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Autonomy in action: Using Agentic AI to redefine insurance operations

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The insurance industry has always been complex. It runs on dense documentation, nuanced risk assessments, strict compliance requirements, and decisions where precision is critical. While insurers have adopted digital tools over the years, much of the work remains manual, repetitive, and time-consuming—slowing operations and straining teams. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) helped streamline structured, rule-based tasks. But its limitations quickly surface when real-world variability appears. Unstructured submissions, incomplete information, exceptions, and judgment calls often cause automation to stall. RPA can move tasks forward, yet it rarely completes entire processes independently. Agentic AI changes that dynamic. Unlike traditional automation, Agentic AI uses autonomous, goal-oriented agents capable of understanding context, reasoning through complexity, and adapting in real time. These intelligent agents interpret both structured and unstructured data, break down objectives ...

Why AI in insurance claims and underwriting will be a game changer in 2026

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Claims and underwriting sit at opposite ends of the insurance lifecycle, yet both face the same pressures: rising volumes, increasing policy complexity, tighter regulation, and higher expectations for speed and accuracy. Teams must make confident decisions using information scattered across multiple documents and systems. Claims handlers reconcile FNOLs, policies, endorsements, and invoices, while underwriters review loss runs, broker submissions, guidelines, and risk disclosures. As scale increases, manual review and task-based automation no longer keep pace. AI addresses this challenge by adding structure, context, and consistency to complex workflows. Rather than replacing expertise, it connects information across documents, applies standardized logic, and surfaces insights early. In claims, AI evaluates coverage eligibility, identifies missing information, detects anomalies, and supports defensible payment decisions. In underwriting, it consolidates submissions, applies appetite...