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Carriers are spending millions on AI while letting their most valuable training data walk out the door with a retirement cake and a gift card. A 2025 APQC survey found that 92 percent of organizations don’t capture knowledge regularly. Meanwhile, 50 percent of the insurance workforce is expected to retire within 15 years. AI can now address that if carriers are willing to pay for it.

Wharton researchers found that when people consult AI, they follow its recommendations roughly 80% of the time, even when the AI is confidently wrong. Their confidence goes up, not down. For an industry where every bind, reserve, and claim payment carries legal consequences, “cognitive surrender” may be the most important risk concept you haven’t heard of yet.

The insurance industry’s AI debate just shifted from “does it work?” to “can you afford to wait?” WTW measured a 6-point combined ratio advantage for analytics-forward carriers. Meanwhile, Nvidia is building infrastructure for 100 AI agents per employee. This week’s AI Insights breaks down what it means.

Accenture just told 770,000 employees: use AI or forget about a promotion.

90% of insurance executives plan to increase AI spending this year. But 80% of firms globally still report zero productivity gains from AI.

The gap isn’t technology. It’s people.

This week’s edition is dominated by insurance-specific AI news, along with our commentary to help it make sense.

The Big “I” Agents Council for Technology just released its 2026 Tech Trends Report, and it confirms what many of us have suspected: independent agencies are enthusiastic about AI but dangerously underprepared to use it.

Sequoia Capital just named insurance brokerage and claims adjusting as two of the largest AI “autopilot” opportunities across ALL industries. Combined TAM: $220-280B. The capital is flowing, the companies are funded, and the workforce gaps are real. Here’s what executives need to know.

BofA says $15B in insurance commissions are in AI’s crosshairs. Sedgwick finds only 7% of carriers have scaled AI successfully. States and the White House are headed for a regulatory showdown. This week’s AI Insights breaks it all down.

Existing security platforms for AI, with insurance industry analysis.

Our weekly roundup of the top AI news stories – with commentary on what makes it relevant to the insurance industry. Major stories this week.