strategy. Her experience will be valuable as Zywave enters its next phase of growth. Justin's diverse experience gives him a deep understanding of how insurance organizations can drive organic growth and get the most value from their insurtech SaaS solutions. He will directly benefit our customers by helping them transform their capabilities and amplify impact to move their businesses forward." Dinges, who will oversee all human resource functions at Zywave, brings a wealth of experience aligning human capital strategies with business goals spanning the software, technology, retail, and manufacturing industries. Previously, she led the people functions at Roque Wave Software, Integrate, and Perforce Software. Regenwether will head the Company's customer success, professional services, and support groups. His well-rounded career includes experience in management consulting, product development, customer support and service, and go-to-market leadership. He most recently held both product-focused and customer-centric leadership roles at Vertafore. In addition to his leadership positions in insurtech, Regenwether was previously an executive at NGDATA, BryterCX, Accenture, and Deloitte. "We look forward to partnering with Christy and Justin to further accelerate the growth of the business," said Prashant Mehrotra, Partner and Managing Director, and Erik Hansen, Principal, at Clearlake. "We believe that the addition of Christy's experience in human capital management and Justin's experience driving better SaaS customer outcomes will help support Zywave in executing its strategic plan with a focus on providing innovative, AI-enabled software solutions to current and future customers." "Exceptional leadership with unparalleled domain expertise has been a hallmark of Zywave's success for many years, and we are thrilled to have Justin and Christy join Zywave for its next chapter of growth," said Josh Klinefelter, Partner at Aurora. "Zywave continues to invest on behalf of its valued customers and loyal employees, and we look forward to the near-term positive impacts Justin and Christy will each have on the organization." To learn more about Zywave's leadership team, visit About Zywave Zywave empowers insurers and brokers to drive profitable growth and thrive in today's escalating risk landscape. Only Zywave delivers a powerful Performance Multiplier, bringing together transformative, ecosystem-wide capabilities to amplify impact across data, processes, people, and customer experiences. More than 15,000 insurers, MGAs, agencies, and brokerages trust Zywave to sharpen risk assessment, strengthen client relationships, and enhance operations. Additional information can be found at About ClearlakeClearlake is an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit, and other related strategies. With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with experienced management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit from Clearlake's operational improvement approach, O.P.S.®. The firm's core private equity target sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake currently has over $90 billion of assets under management, its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 400 investments, and the firm has deployed over $57 billion in liquid and illiquid credit investments globally. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, with affiliates in Dallas, TX, London, UK, Dublin, Ireland, Luxembourg, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Singapore. More information is available at About AuroraAurora Capital Partners is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm with $6 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1991, the firm seeks to invest in middle-market companies with leading market positions, stable industry dynamics, attractive business model characteristics, and actionable opportunities for growth in partnership with management. For more information about Aurora Capital Partners, visit: Contact: April View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Zywave
Associated Press
04-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Risk Strategies Mike Vitulli to Chair Zywave's Casualty Insights Conference
Risk Strategies, a leading North American specialty insurance brokerage and risk management and consulting firm, today announced that Mike Vitulli, National Casualty Practice Leader, will preside over an information-packed slate of events at the 15th annual Zywave Casualty Insights Conference taking place on March 6, 2025, in New York City. Serving as conference chair, Vitulli will help shepherd a day-long event designed to share expert knowledge on everything from market trends, significant legal and regulatory developments, to emerging exposures and managing ever-evolving risk. Mo Tooker, Head of Commercial Lines at The Hartford, will be the keynote speaker for this year's conference. 'The evolving challenges of the casualty market can be sometimes underappreciated,' said Vitulli. 'These conference sessions are designed to bring expert insight to bear on these challenges, helping attendees to better understand what is happening, why, and what they can do to better manage their unique risks.' The day's planned agenda covers a wide range of topics and issues of increasing importance to a variety of stakeholders, including risk managers, brokers, underwriters, re-insurers, and attorneys. Panels will address key issues such as: Modeling and Reserving for the Risks of Today – and Tomorrow The Client Perspective: Surviving and Thriving in an Uncertain World Tackling Fraud in Civil Litigation 'Zywave's leaders and the conference board members have put a tremendous amount of work into shaping the event agenda and bringing together the world-class expertise for this year's event,' said Vitulli. 'This conference has consistently attracted sold-out crowds because of the quality of information it provides. I am honored to be part of the event and am confident that attendees will find it well worth their time.' As conference chair, Vitulli will host the event and guide its agenda. Vitulli's planned remarks to the conference will address the current state of the casualty insurance market, the critical role insurers play in the smooth functioning of the economy, the need for long term financial stability and predictability in the industry, as well as factors influencing that stability. 'We are grateful for innovative thought leaders like Mike Vitulli, and the other advisory board members, who invest their time and talent to move our industry forward in a challenging market,' said Jeff Cohen, Senior Vice President, Zywave. 'Given today's heightened level of risk with increasing loss costs and expanding causes of loss, Zywave is committed to helping carriers, brokers, and insurance buyers better understand the complicated casualty risk landscape, and we thank Mike and Risk Strategies for their ongoing support.' Zywave's Casualty Insights Conference will be hosted at Convene, 117 W 46th St, New York, NY. Risk Strategies is a branding sponsor of this year's event. About Risk Strategies Alana Bannan
