PANEL DISCUSSION: The Disruptor vs The Giant: How the Next Generation of Insurers Will Win

  • How digital first insurers rebuilt claims, services and trust from scratch and what incumbents can realistically adopt now.
  • What disruptors do differently, (beyond the hype) and where giants are closing the gap.
  • The winning behaviours, models and mindsets shaping the next generation of insurers with practical takeaways for every organisation.

MODERATOR: Craig Beattie, Principal Analyst, Celent

AI That Agents Love: How to shave 60 seconds off your customer call

  • Hear how AXA Health is demonstrating the perfect AI and human synchronicity in action. AXA Health has 900+ agents handling 55,000 calls each week
  • How a deployment reduced the cost of after-call work, increased co-worker capacity, and ensured standardised, high-quality information is consistently recorded after each customer interaction
  • Deployed in only four months, AXA Health’s strategy with Verint Wrap Up Bot quickly captured the hearts and minds of agents – including previously sceptical team members

The New Risk Frontier: Climate Volatility, Emerging Perils & Systemic Exposure

  • Climate volatility is reshaping accumulation and pricing.
  • The growing protection gap and insurer retreat from high-risk regions.
  • How governments may intervene as markets become uninsurable.
  • Transition risk; evaluating liability-side exposure as economies decarbonise.
  • What insurers must redesign in modelling, capital and resilience.

PANEL DISCUSSION: Insurance Black Mirror: Stress testing the failure models, so innovation doesn’t backfire

… Intro from: Erica Mcewan, Art Director, Black Mirror

What happens when automation and AI create new systemic risks insurers aren’t ready for? The dark side of hyper connected infrastructure.

  • When prevention tech becomes a single point of failure.
  • The unintended consequences of autonomous decision making in underwriting, claims and risk selection.
  • Looking at the governance, engineering and resilience rails needed to prevent a black mirror scenario.

MODERATOR: Aadil Bundeally, Transformation Director, Lloyds (Former)

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Experience Advantage: From Product to Relationship

  • Why insurers must move beyond point-of-sale models to continuous customer relationships
  • The shift from static underwriting to dynamic, data-driven engagement over time
  • What insurers still don’t understand about their customers, and how better data reduces uncertainty
  • How behavioural insight, health data and engagement models can improve both customer outcomes and risk selection

MODERATOR: Fabio Sarrico, Senior Insurance Analyst, Celent

PANEL DISCUSSION: Human plus machine: building the AI-enabled insurance workforce

We explore how insurers can upskill teams, redesign roles, and unlock productivity through AI adoption today

  • What separates high-performing teams in AI adoption from those that struggle
  • Upskilling non-technical talent: enabling underwriters and business users to do advanced analytics
  • Embedding AI into day-to-day workflows rather than isolated use cases
  • Creating the right culture: time, incentives, and leadership needed to drive adoption

MODERATOR: Fabio Sarrico, Senior Insurance Analyst, Celent