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New Business & Order Entry
Capturing life and annuity business, validating it before submission, and moving usable data into the systems that decide and administer it.
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All insightsThe Building Block Principle: Why Headless Infrastructure Changes What Carriers and Distributors Can Build
Zinnia's headless architecture exposes seven core insurance functions as composable APIs — lead submission, illustration, suitability, digital application, document generation, submission, and in-force servicing. Each works independently. Each connects to the next. What gets built with them is up to you.
Read moreMarch 13, 2026Building the Standards That Will Power the Next Decade of Annuity Connectivity
This year, a group of forward-looking carriers will onboard to Zinnia inforce servicing technology, powered by Zinnia Live, using new IRI-approved REST/JSON messaging standards — bypassing legacy XML entirely. Zinnia holds a seat on the IRI Messaging Standards Governance Committee and is helping co-author the standards that will shape how the industry operates for decades.
Read moreAugust 21, 2025Scaling Insurance Through Ecosystem-Driven Platforms
The insurance industry stands at a critical inflection point. After decades of incremental change, we're witnessing a fundamental shift toward ecosystem-driven platforms built on strategic partnerships.
Read moreJuly 1, 2025Rewiring Insurance: Zinnia's Vision for Blockchain, AI, and APIs
In a revealing interview with CXO Today, Josh Everett, CEO of Zinnia India, outlined how emerging technologies are fundamentally reshaping insurance infrastructure. Learn about Zinnia's strategic approach to integrating blockchain, artificial intelligence, and API-first architecture.
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Closing the Coverage Gap: Live from LIMRA Annual 2026
A special collaboration with Nasdaq and LIMRA, recorded live at LIMRA Annual 2026. Paul Tyler, Nasdaq's James Caparosa, and LIMRA and LOMA CEO Dave Levenson trace the protection gap from end to end with six industry leaders. Ameritas CEO Bob Jurgensmeier says buyers know they need coverage, but nobody asks them. Integrity's Tom Dempsey and Simplicity's Scott Truka target friction in the buying process. Rob TeKolste of Sammons, John Hancock CIO Kartik Sakthivel, and Peak Altitude's Chris Blunt cover rising expectations, legacy systems, and middle-market product.
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Why Should an Annuity Be Harder Than a Mutual Fund?
Katherine Dease, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at the Insured Retirement Institute, and formerly a product leader at Ebix (now Zinnia) and Insurance Technologies, runs the Digital First for Annuities initiative with one goal: make an annuity as easy to transact as a mutual fund. She walks Paul through the paperless replacement standard that took carrier-to-carrier replacement business from an average of 18 days to 24 hours, a 94% reduction in cycle time, with 12 carriers and the DTCC live, more than 50,000 transactions processed, and close to 30 carriers expected by year end.
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From the Rangers to Reinventing Annuity Applications
Andrew Barnett, VP of Technology Innovation at FIG, shares how a stint in minor league baseball led him to one of the most forward-thinking tech teams in insurance distribution. He breaks down FIG's work at the IRI hackathon — including an AI agent that calls clients to gather application data — and makes a compelling case for why the industry needs to stop planning to 2028 and start shipping in weeks.
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Zinnia Introduces Headless Order Entry Capabilities to Power the Next Era of Insurance Distribution
Zinnia launches headless annuity order entry capabilities, enabling carriers and distributors to integrate directly and build their own digital front-end experiences while retaining full control of the user interface and workflow.
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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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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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Zinnia Launches a Connected Bundle for the Independent Annuity Channel
Zinnia unites SmartOffice, quoting, and AnnuityNet in one connected bundle so BGAs, IMOs, and advisors can quote, submit, and manage annuity business.
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Zinnia Redefines Insurance Distribution with the Launch of a Connected Experience on Zinnia Market Connect
Zinnia Market Connect brings lead, quoting, illustrations, order entry and case tracking into one connected experience for life and annuity advisors.
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Royal Neighbors of America® Modernizes Annuities Processing with Zinnia
Royal Neighbors of America launches The Policy Processor (TPP) with Zinnia, becoming the first carrier to process annuities on the AI-powered platform for streamlined case management.
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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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