After a devastating loss, policyholders expect their insurance company to be there for them which is why the Coterie Insurance claims experience is built around empathy. Recently, Coterie was able to demonstrate our claims philosophy when several flooding claims came in. After parts of California experienced torrential rains in December 2022, several Coterie policyholders reported […]
Chris Cline Talks the Future of Insurance Technology on And I Quote
How can insurance technology help build relationships between agents and their clients? Chris Cline, the Executive Director of the Agency Council for Technology (ACT) at the National Big I, recently sat down for an interview on the And I Quote podcast. Host Bobbie Collies talked with Chris about his background, current role, and his […]
Coterie Insurance Honors Top 5 Agents of 2022
As a partnership-driven insurtech MGA, Coterie Insurance is designed to simplify small business insurance for everyone involved: agents, brokers, partners, and small businesses. And only together are we successful. That’s why we’re launching an initiative to honor our Top 5 Agents of 2022. These agents stand out for driving outstanding growth with Coterie, taking part in […]
Coterie Insurance Concludes 2022 with Momentum Headed into 2023
2022 was a pivotal year for Coterie Insurance and our team. Our growth trajectory supercharged this year, as we brought on new partners and launched the new iteration of our Dashboard. We are so grateful to our amazing partners, agents, brokers, and investors who made 2022 possible! Only together is this possible. Enhancements We launched […]
2023 Small Business Insurance Outlook
As we close out the year, we’re looking ahead to 2023. Read on to learn how we think the economy, inflation, and supply chain issues will impact on small businesses in the new year, and what trends are top of mind for 2023 small business insurance. Economy Despite consistent threats of a looming recession and […]
Embedded insurance: A potential solution for the underinsured
This article was written by Coterie Insurance CEO David McFarland and originally published in PropertyCasualty 360. Small businesses weathered the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the height of the pandemic, forecasts predicted that more than a quarter of small businesses would shutter permanently due to closures, decreased demand, health concerns and other issues. These issues left 30 million […]
Working at Coterie = Hard Work + Lots of Fun
For the second year, Coterie Insurance held our annual all-company get-together, known as CoterieCon. This year, our fully remote team came together in Salt Lake City, Utah to align on the company’s mission and vision and understand how all divisions contribute to the culture we have working at Coterie. First, the fun We had […]
Insurance Data: Sports Analytics & Insurance have More in Common than You’d Think
by Paul Bessire, VP of Data at Coterie Insurance Brad Pitt sits talking to Jonah Hill about a made-up baseball team changing the game and winning 20 straight to surpass an all-time record. The movie – “Moneyball” – goes on to be nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. It’s a fun and fascinating […]
Why I Held Our Team’s Hackathon in My Rural KY Hometown
By Jake Petway, Director of Engineering at Coterie Insurance I’m going to start with the elephant in the room. My hometown of Paducah, KY is not a conventional pick for hosting a Hackathon. For that matter, I can’t imagine many rural areas would make most lists to host 40 or more team members. The short […]
Why “We love Coterie”
We recently asked our team members to share their thoughts on LinkedIn about why they enjoy working at Coterie Insurance. We were blown away by the responses and wanted to share some of them here. “The passion that every team member brings to the day-to-day operation of Coterie is inspiring. This time last year, the collective […]
Thinking about joining an insurtech? We have some advice
By Justin Suttmiler, VP of Innovation and eXpansion So, you’re thinking you might want to make a move in the insurance industry. Maybe you work for an incumbent and want to dip your toe into insurtech. Maybe you’ve never worked in insurance, but the insurtech space seems like a good move. If an insurtech move […]
Diversity & Inclusion at Coterie Insurance
Coterie Insurance first established its Diversity & Inclusion group in summer 2020 with the creation of the company’s Racial Equity Initiative. Since then, Coterians have decided to expand the range of scope of the group to include all diversity and inclusion initiatives at work. Read on for an update on the group and how we […]