Bold Penguin API
A documented REST API for quote/bind, application forms, and exchange workflows sits at developers.boldpenguin.com. Credentials are sales-gated with no self-serve issuance. OAuth 2.0 client credentials with 12-hour tokens, webhooks, an SDK, and a public status page round out the surface.
Frequently asked questions
Bold Penguin scores F on the API Report Card. A documented REST API for quote/bind, application forms, and exchange workflows sits at developers.boldpenguin.com. Credentials are sales-gated with no self-serve issuance. OAuth 2.0 client credentials with 12-hour tokens, webhooks, an SDK, and a public status page round out the surface.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly.
Bold Penguin is a Columbus, Ohio-headquartered commercial insurance technology platform founded in 2016 that operates the largest digital exchange for small commercial insurance in the US, plus an AI-powered quote-and-bind and submission-routing stack for middle-market and complex risks.
Vertical: Financial Services (specifically commercial property & casualty insurance distribution and quote-and-bind technology; also classifiable as Insurance). Agent/broker quote flows: ingest applicant data, run Bold Penguin's Q&A/eligibility, dispatch to carrier rating APIs, return quotes, support bind and policy issuance.
Very high within US small-commercial digital distribution. Bold Penguin is the brand most associated with API-first commercial insurance quoting and is the de-facto exchange for small-commercial lead routing.
Applicant/insured data: business legal name, DBA, FEIN, NAICS, SIC, addresses, contact info, years in business, ownership. Risk attributes: payroll, revenue, headcount, vehicle counts/VINs, property schedules (SOVs), prior loss history, claims runs.
Founded in 2016; ~10 years old as of 2026.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.
Yes. Supergood maintains an unofficial Bold Penguin API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write Bold Penguin data. See the Bold Penguin integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/bold-penguin-api.