Most insurance teams are chasing AI. The question is whether they’re chasing the right outcomes. On March 17, InsurTech NY hosted a webinar on underwriting judgment in AI-enabled workflows, bringing together operators who’ve actually implemented these systems at scale. The panel included Mladen Subasic, Chief Product Officer at BoundAI and OIP Insurtech; Ted from Bridge […]
Most P&C teams are operating inside workflows that were never designed for today’s specialty market. Submission volumes are rising, data lives everywhere, and underwriters are spending more time managing process than evaluating risk. That was the opening statement of our recent webinar, and it set the tone for an hour-long conversation about what’s actually breaking […]
Few phrases are used more loosely in insurance than end-to-end automation. Vendors promise it. Leaders ask for it. Decks are built around it. In theory, it suggests a future where submissions flow in, decisions flow out, and humans step aside. In commercial insurance, that future doesn’t exist. The idea of end-to-end automation comes from environments […]
Insurance teams hear the same promise from almost every AI vendor: faster decisions, automated outcomes, and less human involvement. In practice, these claims often conflate two distinct concepts: decision automation and decision support. The distinction matters more in insurance than in almost any other industry. Underwriting and claims decisions carry financial, regulatory, and reputational consequences. […]
Straight-through processing is often held up as the gold standard of insurance automation. Higher STP rates are equated with maturity, efficiency, and operational excellence. For many insurance leaders, the logic feels obvious: the more work that flows through the system without human touch, the better the outcome. But in practice, this thinking has created a […]
It’s well known that insurance is behind in AI, software, and technology compared to other industries, but have you ever wondered why? What’s so specific about the insurance industry that makes most AI models fail in insurance workflows? This article explains why AI in insurance workflows fails in production, where the gap between lab performance […]
The insurance industry is investing heavily in artificial intelligence. More advanced models, predictive power, and promises of smarter underwriting decisions. But behind the excitement, there’s a problem most teams avoid talking about. AI in underwriting fails because the data feeding the models is broken. Loss runs don’t match the application. Schedules of values conflict across […]
The Insurtech world is going through one of its most contradictory moments yet. Funding has dropped sharply (Gallagher Re, Global InsurTech Report), several high-profile vendors have downsized or shut their doors, and regulators are tightening their grip on AI. Yet the marketing claims have never been louder. Every week, someone promises “full automation,” “instant compliance,” […]
Underwriting organizations rely on modern tooling to reduce friction and operate faster. On the other hand, many insurance companies still struggle with the same barrier: people’s resistance to change. Underwriters already have a lot on their plate and feel the pressure of deadlines, calculations, discrepancies, compliance, etc. When new tools or workflows enter the picture, […]
Insurance operations face growing pressure to move faster, make better decisions, and deliver consistent service. Claims, FNOL, and MTAs sit at the centre of this pressure because they rely on information that arrives in unstructured formats. Insureds and agents often submit PDFs, sheets, images, photos, and handwritten applications. Brokers forward endorsements, certificates, and change requests. […]
