The Forrester Wave™: Insurance Agency Management Systems, Q4 2025

Insurance Agency Management Systems Vendor Product Comparisons 2025

Key features and pros and cons of top Insurance Agency Management Systems products:

Applied Systems - Leaders

Pros:

Robust functionality and integrated workflows
Excellent scores for product analysis and comparison, personal lines quoting, and client self-service
Strong accounting and billing capabilities
Microservices architecture enabling scalability and efficiency
Superior support

Cons:

Onboarding challenges
Advanced analytics need improvement
Employee benefits integration could be enhanced
ROI realized gradually as agents adopt and optimize new workflows

EZLynx - Leaders

Pros:

Outstanding sales and marketing automation capabilities
Excellent reporting tools providing visibility into customer lifecycle
High scores for client self-service, knowledge management, and agent onboarding
Real-time rating and quoting capabilities for personal lines
Ease of use and integrated rating capabilities
Automation tools that streamline agency workflows

Cons:

Deeper email integration needed
Enhanced quoting for commercial lines
Expanded AI capabilities required

Zywave - Leaders

Pros:

Robust marketing toolkit, quoting and proposal tools
Product analysis and comparison for personal, commercial, and benefit lines
Highly intuitive UI and extensible platform architecture
Deep integrations with CRMs like Dynamics and Salesforce
Deep integrations with AMSes like Applied Epic and Vertafore
Proprietary first-party data and content assets
Improved operational performance by centralizing client information
Better document management and claims tracking

Cons:

Better support for employee benefits needed
Limited reference customer responses for evaluation

Acturis - Strong Performers

Pros:

Outstanding CRM, policy administration, and claims management
Solid accounting and document management
Real-time e-trading with broad network of carriers
Configurable workflows
Scalability and configurability
Solid self-service portals for payments and renewals
Support for multilanguage and tax environments
Streamlines operations through integrations and digital capabilities

Cons:

Faster development cycles needed
Help with creating business cases for capabilities
Two major releases annually may not meet all customer expectations

Equisoft - Strong Performers

Pros:

Superior back-office tools for workflow automation, case management, document handling
Excellent commission management and reporting and analytics
Robust advisor-facing capabilities including CRM for pipeline management
Flexible multicarrier quoting through LifeGuide module
Integration with carrier systems
Ability to support customizations
Modular AMS allowing phased adoption

Cons:

System speed issues
Delayed product updates
Rebuilding architecture from ground up may cause transition challenges

Novidea - Strong Performers

Pros:

Built on Salesforce, cloud native, and data driven
Open-API architecture facilitating customization and integrations
Robust support for rating engine integrations and quote generation
Product analysis and comparison capabilities
Excellent reporting and analytics capabilities providing real-time business intelligence
Pricing and rapid implementation
Alignment with Salesforce

Cons:

Niche customizations for specific specialty products needed
Enhancements to document management and billing workflows required
Limited reference customer responses for evaluation
Early stage of AI adoption

Vertafore - Strong Performers

Pros:

Integrated workflows across operations, CRM, quoting, policy management, accounting, and client servicing
Open architecture with APIs enabling partner integrations
AI embedded for renewal risk prediction, cross-sell recommendations, and document ingestion
Excellent support for multiple lines of business
Configurable client self-service
Comprehensive agent onboarding and compliance capabilities
Strong compliance and reporting tools
Open-API ecosystem

Cons:

Improvements needed in carrier connectivity
UI enhancements required
Faster product updates needed
More frequent development cycles desired

Dyad - Contenders

Pros:

Robust core capabilities like client and policy management, invoicing, and service automation
Solid support for multiple lines of business including personal, commercial, and specialty programs
Integration with partner systems like Ivans and rating vendors
Client portal for self-service, payments, and certificate issuance
User-friendly interface
Strong customer onboarding and support
Supporting services and offerings
Greater pricing flexibility

Cons:

Lags competitors in claims management and reporting
Attachment handling needs improvement
Feature turnaround times could be faster
Limited reference customer responses for evaluation
Needs to refine platform vision and highlight differentiation

Newgen Software - Contenders

Pros:

Focus on digital transformation and workflow automation
Strong digital workflows
Excellent knowledge management and workflow automation
Rules-based engines for commissions, incentives, and clawbacks
Low-code/no-code architecture supporting integrations
Multiple deployment modalities (cloud, on-premises, hybrid)
Agent experiences

Cons:

More out-of-the-box capabilities needed without customizations
Limited differentiation in strategy
Roadmap lacks specificity for insurance distribution market
Did not provide reference customers for evaluation

RGI - Contenders

Pros:

Comprehensive customer view and needs evaluation
Excellent policy rate, quote, and bind features
Robust billing and accounting
High-scoring claims management on same platform as carrier
Solid post-sales management including all client servicing functions
Ability to launch products quickly and bring them to market on unified solution
Unique approach with AMS on same core as policy and claims management

Cons:

Did not provide reference customers for evaluation
Approach differs from other vendors, may not suit traditional independent agencies
Limited to European markets and carrier distribution models

FAQs

Q: Which vendors are Leaders in 2025?

A: Applied Systems, EZLynx, Zywave

Q: What does "Leader" mean in Forrester Wave terms?

A: Leaders in Forrester Wave evaluations offer products that most closely match the evaluation criteria and are well positioned to support customer needs today. Leaders have the most developed visions, the strongest current product offerings, and the clearest plans for staying ahead of the competition. In this Insurance Agency Management Systems evaluation, Leaders demonstrate strong capabilities across end-to-end customer management, sales and marketing automation, policy management, integration capabilities, and AI features. They also show robust strategic vision for innovation, clear roadmaps, and strong customer feedback.

Q: How do I interpret a Forrester Wave?

A: https://www.forrester.com/policies/forrester-wave-methodology/

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