# Anzen

> Anzen is a San Francisco insurtech building Anzen Pro, an AI-powered operating system for commercial insurance distribution. It reads brokers' emails, attachments and forms, turns unstructured submissions into structured data, routes each account to the right underwriters across a network of 130+ carriers and 500+ underwriting contacts, then compares quotes and generates proposals automatically. Started in 2020 as a marketplace for executive risk coverage, Anzen now helps thousands of retail agents automate submissions, quoting, compliance, renewals and claims - work that has stayed stubbornly manual in the commercial insurance industry.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Max Bruner (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~24 employees
- **Products:** Anzen Pro, AI carrier-routing network, Executive risk / specialty coverage
- **Notable:** Raised a $16M Series A in November 2025 led by Madrona, with Sandbox Industries, SNR and a16z participating., Built a quoting network spanning 130+ carriers and 500+ underwriting contacts., Reached 5,000+ retail agents and ~500 agencies processing thousands of submissions monthly.

## Products & services

- **Anzen Pro** — An AI-powered operating system for insurance distribution that consolidates submissions, quoting, renewals and agency-management records into a single workspace. It automates submission intake, quote comparison across carrier channels, proposal and ACORD form generation, loss runs, compliance, renewals and claims - without requiring agencies to change existing processes.
- **AI carrier-routing network** — Maps each account to the right underwriters across a network of 130+ carriers and 500+ underwriting contacts, then imports quotes via email or API and compares coverage terms using line-specific models.
- **Executive risk / specialty coverage** — Anzen's original focus: a marketplace for executive risk insurance including directors & officers (D&O), management liability, cyber and professional liability, with AI-assisted underwriting for brokers.

## Achievements

- Raised a $16M Series A in November 2025 led by Madrona, with Sandbox Industries, SNR and a16z participating.
- Built a quoting network spanning 130+ carriers and 500+ underwriting contacts.
- Reached 5,000+ retail agents and ~500 agencies processing thousands of submissions monthly.
- Reports cutting agency overhead by 30%+ and saving the average agent 50% of their time.
- Attracted strategic backing from major insurers Tokio Marine and MS&AD Ventures alongside a16z.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Closed a $16M Series A led by Madrona to scale Anzen Pro across commercial insurance distribution.
- **2026-01** — Targeting Anzen Pro to handle roughly 80% of commercial insurance workflows within a single system by mid-2026, with planned expansion into commercial property and auto and deeper carrier integrations for instant quoting.

## Links

- Website: https://anzen.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goanzen
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/go_anzen

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Last updated: 2026-07-13