PRACTICAL AI. PERSONAL BY DESIGN.

Less wasted time.
More time
for people.

The conversations. The clients. The reason you started.
We help insurance agencies make room for all of it.

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LESS IN YOUR WAY. MORE IN YOUR DAY.

Your time.
Back in your hands.

ROOTED IN INSURANCE. BUILT AROUND PEOPLE.SCROLL TO TAKE YOUR TIME BACK ↓

01 / THE WORK, CONNECTED

TOOLS. SETUP. YOUR NEXT CHAPTER.

A better day.
From here on.

Start with what’s slowing you down.
We’ll help with the tools, the setup,
and the people using them.

02 / THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK

NATE. JOSH. JOHN.

It started with
our dad’s agency.

Thirty years of looking after people.
That’s where our story begins.

We grew up around the work. Today, we’re three brothers helping agencies spend less of the day on busywork—and more of it with the people who count on them.

Nate Marks
Nate MarksYOUR APPLIED AI TEAM
Josh Marks
Josh MarksYOUR APPLIED AI TEAM
John Marks
John MarksYOUR APPLIED AI TEAM
ONE FAMILY. A PERSONAL COMMITMENT.Book your appointment ↗

03 / GOOD PEOPLE. GOOD COMPANY.

Their words.
Our reason to keep going.

Excerpts from agencies we’ve worked with. Hover over a row to pause.

“It would have been a nightmare to set up without their expertise.”
Jamey Hix JAMEY HIX AGENCY · OROFINO, ID
“Nate and John at Applied AI Partners gave us great service and expertise.”
Derek Pfost DP AGENCY · MCCALL, ID
“Applied AI Partners was instrumental in helping us streamline our CRM system.”
Jamey Hix JAMEY HIX AGENCY · OROFINO, ID
“…helping us move four agencies over to a combined CRM and phone system.”
Derek Pfost DP AGENCY · MCCALL, ID
“…automations and a fully integrated phone system.”
Jamey Hix JAMEY HIX AGENCY · OROFINO, ID
“Highly recommend their service.”
Derek Pfost DP AGENCY · MCCALL, ID

The Two Questions Agencies Ask Us First

Both are fair, and both deserve a straight answer instead of a brochure. Here is what we actually tell people in the first meeting.

The staffing question

“Is this going to replace my people?”

No — and an agency buying AI to cut headcount is buying the wrong thing. AI is reliable exactly where a person reviews the output, and unreliable everywhere else. So we point it at the work nobody wanted in the first place, and leave the judgment with your team.

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    AI drafts, your team decides. Nothing reaches a client unread. That line does not move.
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    It takes the typing, not the talking. Call notes into the CRM, the same form re-keyed twice, digging through a policy PDF for one answer.
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    The result is client-facing time. At Marks Agency, retention moved from 92% to 96% with the same team — not a smaller one.
Read the full answer →
The security question

“Is my client data safe?”

The real exposure usually isn't the tool you're evaluating — it's the consumer AI account someone on your team is already using without written rules. Our answer to that is a trust center specific enough for a carrier vendor-security review, not a reassuring sentence.

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    Never used to train AI models — ours or any provider's, under contract.
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    U.S.-only storage, AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit, and never sold or brokered.
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    Isolation enforced by the database, not by app code that could be bypassed — row-level security on every tenant table.
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    Microsoft 365 access is delegated only — never tenant-wide, and you can revoke it yourself in seconds.
See the full trust center → How to vet any AI vendor →
INSURANCE IS WHERE WE STARTED.

Built around your work.
And the people doing it.

Based in Jacksonville, Florida. Rooted in our family agency in Sandpoint, Idaho. We work with captive and independent insurance agencies across the United States.

See our approach ↗Explore lead generation ↗

Common Questions

Who builds Applied AI's tools for insurance agencies?

Applied AI Partners — an AI consulting and software company for insurance agencies, based in Jacksonville, Florida. Brothers John and Nate Marks founded it in October 2025, and their brother Josh Marks joined as a partner in October 2026. Josh is still a Farm Bureau Insurance agent at the family agency, and every tool ships in their family's agency (Marks Insurance Agency, Sandpoint, Idaho) before any client sees it.

Where is Applied AI Partners based, and who do you serve?

We're based in Jacksonville, Florida and work with insurance agencies nationwide — currently concentrated in Idaho and Florida. We serve both captive agencies (Farm Bureau, State Farm, Allstate, Farmers, American Family) and independent agencies.

Will AI replace my insurance agency staff?

Not in the way people fear, and an agency adopting AI to cut headcount is adopting it for the wrong reason. AI is reliable where a person reviews its output and unreliable everywhere else, so the work worth handing it is the administrative work — call notes into the CRM, re-keying the same information, digging through a policy document for one answer. The judgment work stays with your licensed team: coverage advice, the recommendation, and the final read before anything reaches a client. Our own family agency in Sandpoint, Idaho moved client retention from 92% to 96% with the same headcount, not a smaller one.

Is it safe to use AI with client and policy data?

It depends on which AI and which account tier. The common exposure isn't a vetted vendor — it's a staff member pasting client details into a personal consumer AI account with no written rules, where the terms may permit using submitted content to improve the model; business and enterprise tiers contractually do not. For Applied AI specifically: U.S.-only storage, AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit, agencies isolated by PostgreSQL row-level security rather than by application code, never used to train AI models by us or any provider, never sold or brokered, and Microsoft 365 access delegated-only and revocable by the agency at any time. Full detail, written for a carrier vendor-security review, is at appliedaijax.com/security.

Do I have to use all four AI tools?

No. Every tool — Fine Print IQ, Debrief IQ, Usher IQ, and Producer IQ — is sold separately and works on its own. Most agencies start with the one tool that fixes their biggest time-drain, then add others as the team gets comfortable. One Applied AI login works across all of them.

How is this different from using ChatGPT or generic AI?

Generic AI assistants give your team a blank chat box and ask them to invent the workflow. Applied AI tools ship with the insurance workflow built in — households, policies, renewals, carriers, HIPAA-defensive document handling, and integrations with the systems agencies already use. You skip the 'what do I even type?' phase.

What does Applied AI cost?

It depends on which tools and services you use. Each AI tool is priced separately, and consulting is offered in tiered packages — from a one-hour training session up to full strategic engagements. Contact us for a quote tailored to your agency's size and needs.

How quickly can my agency see results?

Most tools are live for your agency the same day or within a few days — no complex IT project. For our AI lead-generation service, agencies typically see their first booked meetings within 14 days.

A LITTLE MORE ROOM FOR PEOPLE.7 QUESTIONS. A CLEARER STARTING POINT.
THE AI QUIZ

What’s next?

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See where AI could help your agency.
Then let’s make a little more room for people.

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