Underwriting Innovation USA 2026
17 November 2026
The Westin New York at Times Square, New York, United States
Underwriting Innovation USA is Intelligent Insurer's one-day conference for senior underwriters and chief underwriting officers, held on November 17, 2026 at The Westin New York at Times Square. The 2026 agenda covers maintaining underwriting discipline and profitability in a soft market, distribution and broker collaboration, the responsible use of data and AI, and operational resilience, with a main programme, two breakout streams (Underwriting Execution & Innovation; Market Structure and Distribution), roundtables, a talent workshop and an evening drinks reception.
20 sessions · 45 speakers
Organiser (1)
Sponsors (7)
Nomad Data · IntellectAI · PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited · Further AI · Silas Insurtech · Socotra · Adlib Software
Exhibitor (1)
Agenda
- Registration, Networking and Chairman opening remarks 17 November 2026
- A Market in Motion: Structural Shifts, Evolving Risks and the Business Models Reshaping Insurance 17 November 2026
- Holding the Line: Underwriting Profitability and Market Discipline in a Rationalized Capital Environment 17 November 2026
- Protecting the Core, Powering the Future: The Next Evolution of Underwriting 17 November 2026
- Beyond the submission form: new data sources and smarter risk selection 17 November 2026
- The Last Lever: Portfolio Underwriting When Price Has a Ceiling and Risk Doesn’t 17 November 2026
- From inbox to insight: the future of submission ingestion and triage 17 November 2026
- DEMO SESSION The Future of AI-Assisted Underwriting 17 November 2026
- The art and the algorithm: finding the right balance between AI and underwriting judgement 17 November 2026
- Underwriting AI risk for lawyers: from uncertainty to better risk management 17 November 2026
- Stream B: The MGA model: distribution channel, underwriting specialist or market disruptor? 17 November 2026
- Stream A: Getting price right: technical pricing, rate adequacy and portfolio management 17 November 2026
- Stream A: Define Your Future: Rewire Business Strategy with Gen-AI 17 November 2026
- Stream B: Non-admitted in the spotlight: navigating the shifting rules of surplus lines placement and technology regulation 17 November 2026
- Stream B: Workshop 17 November 2026
- Stream A: Roundtables 17 November 2026
- Shared intelligence: how the best underwriting, actuary and claims teams collaborate — and why most still don't 17 November 2026
- The rising cost of risk: social inflation, litigation funding and the exposures reshaping every line of business 17 November 2026
- The Future of Underwriting Judgement: Facilities, Automation and Where the Human Edge Still Matters 17 November 2026
- Close of Conference 17 November 2026