Years of catastrophe losses, reserve strengthening, and double-digit rate increases have shifted industry focus toward operational efficiency, underwriting precision, and competitive differentiation. AI investment is accelerating, cloud migrations are generating unexpected cost increases, and architecture decisions once confined to IT departments now reach the boardroom. Carriers that built modernization plans around monolithic core suite replacements are reassessing those plans as composable, workbench-first approaches force a strategic recalibration across the market.
Datos Insights’ analysis identifies a split in carrier technology sentiment. AI draws enthusiasm. Cloud, core systems, and solution vendors face skepticism, although these same technologies fueled profitability a decade earlier. The reverse holds too: AI, the industry’s current favorite, has not yet shown a clear path to profitable growth, and carriers that have scaled AI deployments are surfacing the same cost challenges that defined earlier technology transformation cycles.
This report helps carriers, distributors, and service and solution providers understand industry business and technology priorities. It is based on ongoing conversations across the P&C insurance ecosystem. The analysis applies secure enterprise AI review to deduplicated Datos Insights call notes.
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About the Author
Steven Kaye
Steven Kaye is Head of Knowledge Management at Datos Insights, and lead editor of the firm’s Business and Technology Trends in Insurance series. He has managed a wide range of research projects since joining the firm in 2008. Previously, Steven worked for Accenture as an insurance researcher focused on the U.S. life and property/casualty markets. He also served in both knowledge management...
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Subhasis Mukherjee
Subhasis Mukherjee is a seasoned leader with over 30 years’ experience in technology across various industries, including insurance, investments, banking, manufacturing, and education. He was previously the market offering leader for Deloitte’s Converge platform for insurance (Insurance Growth Suite). Under his leadership, Deloitte launched a new business of a cloud-based insurance platform. As the former Chief Information Officer at Pekin...