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Semsee
Small commercial insurance quoting that sends one submission to many carriers
As of 31 August 2026, Semsee has a free plan and paid plans start at $50/month. Semsee lets independent agents fill one small commercial application and get quotes back from multiple carriers, including markets they are not appointed with. Softwr lists it under Insurance. Semsee is made by Semsee (iBynd), available on Web.
Overview
What Semsee does
Semsee is a submission and quoting platform for small commercial insurance in the United States. An agent enters risk detail once, Semsee maps it into each carrier's question set, and quotes come back from a panel of carriers for lines such as business owners policy, general liability, workers compensation and commercial auto. It includes a class code finder that maps a business description to NAICS and carrier class codes, an appetite checker that says which carriers will look at a risk before you waste time, and ACORD form generation. The distinguishing commercial fact is the split between the free and paid tiers. The free Essential tier gives access to Semsee's own carrier panel, which is how an agent reaches markets they hold no appointment with; Semsee earns from the carriers on that side. The Professional tier at fifty US dollars per user per month is what you buy to run your own direct appointments through the same single-entry workflow. Agents therefore need to be clear about which problem they are solving: reaching new markets is free, consolidating existing appointments is not. Semsee was acquired by iBynd in March 2026 to build a wider commercial distribution stack covering submission through to binding and servicing. The product is still sold under its own name with its own pricing page, but buyers evaluating it on a multi-year view should expect the roadmap to be shaped by iBynd's platform ambitions rather than by Semsee as a standalone quoting tool. It suits small agencies and wholesalers placing high volumes of low-premium commercial risks, where the time cost of retyping the same application into six carrier portals is the actual expense.
What people use it for
- A personal lines agency starting to write small commercial that has no commercial appointments and needs market access without meeting carrier production requirements
- A retail agency quoting twenty BOP submissions a month that is losing hours retyping the same risk into six carrier portals
- A wholesaler that wants a structured intake form so retail agents stop sending incomplete submissions by email
- An agency checking appetite before spending time on a submission that no carrier on its panel will write
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- The free tier only quotes Semsee's own carrier panel, so the workflow consolidation most agencies actually want, running their own appointments through one form, costs fifty dollars per user per month on top.
- Carrier coverage is concentrated in small commercial lines such as BOP, general liability and workers compensation, so anything with real complexity still goes to the carrier portal or the underwriter by email.
- Quotes returned are indicative for many carriers and still subject to underwriting referral, so an agent can present a number to a client and see it change at bind, which damages trust.
- The March 2026 acquisition by iBynd puts the product inside a wider distribution platform, and buyers should expect priority to shift towards iBynd's end-to-end ambitions rather than incremental improvements to standalone quoting.
- Agency management system integration is limited, so quote and policy data frequently has to be re-entered into the AMS after binding, which reintroduces the duplicate entry the product exists to remove.
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What people choose instead of Semsee
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Pricing
What Semsee costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Essential
Free
- Access to the Semsee carrier panel
- Appetite checker
- ACORD form generation
- Quote comparison
- No direct appointment quoting
Professional
$50 /mo
- Everything in Essential
- Quote your own direct appointed carriers
- Class code finder
- NAICS classification tools
- Per user pricing
Enterprise
On request
- White labelled deployment
- Advanced workflow
- Carrier and MGA distribution features
- Quoted pricing
Capabilities
Features
Single submission to many carriers
One application form is mapped to each carrier's own question set
Appetite checker
Says which carriers will consider a class of business before you build the submission
Class code finder
Maps a plain business description to NAICS and carrier class codes
Direct appointment quoting
Paid tier runs your own carrier appointments through the same workflow
ACORD forms
Generates standard commercial ACORD applications from entered data
Auto-fill
Prefills business detail from public records to shorten the application
Proposal generation
Produces client-facing quote comparison documents
Wholesale and MGA access
Reaches markets the agent holds no direct appointment with
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Questions people ask
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Is Semsee free?
The Essential tier is genuinely free and gives access to Semsee's own carrier panel. Quoting your own direct appointments requires the Professional tier at fifty dollars per user per month.
Do I need carrier appointments to use it?
No. That is the main reason small agencies sign up, since Semsee's panel provides market access without production commitments.
Is Semsee still independent?
No. iBynd acquired Semsee in March 2026, though the product is still sold under the Semsee name.
Which lines does it cover?
Small commercial: business owners policy, general liability, workers compensation, commercial auto and some professional liability, depending on carrier.
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