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Make underwriting decisions in half the time

A specialty insurer

A specialty insurer could free its underwriters from clerical work. The idea: an assistant that assembles each submission, pulls the third-party data, checks it against the guidelines, and hands the underwriter a complete file with a recommendation.

50%
faster underwriting decisions
more
consistent risk calls
100%
of decisions logged for audit

The opportunity

Underwriters can spend more time assembling files than judging risk. Submissions arrive incomplete, third-party data is scattered across portals, and guideline checks are done from memory. The opportunity is to take the clerical work off the desk so skilled people focus on the calls that need judgment.

Target outcome

50%

faster underwriting decisions

8 weeks to pilot
The build

What we would build

No black box. These are the concrete pieces we would put in place, in the order they matter, with a human in the loop wherever the stakes are high.

  1. 1

    Assemble each submission from any channel into one structured application record

  2. 2

    Pull the third-party data the decision needs, from credit and claims history to property and risk signals

  3. 3

    Check the file against the underwriting guidelines and surface the factors that drive the risk

  4. 4

    Draft a decision and pricing recommendation with the reasoning and the rules that applied

  5. 5

    Route the clean cases to fast-track and the close calls to a senior underwriter for a second look

  6. 6

    Log every input, rule, and decision so the underwriting path stays consistent and reviewable

Target outcomes
50%
faster underwriting decisions
more
consistent risk calls
100%
of decisions logged for audit

Representative stack

Python LangGraph Anthropic Claude Document AI pgvector Postgres Temporal

We choose tools to fit the job and your constraints, and favor open-source and local options where they fit. We are not tied to any one vendor.

Time to value

8 weeks to pilot

We start narrow, prove the result against your real baseline, and expand once it holds.

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