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Product Announcements

Zinnia Unveils The Policy Processor 8.0: An AI-Powered Leap Forward in L&A Underwriting

Zinnia announced the launch of The Policy Processor (TPP) 8.0, a cloud-based underwriting platform for life and annuity insurance carriers. The platform serves over 15 major North American carriers, processing more than three million applications annually.

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Awards

Everly Life Insurance Company and Zinnia Recognized with Datos Impact Award in Technology for Advancing Customer Experience in Life Insurance

Everly and Zinnia jointly received the prestigious Datos Impact Award in Insurance Technology within the Digital category, recognizing their collaborative efforts to develop TermVest+, an innovative universal life insurance solution designed to simplify and democratize access to life insurance products.

Everly and Zinnia Datos Impact Award Recognition
Partnerships

Zinnia Announces Major Cloud Migration Milestone to Support Processing of Over 55% of Digital Annuity Sales in U.S.

Zinnia, a leading life and annuity (L&A) insurance technology company, today announced a significant technology milestone: the migration of Zinnia’s core order entry solution, AnnuityNet, to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Zinnia processes over 55% of annuities submitted by the bank and broker-dealer community in the U.S., now running on AWS infrastructure.

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AI

Changing The Cost Structure Of The Life & Annuity Industry With AI: The Opportunities and Challenges

Panel Discussion at Hartford AI Day April 23, 2025 Panelists: Moderator: Paul Tyler, Head of Marketing Innovation at Zinnia Panelist: Dan Gremmell, Chief Data Officer, Zinnia Panelist: Manu Mazumdar, Head of Data Analytics Insurance Technology, Conning Panelist: Imad Eid, SVP Head of Salesforce Technology, Global Atlantic Panelist: Doug Elfers, VP, Data Science, Prudential [ ]

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Leadership

Zinnia Appoints Gary D. Cohn as Vice Chair and Board Member

Cohn brings four decades of experience in global markets and technology toadvance Zinnia’s mission GREENWICH, Conn.— March 6, 2025 — Zinnia, a leading life and annuity (L A) insurance technology company, announced today the appointment of Gary D. Cohn as Vice Chair and board member. Cohn’s expertise will support Zinnia as the company builds upon its [ ]

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Leadership

CNBC speaks to Zinnia CEO Michele Trogni and Eldridge Industries Chairman and CEO Todd Boehly on Future of Insurance

On October 15, Zinnia announced raising $300 million in strategic financing from Vista Credit Partners. Zinnia CEO, Michele Trogni, and Eldridge Industries Chairman and CEO, Todd Boehly, sat down with Scott Wapner from CNBC Halftime Report to discuss the deal, the impact of AI on the life and annuity industry, and more. Source: CNBC

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Investments

Zinnia Raises $300 Million in Strategic Financing from Vista Credit Partners

Funding accelerates Zinnia’s mission to power industry growth by modernizing the life and annuity experience GREENWICH, Conn. – October 15, 2024 – Zinnia, a leading life and annuity (L A) insurance technology company, today announced $300 million in financing from Vista Credit Partners, a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners and a strategic credit and financing partner [ ]

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Partnerships

Zinnia Announces New Strategic Relationship With LPL Financial to Streamline Insurance Fulfillment

This relationship brings the wide variety of insurers and policy options on the Zinnia Marketplace to the largest broker-dealer* in the U.S., helping make life insurance processes seamless GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 25, 2024 — Zinnia, a leading life annuity insurance technology services company, and LPL Financial (LPL) announced today a strategic relationship providing LPL’s network [ ]

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Acquisitions

Bloomberg: Boehly-Backed Zinnia Adds to Expansion With Ebix Assets

Zinnia CEO, Michele Trogni, sits down with Sonali Basak to discuss Zinnia s acquisition of the Ebix L A assets. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Acquisitions

Zinnia to Acquire Ebix Inc.’s Life and Annuity Software Assets, Continuing Its Mission to Deliver Solutions that Simplify Insurance and Power Industry Growth

Continues Zinnia s mission to deliver solutions that simplify insurance and power industry growth.

Zinnia + Ebix's Life & Annuity Business
News

Bloomberg speaks with Zinnia CEO Michele Trogni about Policygenius Acquisition

Zinnia CEO Michele Trogni joins Bloomberg s Sonali Basak, Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow following the news of the firm acquiring Policygenius, to discuss the wider deal environment in fintech, and the impact of generative AI on data security. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Acquisitions

Zinnia to Acquire Policygenius, A Leading Digital Insurance Marketplace

The combined company will create the first and only end-to-end insurance platform KKR to invest in combined company and join board of Zinnia Greenwich, CT April 25, 2023 – Zinnia, a life and annuity insurance technology and digital services company, today announced it is acquiring Policygenius, a digital insurance marketplace. The acquisition lays the foundation [ ]

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Acquisitions

Welcoming Life Product Solutions Group to the Zinnia Team

We recently announced the acquisition of our long-time partner, Life Product Solutions (LPS) Group, to accelerate the delivery of Zahara by Zinnia, our system of record software, and speed to market with Open Insurance Experiences for our clients. Zinnia and LPS Group have been working together for more than 16 years, making this acquisition a natural next step in our partnership.

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News

Musings from the LIMRA Distribution Conference

The LIMRA Distribution Conference is a great place to get the latest updates on the state of the industry, and we spent several days in Orlando last week attending sessions and meeting with customers and prospects time well spent! In addition, this conference provides an opportunity to get caught up on trends in distribution, and we continue to get a worrying picture.

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Partnerships

1891 Financial Life Launches Zinnia’s Hybrid Origination Solution

1891 Financial Life Launches Zinnia’s Hybrid Origination Solution. It’s a great mission, and one that Zinnia is proud to support by providing hybrid distribution technology to modernize the life insurance purchase experience for 1891 Financial Life advisor partners and clients. 1891 Financial recently launched the electronic application (e-App) that is part of our Hybrid Origination platform.

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