Foundations · Lesson 1
What is insurance technology, and how is it structured?
The beginner's map: carriers, brokers, MGAs, and the vendors who sell them software
Last reviewed 18 Jul 2026 · ~5 min
Research · Foundations
Bindex Foundations — the learning track
Seven numbered lessons across four modules. Evergreen: each lesson shows when it was last reviewed and is updated in place as the landscape moves — never news-pegged. Work through them in order, then use the index.
Module 1 · The landscape
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 2
APIs in insurance: public, partner, and internal
Why only one in five vendors publish their docs, what “partner API” really means for a buyer, and the discovery problem this index exists to solve.
Coming soon
Module 2 · The agentic shift
- Lesson 3
Foundations · Lesson 3
What is an MCP, and why does it matter for insurance?
A plain-language explainer of the Model Context Protocol — the standard plug behind the API-to-agent shift
Last reviewed 18 Jul 2026 · ~4 min
- Lesson 4
Insurance and AI coding agents
How coding agents and MCP servers connect, and what “agent-ready” actually means when a vendor claims it.
Coming soon
Module 3 · How to evaluate
- Lesson 5
Twelve questions that actually matter when evaluating an insurance API
Coming soon
- Lesson 6
Foundations · Lesson 6
How to read a market rail
Government and industry infrastructure shapes every vendor's roadmap. Here is how to understand it.
Last reviewed 18 Jul 2026 · ~5 min
Module 4 · The regions
- Lesson 7
Insurance technology by region
How the markets differ — a navigational overview connecting the regional landscape analyses.
Coming soon
Done with the lessons? The index is where they apply.
Looking for dated pieces? See Analysis — or the structured Reports built from the index.