Advisen’s innovative data, media and technology solutions will amplify Zywave’s existing insurance product portfolio and accelerate its global footprint
MILWAUKEE – (Nov. 17, 2020) Zywave have now acquired Advisen, the foremost provider of data, media and technology solutions for the commercial property and casualty insurance market.
Combined with Zywave’s existing portfolio of solutions, the acquisition reinforces Zywave’s leadership position in the commercial insurance market, both in the US and Europe.
“We are thrilled to make this announcement, which signifies one of the most powerful partnerships in the commercial space,” said Jason Liu, chief executive officer of Zywave. “Not only does the Advisen acquisition further broaden and deepen our product portfolio, but it also significantly bolsters our ongoing expansion into international markets.”
Founded in 2000, Advisen is headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in the UKand Philippines. It serves an impressive client roster of more than 300 enterprises across the commercial insurance value chain and is comprised of three business segments, including:
- Data – An extensive, proprietary database, offering nearly 1 million low-frequency, high-severity loss records across major property and casualty lines of business, all industries and all geographies, all of which are organically sourced and curated.
The platform maps loss events to companies and exposures, and links them together through common cause of loss, which enables powerful analysis and modeling based on corporate risk profiles. Additionally, the database includes premium, limit and retention benchmarking via an extensive contributory database.
Products include Cyber Loss insurance data and Cyber OverVue. - Media – An engaging content platform launched in 2005 that reaches an audience of more than 175,000 in the commercial insurance industry via Front Page News daily editions.
The news source features thoughtfully curated top stories impacting the insurance marketplace, along with contributed content, proprietary news stories, and a wealth of original content.
Advisen is also the leading host of commercial and specialty P&C conferences and webinars that address casualty, property, and cyber, as well as other lines of business. - Web Connectivity Ltd. (WCL) – Advanced technology that helps automate currently manual workflows by enabling real-time digital communications and technical software solutions for the global commercial reinsurance and broker market.
Based in London, Web Connectivity Limited (WCL) increases efficiency for Lloyd’s Brokers, insurers and other insurance parties, enabling them to manage policy administration, accounting and claims communications using ACORD Global Reinsurance and Large Commercial Standards.
Zywave Product Vision
Overall, Zywave plans to align Advisen’s solutions with the modern user experience within Zywave’s product cloud portfolio.
Zywave will leverage Advisen’s data offering to further enhance its existing market-leading insurance database, and plans to further expand upon its data analytics and benchmarking tools.
Zywave’s enriched database will enable more advanced modeling and provide even more complete pictures of corporate risk profiles, granting exclusive insights to insurance professionals.
“The combination of Zywave’s existing database with Advisen’s loss and policy data will offer insurance professionals the most unique corporate risk profiles available,” added Eric Rentsch, senior vice president of product management for Zywave. “These insights will help inform smarter, more strategic business decisions.”
In addition, Zywave will enhance its industry-leading content and communications platform even further with Advisen’s media services, notably Front Page News. Bringing Front Page News into Zywave’s Content Cloud will open new opportunities to enhance the delivery, coverage and overall reach of this trusted resource.
Zywave Continues to Invest Heavily in Insurance Operations & Technology Solutions
The Advisen acquisition marks Zywave’s largest to date and fourth in just over two years, reinforcing Zywave’s continued commitment to the insurance industry.
It coincides with the announcement of Zywave’s new investor relationship with Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and their shared vision to invest in the long-term strategic growth of the company, both organically and through M&A.
“Zywave has continued to heavily invest in our operations, technology and portfolio of solutions over the past several years to bring the industry’s best tech to our partners, empowering them with the tools they need to grow their business,” said Liu. “To provide them with the best solutions in the industry, we are simultaneously investing in our existing products, while also bolstering our product portfolio with new acquisitions. At the same time, our team is continuing to improve product integration to provide seamless, end-to-end solutions for our partners, all on one platform.”
About Advisen
Advisen is the leading provider of data, media, and technology solutions for the commercial property and casualty insurance market. Advisen’s proprietary data sets and applications focus on large, specialty risks.
Advisen connects a community of more than 200,000 professionals through daily newsletters, conferences, and webinars.
The company was founded in 2000 is headquartered in New York with additional offices in the UK and Philippines.