Business Insurance recognition highlights Coterie’s continued commitment to building a workplace where people can grow, contribute, and make an impact
APPLETON, WISCONSIN, September 8, 2026 – Coterie Insurance, a technology-driven Managing General Agency (MGA) focused on making small business insurance easier, today announced it has been named one of Business Insurance’s Best Places to Work in Insurance for 2026. This marks Coterie’s sixth consecutive year receiving the recognition.
The annual Best Places to Work in Insurance program recognizes employers that demonstrate outstanding performance in creating workplaces where employees are engaged, supported and empowered to contribute to their companies’ success.
Since its founding in 2018, Coterie has brought together insurance expertise, technology, and data to simplify small business insurance for agents and partners. As Coterie celebrates its eighth anniversary on September 8, the recognition marks six years of intentionally building a culture grounded in integrity, passion, intelligence, and humility.
“Being named a Best Place to Work in Insurance for the sixth consecutive year as we celebrate eight years of Coterie makes this milestone especially meaningful,” said Blair Kamrass, Chief People Officer. “We don’t just build a culture once. It’s something we continue to shape as a team by challenging each other, growing together, and genuinely caring about the work we do and the people we do it with.”
Coterie’s values shape how teams collaborate, solve problems, and serve Coterie’s agents, partners, and policyholders. By bringing together people with expertise across a variety of disciplines, Coterie builds a workplace designed for both individual growth and shared impact.
About Best Places to Work in Insurance
Best Places to Work in Insurance is an annual sponsored content feature presented by the Custom Publishing unit of Business Insurance and Best Companies Group that lists the agents, brokers, insurance companies, and other providers with the highest levels of employee engagement and satisfaction.
Best Companies Group identifies leading employers in the insurance industry through a two-part assessment. The first part consists of an employer questionnaire covering company policies, practices, and demographics. The second is a confidential employee survey measuring engagement and satisfaction.
The program divides employers into three categories: small, with 25-249 employees; medium, with 250-999 employees; and large, with 1,000 or more employees. This year’s report features 100 companies ranging in size from 25 employees to more than 4,000.
The rankings and profiles of the winning companies will be unveiled in the November issue of Business Insurance and online at http://BusinessInsurance.com .
Coterie Insurance (Coterie) is a tech-enabled, data-powered Managing General Agency (MGA) providing commercial property and casualty (P&C) coverages for small business (SMB) owners in all 50 states. Coterie’s technology enables a rapid, intuitive, and accurate quote-to-bind process that results in opportunities for agents and the right coverage for small businesses, on-demand.
For more information, visit http://www.coterieinsurance.com/.
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