Carrier Payables

Pay every carrier accurately

On time, every time.

Full visibility into every carrier payment. Your team sets the approval rules — Ascend handles execution.
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Trusted by the industry's

leading insurance and accounting teams

Why Carrier Payables

Purpose-built to automate payables, eliminate NOCs, and give your team a complete, audit-ready view of every outgoing payment.
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Eliminate errors that lead to NOCs

When carriers aren't funded on time, policies get canceled — damaging relationships and hurting revenue. Ascend disburses from reconciled cash on your schedule, so carriers are funded before NOCs become a risk.

Free your team from manual work

Every policy, commission split, and fee or tax adjustment has to be accounted for. Ascend pulls data from reconciled balances to calculate what's owed to each carrier — so your team isn't redoing the math every month.

Pay on time, on your own terms

Whether your team prefers to approve each disbursement batch, or let Ascend execute automatically, payments go out on the right date. No manual coordination, chasing confirmations, or missed deadlines.

Keep accounts current

When carrier disbursements are calculated and posted automatically, month-end isn't a scramble to reconcile. Your team reaches close with a complete, accurate record of every outgoing payment.

Payments & Financing by the Numbers

Time Saved
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by automating manual carrier payables workflows
Reduction in NOCs
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ensuring carriers are funded accurately on time
Carriers supported
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paid directly from reconciled balances
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What Carrier Payablesdoes for you

Ascend pulls from reconciled balances to calculate what's owed net of commissions, return premiums, and adjustments. Your team reviews a summary, not a spreadsheet.

Five capabilities that compound into faster collections, fewer cancellations, and a checkout experience that works for every insured.

PLATFORM FOUNDATION

Built to handle

payables at scale

The platform capabilities that make Carrier Payables accurate, compliant, and consistent — across every carrier and every disbursement type.
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AMS & GL Integrations
Disbursements calculated directly from reconciled AMS balances — net of commissions, return premiums, and adjustments. Confirmed payments post back with no double entry.
Compliance & Audit Trail
AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit. Complete audit trail on every disbursement calculation, approval decision, and posting event. Financial controls operate consistently — not assembled at month-end.
Native Collaboration
Approval rules are configurable, and disbursement batches can be reviewed or automated. Exceptions are handled as a team without leaving Ascend. Every approval, override, and adjustment logged with full context.
Bank Connectivity
Any bank account can be connected to disburse to trading partners. Payments sent via ACH or check, and can be tracked from calculation to confirmation without logging into carrier portals.

We not only saw a significant amount of time saved for our team but also saw an increase in financing adoption from our clients, a win-win for us.

Michael Crist
Partner
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CF&P Insurance Brokers increased financing adoption by 12%
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Marquee Insurance Group (MIG) boosted team efficiency, decreasing NOCs by 80%
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Frequently asked questions

What accounting leaders

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Disbursements to trading partners — net premiums, return premiums, commission adjustments, and refunds. Ascend calculates from reconciled balances and disburses via ACH or wire. Your team configures approval rules and disbursement schedules — fully automated or with a review step.

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