In celebration of Insurance Nerd Day 2026, we caught up with some of Kizen’s Insurance team members to discuss what fuels their passion for insurance and what they’re most excited about in the year ahead.

The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) runs from October 15 through December 7. We know from experience that the agents who make the most out of this window are those who don’t wait until September but start preparing now. We sat down with Caroline Marinez, Kizen’s insurance expert, for three quick questions to discuss how the most successful agents are planning to make the most out of AEP season in 2026.

Some industry estimates show that at least 20% of new agents leave their FMO within the first 90 days. This attrition rate, higher than most other industries, is often referred to as 'The Great Resignation'. Most often, the attrition cause is attributed to friction in the agent experience, and not to compensation rates.

In 2026, New York Tech Week by a16z brought together more than 50,000 founders, builders, innovators, and investors across 1,500 events.

AI is a foundational innovation, more similar to electricity than to a single piece of software. Electricity brought the industrial revolution because operators rewired their entire infrastructure around a new fundamental source of power that completely changed the world. The organizations making strategic decisions around AI right now are facing the same dilemma — whether to adopt AI the way you install a light bulb, or the way you rewire the entire building. Most are still choosing the light bulb.

The insurance industry is embracing a fundamental shift in how to approach AI.