Original research · Fielding now

The Agentic AI in Insurance Benchmark 2026

Vendors circulate straight-through-processing rates with no neutral baseline, and readiness for the NAIC AI Model Bulletin — now adopted in roughly half the states — has never been measured. This benchmark asks carriers directly: real STP bands by line, FNOL automation, fairness testing, and where adjusters and underwriters actually sit in the loop.

By Evgeny Aleksandrov, Founder, BlackGrid · individual responses confidential


The numbers the industry doesn't have — yetORIGINAL RESEARCH · INSURANCE BENCHMARKThe numbers the industry doesn't have — yetFIELDING NOWtracks fill when fielding closesstraight-through settlement, by lineFNOL automation shareunderwriting STP, by lineNAIC-expected written AI programunfair-discrimination testingSIU referral automationwhere adjusters & underwriters sitpublished as open aggregates at this URL — individual responses stay confidentialBLACKGRID

Who we're surveying

  • Claims, SIU, and underwriting leaders at US P&C and life/health carriers
  • Innovation and AI leaders at carriers and MGAs
  • Compliance leaders tracking NAIC bulletin adoption state by state

What we ask (~7 minutes)

  • FNOL automation and straight-through settlement share for simple losses, in bands by line
  • Underwriting STP today and what sets its ceiling — data, appetite complexity, explainability, or systems
  • NAIC readiness: the written AI program, unfair-discrimination testing, vendor diligence
  • Whether you could reconstruct an AI-influenced claim or quote decision end to end

What participants get

  • The benchmark report before public release
  • Your band versus the field, by line of business
  • Anonymity by design — only aggregates are ever published

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