Most AI pilots in insurance stall before production. Not because the AI doesn't work—because of integration complexity and process dependencies.

This week: real-time vulnerability data in underwriting, print mail automation, $100M for AI retirement advice.

#insurtech

Great to see the insurance community gathered at Global Insurance Symposium in Des Moines this week.

David Gritz and Tony Lew were on site for InsurTech NY, connecting with industry leaders and catching up with Jason Gross of TruStage, who also emceed our Spring Conference.

Most insurance AI pilots never reach production.
Join InsurTech NY and @unitaryai.bsky.social on May 21 to learn what separates demos from deployments.

Free to attend.
🔗www.insurtechny.com/events/webinar-unitary-a...

#insurance #AI #webinar

$2B valuation for GLP-1 weight management.
Gyde acquired an agency 2 months after launching. Embedded insurance everywhere.
This week's insurance headlines here.

#insurtech #news #startups #GLP1

Congrats to Navwise and Trajan AI, winners of our 2026 Early Stage Competition.

Chosen from nearly 300 applicants and rising from a standout top 10 at Pier 60, both teams delivered when it counted most. Excited to see what’s next for Jason Andrew, GS Pannu, and their teams.

#insurtechspring

Aviva launched home insurance quoting in ChatGPT. Cambridge Mobile Telematics raised $350M. Distribution and data infrastructure are both shifting fast.
This week's insurance headlines 👇

An instant classic.
The women's insurtech community - from talk to action.
Investors + founders, brokers + capacity, carriers + partners, execs opening doors.
Photo: @upstageai.bsky.social booth with Kasey Roh sharing macaroons!
Tag the women you see!
📸 Carlie Louise Williams

Four AI platforms launched this week. All automating insurance workflows end-to-end.

Cytora: autonomous underwriting
Convr: embedded AI workbench
mShift: unstructured → structured data + AI agents
Gradient: FNOL triage

#insurtechnews

Three fireside chats at InsurTech NY this Monday:
→ What stops advisors from selling insurance & annuities?
→ When a process is automated, what's left for the human?
→ Can AI capture what an expert knows?

March 30-31, Pier 60, NYC.
www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...
#InsurTechSpring

Early-stage insurtech investing in 2026 — what's fundable, what's not, and what the market actually needs.

March 30-31, NYC.
www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

#InsurTechSpring #InsurTech

Meet your #InsurTechSpring 2026 emcees.
James Riviezzo, Denise Campbell, Jason Gross, Roi Hansraj, and Jeff Goldberg will be keeping sessions moving across both P&C and Life & Health tracks March 30-31.

Register: www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

#InsurTech

Last week in insurtech:

€100M for Alan.
Gen buys Trellis.
Neptune launches a ChatGPT app.
Socotra and Manulife push AI deeper into production.
And more!

The market is getting more serious.
www.insurtechny.com/newssignup/
#news #insurtech

70% of AI implementation challenges are people problems, not tech problems.

So what actually makes someone use a new AI system — or quietly ignore it?

March 30-31, NYC.
www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

#InsurTechSpring #AIAdoption

Only 7% of organizations have fully scaled AI enterprise-wide.

At what point does human oversight become a bottleneck?

March 30-31, NYC. 10 days out.

www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

#InsurTechSpring #AgenticAI

Only 30% of insurers use geospatial data in underwriting.

What are the other 70% missing — and what are they mispricing because of it?

March 30-31, NYC. 📍
Register: www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

#InsurTechSpring #Underwriting

Ten insurtech startups. One stage. Over $200,000 in in-kind prizes on the line.

Meet the 2026 finalists pitching live at Pier 60, NYC on March 30–31.

Watch pitches live:
🎟️ www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

#insurtech #startupcompetition #insurtechny

$80M for AI advisors. Embedded insurance expands to UK/US. Policy admin platforms integrate with ServiceNow. Carriers bundle bereavement support.

This week's insurance headlines in 60 seconds 👇
www.linkedin.com/build-relati...

#insurance #tech #news #funding

The next generation of insurance innovators takes the stag
This year’s Case Competition finalists:

• SJU
• University of Iowa
• UCONN

$5,000 prize pool provided by Principal

Join us March 30–31 in New York to see which team takes the title.

www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

Early bird pricing on InsurTech NY Spring Conference ends Sunday.

100+ speakers. Dual P&C and L&H tracks. New York, March 30-31.

If you're going, now's the time.
🔗 insurtechny.com/insurtech-spring-conference/
#InsurTechSpring

Banks have the customers. Insurers have the products. So why is someone else making the sale?

That's the conversation. March 30, NYC.

15% off ends Saturday.
🔗 insurtechny.com/insurtech-spring-conference/

#InsurTechSpring #EmbeddedInsurance

Agentic AI is making real decisions in insurance. Who's supervising it?

That conversation is happening March 30-31 in New York. 15% off ends Saturday.

🔗 insurtechny.com/insurtech-spring-conference/

#InsurTechSpring #AgenticAI #InsurTech

The gap between submission and binding is where distribution actually breaks down.

Garrett Koehn, Raj Kalahasthi, Sandeep Haridas, Pilar R. Lorenzo, and moderator Heather Turner discuss post-submission today.

March 30-31, NYC.

Register: www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

#InsurTech

ADT spent $170M on WiFi that sees people. CoverGo launched autonomous AI agents. Deepfake detection is now standard in claims.

This week's insurance headlines in 60 seconds 👇
www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-we...

#news #insurance

Pitches are in. Voting is open. 🗳️

14 startups. One wildcard spot on stage at InsurTech NY Spring Conference. The public decides.

Vote before March 11th 👇 www.insurtechny.com/2026-competi...

#competition #startup #insurance

Congrats to our portfolio company Kayna on their partnership with Belfry and Willis! Digital insurance, embedded directly into the Belfry security platform.

Read the full press release - www.insurtechny.com/willis-kayna...

#VC #insurtech #partnership

Only 43% of underwriters consistently trust and apply AI techniques.
Frank Chechel, Sophie Norman, and Scott Hawkins discuss when to trust the algorithm vs when to trust your instinct.

March 30-31, NYC. 15% off until March 15.

Register: www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

#insurtech #AI

$385M for retirement infrastructure
$7.5M for AI-native contractor insurance
Jerry.ai launches inside ChatGPT

The distribution game just changed. Insurance tools aren't competing for downloads anymore—they're embedding where users already are.

Full Breakdown in the video.
#news #AI

Underwriting teams have the automation. They're still stuck reconciling instead of deciding.

The fix is triage, not more extraction.

March 17 | Free webinar with BoundAI, Bridge Specialty, and Tricura Insurance Group

Register:
www.insurtechny.com/events/webin...

#automation #insurtech

Carrier-startup partnerships fail way more than they succeed.

Usually not tech problems. Usually human problems.

Tony Lew + Solen Soya breaking down what actually works at InsurTech NY Spring Conference (March 30-31, NYC).

15% off until March 15: www.insurtechny.com/insurtech-sp...

AI underwrites stop loss in minutes, not weeks. Subrogation gets AI-scored. Fleet insurance goes for $80M. Pet insurance hits $100M ARR.

The tech works. The question now is: where do humans fit when AI can do it faster and better?

Are you optimistic? 🤖 or 😬
#insurance #AI