Briza

The unified API connecting insurance to the world

Distribution & Sales Growth Series A

Overview

Briza is the industry's first unified API for small business commercial insurance in the United States. Founded in 2016 by Ben Munro and Mike McDerment, the company provides a single API standard that enables software developers at insurance distributors and platforms to sell commercial insurance online through quoting, binding, and payment functionalities.

The Briza API builds an infrastructure layer that aggregates carrier quote and bind APIs and integrates automated underwriting models into a unified data model. Agencies and developers write once to the Briza API and gain access to multiple product APIs across all connected carriers. Questions are standardized to avoid redundancies and presented in plain language, with answers submitted as a single payload that Briza translates and routes to carrier APIs.

Briza positions itself as a proudly neutral technology partner, having not accepted investment from any insurance brokerage or carrier. This allows the company to work conflict-free with insurance agents, brokers, carriers, wholesalers, MGAs, and technology providers alike. The platform is trusted by major carriers including AmTrust Financial, CNA, Markel, Liberty Mutual, Hiscox, Chubb, and Berkshire Hathaway Guard.

Products & Services

Briza Unified API

Core REST-based JSON API enabling digital quoting, binding, and payment for commercial insurance policies.

Key Features

Single API integration for multiple carrier connections
Automated underwriting model integration
Standardized question sets across carriers
Digital quote, bind, and pay workflows
Admitted and surplus lines support

Target Users: Insurance Distributors, Software Developers, Digital Brokers

Briza Air

Open-source UI components for building commercial insurance user interfaces.

Key Features

Dynamic questionnaire components
Pre-built insurance form elements
Complimentary developer tools
Customizable frontend components

Target Users: Software Developers, Digital Platform Builders

Briza Collect

Secure payment unification tool for insurance premium collection.

Key Features

Unified payment processing
Secure premium collection
Multi-carrier payment routing

Target Users: Insurance Agencies, Digital Brokers

At a Glance

Founded: 2016
Headquarters: Austin, Texas
Employees: 11-50
Funding: Series A

Category & Focus

Category: Distribution & Sales
Subcategories: API Platform Commercial Insurance Carrier Integration Embedded Insurance
Insurance Verticals: P&C Commercial Small Business
Target Customers: Carriers, Agencies, Brokerages, Wholesalers, MGAs, Software Platforms