AI-native benefits brokerage for growing companies. We use your employee data to negotiate better rates with carriers. Built for teams of 15 to 500.
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If your broker earns a percentage of your premium, a 20% renewal increase is also a 20% raise for them.
Here are the 4 ways brokers get paid, and what to ask yours.
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Your broker and a fiduciary are held to different standards. Most employers assume they're the same thing. 🧵
Is your healthcare spend growing faster than your revenue?
We asked roughly 150 CFOs in a joint study with the CFO Leadership Council. 78% said yes over the last three years. Half said much faster.
The part that surprised us: even CFOs who said they were satisfied with their be
If you sign off on your company's health plan, you're making one of your biggest annual spending decisions with the least information. Our founder, @NickTaranto, wrote the guide to close that gap. Read it before your next renewal -->
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Y Combinator @ycombinator Launches of the Week:
(This round-up is for informational purposes only and is ordered by launch date/time, from earliest to latest.)
1) Aucert @aucert_official: Founded by Vivek Soneja and Rajesh Kumar, Aucert is a team of expert AI agents that test mobile apps on their own. Know More At: aucert.ai
2) Lamin: Founded by Alex Wolf and Sunny Sun, Lamin is an open data platform for traceable, multimodal AI. Know More At: lamin.ai
3) OpEra @OperaYCF26: Founded by Hindy Rossignol and Bernardo Chalita, OpEra is the AI decision engine for factories, warehouses, and fleets. Know More At: operatechnologies.com
4) Lark @LarkAgents: Founded by Jason Wang @jasonhywang and Michael Wang @michael_wxng, Lark deploys AI agents for distributors to automate purchasing, demand forecasting, inventory monitoring, sales operations, and data analysis. Know More At: larkagents.com
5) Cesara: Founded by Xinan Rahman and Junwoo Lee, Cesara is building faster & accurate transactions for health systems. Know More At: cesara.com
6) Ignition Benefits @GoIgnition: Founded by Nick Taranto @NickTaranto, Ignition Benefits is the AI-native benefits brokerage. Know More At: ignitionbenefits.com
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Source: ycombinator.com/launches
How many hours a month does your team spend moving data between systems?
For Simon Nielsen, CEO of Mango, the answer used to be too many, until he started working with Ignition.
Read the full case study on our website --> ignitionbenefits.com/custome…
Don't let the dinosaurs run your benefits 🦖 Ignition brings carrier risk data to your renewal so you stay in control of your plan.
Thanks @ycombinator for the feature.
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When there's no real alternative on the table, the price isn't a negotiation.
Mark Potensky, CFO of Component Concepts, put it bluntly when we asked about carrier pricing.
From our joint study with the CFO Leadership Council, roughly 150 U.S. CFOs, July 2026.
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When benefits costs go up, who actually absorbs it?
We asked 503 SMB leaders. 59% said rising benefits costs have affected them personally, and the breakdown is worth sitting with.
32% reported significant personal stress from managing costs and renewals. 25% said it strained t
Northeast companies pay $9,014 per employee. Western companies pay $6,362. Same coverage, $2,652 apart.
How much is your broker actually getting paid?
Get an estimate in about a minute with our new calculator, now live on the Ignition website.
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