Radar · Insurance Distribution in Texas
Best Insurance Distribution Companies in Texas, United States
The 196 best Insurance Distribution companies in Texas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Skyward Specialty Insurance.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
196companies tracked
$296.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
9have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION × TEXAS
Our analysis of 50 Insurance Distribution companies
$16.7b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
50companies analysed
79%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
3unicorns
2009median founding year
169kcombined LinkedIn audience
57%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Insurance Distribution companies in Texas
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skyward Specialty Insurance Provider of property and casualty insurance services 76Fin. health top 17%Funding top 33%Growth top 38%Market top 42% All 9 signals ▾Fin. healthtop 17% Fundingtop 33% Growthtop 38% Markettop 42% Newstop 42% Techtop 46% Talenttop 46% Moatbottom 38% Globalbottom 37% Fin. health: Revenue ~$1.4B (FY2024) · Net margin 1493.9% Funding: Raised $158M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 15 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $158M | 84 mo ago | Public | Andrew Robinson CEO | 2007 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27 | — | 1 expansion |
| 2 | AWL Provider of home, auto, health, life & medicare insurance services | $82M | 132 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2005 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressZoho+21 | — | 2 awards |
| 3 | Medicus Insurance Medical insurance company | $25M | 219 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2006 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Higginbotham Provider of independent insurance brokerage and risk management services 62News top 25%Growth top 27%Market top 42%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Newstop 25% Growthtop 27% Markettop 42% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 47% Fundingbottom 45% Partnersbottom 35% Globalbottom 32% News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 17 tracked, 3 types) · 3 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Growth: 2 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $19M | 26 mo ago | Unfunded | Paul Higginbotham Founder | 1948 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+23 | — | 1 expansion |
| 5 | Propeller Provider of insurance and surety bonds distribution platform | $6M | 41 mo ago | Seed | Aaron Steffey Co-Founder and Co-CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | 41 patents Design and manufacturing of insulated reusable beverage containers and frozen food molds. | 1 job opening |
| 6 | Everest Provider of funeral planning & management services | $5M | 203 mo ago | Series A | — | 2001 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 7 patents Atmospheric water generation devices and outsourcing contract obligation adjustment systems | 1 partnership |
| 7 | Adroit Health Group Provider of health insurance brokerage services | $450K | 78 mo ago | Seed | Steve Jones CEO | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | — | — |
| 8 | Community Health | — | 12 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1997 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | 1 job opening |
Top 12 Insurance Distribution companies in Texas
#1
Unfunded · Fort Worth, Texas · founded 1948 · 2500 employees$19.5Mraised▾
Unfunded · Fort Worth, Texas · founded 1948 · 2500 employees
Provider of independent insurance brokerage and risk management services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 25%Growth
top 27%Market
top 42%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 47%Funding
bottom 45%News: 5 BI events in 12 mo (of 17 tracked, 3 types) · 3 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo · Top themes: Leadership, M&A, Contracts
Growth: 2 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo
Market: 2,500 employees (top 15% of Insurance Distribution) · Top-5,000,000 web property · 1 contract event in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 31k LinkedIn followers — 18.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Investors
LKCM Headwater Investments
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCallrailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Public · Houston, Texas · founded 2007 · 448 employees$157.5Mraised▾
Public · Houston, Texas · founded 2007 · 448 employees
Provider of property and casualty insurance services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Fin. health
top 17%Funding
top 33%Growth
top 38%Market
top 42%News
top 42%Tech
top 46%Fin. health: Revenue ~$1.4B (FY2024) · Net margin 1493.9% · Revenue +23% YoY
Funding: Raised $158M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 15 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Jun 2019)
Growth: Revenue +23% YoY · Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 25k LinkedIn followers — 14.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2019Conventional Debt$20M
- Apr 2015Seed$1M
- Jan 2015Unattributed$70M
- Mar 2014Unattributed$85M
Founders & team
Investors
The Westaim Corporation, Everest Advisors, Catlin, Lightyear Capital
Tech stack
AccessibeAll In One SeoApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2019 · 9 employees$6.5Mraised▾
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2019 · 9 employees
Provider of insurance and surety bonds distribution platform. It offers an automated end-to-end underwriting platform for insurance agencies, advisors, and clients. It provides a platform for the onboarding process, automated commission payments, and integration into the agent website.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Underwriting Assistant, Contract Surety
Funding rounds
- Jan 2023Seed$6.4M
- Feb 2021Seed$50K
Founders & team
Investors
BrokerTech Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Core-Js
#4
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2005 · 130 employees$81.8Mraised▾
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2005 · 130 employees
Provider of home, auto, health, life & medicare insurance services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 5.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -2 · hiring: Medical Genuis Agents, BackendDeveloper
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- 2015Conventional Debt$81.8M
Investors
NewStar Financial, Bryant Stibel
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Genesis BlocksGoogle Font Api
#5
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2006 · 51 employees$25Mraised▾
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2006 · 51 employees
Medicus Insurance is a medical insurance company. It provides medical professional liability insurance to physicians, health care extenders, medical groups, hospitals, clinics, and facilities. It also offers personalized services to healthcare professionals.
Funding rounds
- Mar 2008Series A$10M
- Oct 2006Series A$15M
Investors
CHL Medical Partners, Cypress Group, HealthInvest Equity Partners
#6
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2001 · 16 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2001 · 16 employees
Provider of funeral planning & management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. WTW) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2009Series A$5.4M
Tech stack
AhrefsApache Http ServerAzureBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Seed · Mckinney, Texas · founded 2015$450Kraised▾
Seed · Mckinney, Texas · founded 2015
Provider of health insurance brokerage services
Funding rounds
- Dec 2019Seed$450K
Founders & team
Investors
Safina Capital
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerJquery
#8
Funding Raised · Houston, Texas · founded 1997 · 165 employees—raised▾
Funding Raised · Houston, Texas · founded 1997 · 165 employees
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 18k LinkedIn followers — 10.9% of this cohort's audience · 36 engagements/post (3.1× cohort median)
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Manager, Health Promotion
Investors
HRSA
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementorEssential Addons For Elementor
#9
Late Stage · Dallas, Texas · founded 2006 · 5497 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Dallas, Texas · founded 2006 · 5497 employees
Provider of life & health insurance services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 39k LinkedIn followers — 23.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 6 partnerships (incl. Dependantable Life Solutions) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2021PE—
Founders & team
Investors
Silver Lake
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeAnime.JsAosApple Icloud Mail
#10
Seed · Dallas, Texas · founded 2017 · 10 employees—raised▾
Seed · Dallas, Texas · founded 2017 · 10 employees
Life insurance carrier
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 812 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Kilter Finance, LKCM Headwater Investments
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBold Page BuilderBold ThemesContact Form 7Core-JsGodaddy
#11
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2002 · 47 employees—raised▾
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 2002 · 47 employees
Diversified investment management firm
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. J.P. Morgan Asset Management) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2018Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
Long Ridge
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementorFont AwesomeHsts
#12
Acquired · Dallas, Texas · founded 1986 · 267 employees—raised▾
Acquired · Dallas, Texas · founded 1986 · 267 employees
Provider of insurance risk management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Investors
Kohlberg & Company
Tech stack
Optimizely Content ManagementMicrosoft Asp.NetBootstrapAzureJqueryGoogle Tag Manager
Funding & investor landscape
$296.2Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
12disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Paul Higginbotham
Founder · Higginbotham
Andrew Robinson
CEO · Skyward Specialty Insurance
Aaron Steffey
Co-Founder and Co-CEO · Propeller
Steve Jones
CEO · Adroit Health Group
Bryan Adams
Co-Founder · Integrity
Tom Schueth
Co-Founder · Integrity
James Atkins
CEO · Independent Life
Thomas A Nieman
CEO · SALI
Jorge Barcena
CEO & President · Pronto Insurance
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 624,631 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Insurance Distribution coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Insurtech is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Insurtech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 22 United States-affiliated papers.
top research entities
- New York Life Insurance Company2
- Film Independent2
- University of Management and Technology2
- AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety1
- Temple University1
leading researchers
Maryam Saeed · Jeffrey P. Ebert · Catherine C. McDonald · Ruiying Xiong · Dina Abdel-Rahman · Neda Khan · Xin Che · Andre P. Liebenberg
▲
Breakthroughs3 · 14%
0%→0% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Conceptual model and framework research newly emerging in U.S. insurtech — three foundational papers signal early theoretical groundwork.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Conceptual model1
- Conceptual framework1
- Marketing1
- Knowledge management1
- Originality1
Landmark Transforming life insurance buying: conceptual model for the adoption of Life InsurTech services in India · 1 cites
◆
Advancements8 · 36%
0%→0% share
2 median citations88% since 2021mostly empirical
Actuarial science research intensifying — two U.S. papers lead advancements alongside telematics and incentive-design work.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Actuarial science2
- Telematics1
- Incentive1
- Poison control1
- Baseline (sea)1
Landmark Usage-Based Insurance—Impact on Insurers and Potential Implications for InsurTech · 35 cites
▼
Concerns3 · 14%
0%→0% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly reviews
Insurance law and geopolitics concerns newly surfacing — each drawing dedicated U.S. institutional research attention.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Position (finance)1
- Geopolitics1
- Insurance law1
- European union1
- Index (typography)1
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing insurtech patents in the United States
United States insurtech patent filing is steady — 15 filings from 7 assignees (2018–2025), led by State FARM Mutual Automobile Ins, Grunfeld ERIC, Allstate Insurance; annual filings 1→1.
15 filings7 assigneespeak 5/yr2018–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2018–2025)
top patent filers
- State FARM Mutual Automobile Ins6
- Grunfeld ERIC5
- Allstate Insurance4
- Clover Health3
- Fiete Stephen2
- Cripe Frederick F2
- American Family Mutual Insurance1
Common questions
How many Insurance Distribution companies are there in Texas, United States?
Radar tracks 196 indexable Insurance Distribution companies headquartered in Texas, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Insurance Distribution companies in Texas, United States?
The Insurance Distribution companies in Texas, United States on this list have raised a combined $296.2M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Insurance Distribution company in Texas, United States?
Skyward Specialty Insurance is the highest-funded Insurance Distribution company in Texas, United States, with $157.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Insurance Distribution companies in Texas, United States are funded?
7 of the 196 Insurance Distribution companies in Texas, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Insurance Distribution unicorns are there in Texas, United States?
None of the Insurance Distribution companies in Texas, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Texas, United States Insurance Distribution companies?
The most active investors in Texas, United States Insurance Distribution companies on this list include LKCM Headwater Investments, BrokerTech Ventures, Bryant Stibel, CHL Medical Partners, Catlin.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.