Recognized insurtech leaders to develop joint commercial and personal lines offering, serving agents, insurers and embedded partnerships with a seamless digital experience
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, award-winning AI-enabled insurance distribution platforms Bold Penguin and bolttech announce a global strategic partnership to create a joint commercial and personal lines offering for agents, insurers and embedded partnerships in the U.S., Europe and Asia. bolttech is a leading global insurtech operating in 39 countries and four continents, focused on innovative and AI-led insurance distribution. Bold Penguin focuses exclusively on commercial lines and operates the premiere distribution network and digital exchange with its advanced technology, innovative partnerships, and digital & AI solutions.
From L to R: Peter B Settel, President and CEO, Bold Penguin and Rob Schimek, Group Chief Executive Officer, bolttech.
The global collaboration will support customers across personal and commercial lines distribution by bringing together complementary capabilities into a unified offering. Joining forces will leverage and accelerate both companies’ roadmaps, allowing each to deepen focus on their strengths while enabling customers to take full advantage of the connections and capabilities of the combined platforms.
- Bold Penguin provides a commercial lines digital exchange, data & AI services through "DeX ai", and an integrated commercial carrier network.
- bolttech provides access to insurance and protection services across commercial and personal lines, AI-enabled workflows, and global insurance distribution expertise.
Both companies bring unrivaled scale, expertise, innovation and R&D capabilities to the partnership.
Rob Schimek, Group Chief Executive Officer, bolttech said: "Bold Penguin is the leading commercial insurance distribution platform. Their submission automation, AI-powered underwriting workflows and commercial orchestration platform complement our technology capabilities, personal lines expertise, and insurance ecosystem globally. Together, we can deliver a more seamless, connected insurance experience for distribution partners and customers around the world."
Peter B Settel, President and CEO, Bold Penguin said: "We have great awareness and respect for bolttech’s mission to address the global protection gap. The work Rob and team have done leading in embedded distribution and building the most globally scaled insurtech make them the perfect partner for us to join with and offer our shared customers truly unique options and solutions. While we expand globally, we will also now offer Bold Penguin’s US customers bolt’s personal lines solutions through a single interface."
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About Bold Penguin
Bold Penguin is a leading integrated digital solution platform dedicated to simplifying commercial insurance. Our technology makes the quote and bind process quick, effortless, and profitable for all parties – agents, brokers, and carriers. Bold Penguin’s innovative product suite has digitized and transformed a slow, manual process resulting in reduced costs, increased efficiency, and better overall outcomes.
For more information, please contact us or visit www.boldpenguin.com
About bolttech
bolttech is a global insurtech with a mission to build the world’s leading, technology-enabled ecosystem for protection and insurance. bolttech serves customers in 39 markets across Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa.
With a full suite of digital and data-driven capabilities, bolttech powers connections between insurers, distributors, and customers to make it easier and more efficient to buy and sell insurance and protection products.
For more information, please visit www.bolttech.io.
For more information about bolttech in North America (bolt), visit https://boltinc.com/
