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This article tracks competitive intelligence on [[Definition:Artificial intelligence (AI) | AI]] adoption, regulation, and investment across the global insurance industry, current as of March 29, 2026.
๐ฏ'''Enterprise scaling.''' [[Definition:Generative AI | Generative AI]] and [[Definition:Agentic AI | agentic AI]] moved from pilot programs to enterprise-scale production across global insurance in the past six months, marking the industry's most consequential technology inflection point since digital distribution. [[Definition:McKinsey & Company | McKinsey]] estimates GenAI could unlock $50โ70 billion in insurance revenue, while AI leaders in the sector have generated 6.1ร [[Definition:Total shareholder return | total shareholder return]] versus laggards over five years โ a wider gap than virtually any other industry. [[Definition:Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | BCG]] found that only 7% of carriers have successfully scaled beyond pilots, and 70% of scaling challenges are human and organisational rather than technological.
๐ค'''Agentic AI
๐๏ธ'''Regulatory convergence.''' Regulatory frameworks are crystallising simultaneously across all major jurisdictions. The [[Definition:EU AI Act | EU AI Act]]'s high-risk obligations for insurance [[Definition:Underwriting | underwriting]] and pricing are set to apply by August 2026, the [[Definition:National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) | NAIC]] has launched a 12-state AI evaluation pilot running through September 2026, and Singapore's [[Definition:Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) | MAS]] has finalised comprehensive AI risk management guidelines that explicitly cover agentic AI. In the US, [[Definition:Colorado Division of Insurance | Colorado]] remains the most aggressive state regulator on [[Definition:Algorithmic fairness | algorithmic fairness]] in insurance and serves as a bellwether for how other states may approach algorithmic accountability.
๐ก๏ธ'''AI as adversary.''' [[Definition:Verisk | Verisk]]'s March 2026 State of Insurance Fraud study revealed that 36% of consumers would consider digitally altering a claim image, rising to 55% among Gen Z. 98% of insurers agree AI editing tools are driving a rise in digital media [[Definition:Insurance fraud | fraud]], and 99% report encountering manipulated or AI-altered documentation. Insurers must deploy AI defensively as rapidly as they deploy it operationally.
๐ฐ'''Insurtech funding inflection.''' Full-year 2025 insurtech investment rose 19.5% to $5.08 billion โ the first annual increase since 2021 โ with 77.9% of Q4 2025 funding flowing to AI-centred companies. Capital is shifting decisively from consumer-facing distribution toward B2B operational infrastructure, and re/insurers completed a record 162 private technology investments in insurtechs during 2025.
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== Notable stories ==
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| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:Intact Financial | Intact Financial]] reaches 600+ AI models and CAD $200M annual benefit'''
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* Intact now runs more than 600 AI models at scale, generating recurring annual benefits of approximately CAD $200 million, up from $150 million and 500 models in 2024.
* AI use cases span [[Definition:Claims processing | claims processing]], customer service quality assessment via speech-to-text plus [[Definition:Natural language processing (NLP) | NLP]] analysing 20,000 daily calls, [[Definition:Insurance pricing | pricing]], and segmentation.
* The [[Definition:Evident AI Insurance Index | Evident AI Insurance Index]] ranked Intact #4 globally; only three of 30 major insurers assessed have disclosed monetary AI returns.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Now impacts how carriers benchmark AI [[Definition:Return on investment (ROI) | ROI]], as Intact remains the only insurer globally providing comprehensive AI return estimates.
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* Claims AI
* Underwriting AI
* NLP
* Intact Financial
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* [https://www.thestockobserver.com/2026/03/29/intact-financial-coo-2026-starts-strong-with-near-20-roe-ai-gains-and-5b-ma-firepower.html The Stock Observer]
* [https://riskandinsurance.com/axa-allianz-dominate-ai-maturity-rankings-as-industry-transformation-accelerates/ Risk & Insurance]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|29}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:Ping An Insurance | Ping An]]'s AI ecosystem reaches 251 million customers with 95% diagnostic accuracy'''
| style="text-align:left" | Asia-Pacific
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* The AI Doctor system diagnosed over 11,300 disease types with 95.1% accuracy, covering 100% of 251 million retail customers with "AI + human doctor" services.
* AI-powered anti-fraud [[Definition:Claims | claims]] interception reduced losses by RMB 9.15 billion ($1.27 billion) in the first three quarters of 2025.
* AI service representatives handled 1.292 billion service interactions, representing 80% of total customer service volume.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Directly affects the competitive benchmark for AI deployment scale, as Ping An operates across 650+ business scenarios built on over 3.2 trillion tokens of text.
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* Generative AI
* [[Definition:Life and health insurance | Life & health]]
* Claims AI
* [[Definition:Fraud detection | Fraud detection]]
* [[Definition:Predictive analytics | Predictive analytics]]
* Ping An
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* [https://group.pingan.com/media/news/2026/ar-25.html Ping An 2025 annual results]
* [https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/asia/news/breaking-news/ping-an-turns-to-health-ecosystem-for-financial-results-surge-570095.aspx Insurance Business Asia]
* [https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2025/ai-insurance-greater-china/ Society of Actuaries]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|26}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Verisk launches Synergy Studio [[Definition:Catastrophe model | cat
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* Synergy Studio, launching mid-2026, is a cloud-native platform allowing insurers and [[Definition:Reinsurer | reinsurers]] to integrate proprietary data with Verisk's datasets for bespoke [[Definition:Risk model | risk models]] with AI-powered automated workflows.
* Verisk's State of Insurance Fraud study found 36% of consumers would consider digitally altering a claim image, rising to 55% among Gen Z.
* Verisk also launched XactAI for [[Definition:Computer vision | computer vision]]-based [[Definition:Property damage | property damage]] assessment from photos.
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๐ Developing
* Could reshape cat modelling and portfolio optimisation workflows if Synergy Studio gains adoption among major [[Definition:Property and casualty insurance | P&C]] carriers and reinsurers.
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* Risk modeling
* [[Definition:Climate risk | Climate risk]]
* Fraud detection
* Computer vision
* Reinsurance
* Verisk
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* [https://www.verisk.com/products/verisk-synergy-studio/ Verisk Synergy Studio]
* [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/17/3257135/0/en/AI-Editing-Tools-Are-Fueling-a-New-Era-of-Insurance-Fraud-According-to-New-Research-from-Verisk.html GlobeNewswire]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|26}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:Tokio Marine | Tokio Marine]] establishes AI governance framework
| style="text-align:left" | Asia-Pacific
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* Tokio Marine implemented a "Basic Policy on AI Governance" globally in April 2025, built on five pillars including transparency, human oversight, and bias elimination.
* The company partnered with [[Definition:Tractable | Tractable]] for AI-driven auto claims in Japan, expected to cut claims determination from 2โ3 weeks to days.
* The Asia-Pacific AI insurance market reached $2.80 billion in 2025 at a 42.2% growth rate, the fastest-growing region globally.
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๐ Developing
* May influence how Asian carriers structure AI governance ahead of tightening regional regulatory expectations across APAC jurisdictions.
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* [[Definition:AI governance | AI governance]]
* [[Definition:AI ethics | AI ethics]]
* Computer vision
* Claims AI
* [[Definition:Parametric insurance | Parametric]]
* Tokio Marine
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* [https://www.klover.ai/tokio-marine-ai-strategy-analysis-of-dominance-in-insurance-ai/ Klover AI]
* [https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/au/news/breaking-news/apac-insurers-confront-geopolitics-catastrophes-and-ai-in-2026-563640.aspx Insurance Business Australia]
* [https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/ai-in-insurance-market-114760 Fortune Business Insights]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|25}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''NAIC launches 12-state AI evaluation pilot as 25 states adopt model bulletin'''
| style="text-align:left" | US
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* The NAIC Model Bulletin on AI Systems has been adopted by 25 states plus DC as of March 2026, with California, Colorado, New York, and Texas enacting separate AI-specific regulations.
* A 12-state pilot program for the AI Systems Evaluation Tool launched in March 2026, running through September 2026 across states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Florida.
* The NAIC issued a statement expressing "deep concern" over a Trump Administration Executive Order potentially preempting state AI regulatory authority.
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๐ Developing
* Could significantly affect US insurers' compliance obligations if the evaluation tool pilot leads to standardised AI governance requirements across participating states.
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* [[Definition:Insurance regulation | Regulation]]
* AI governance
* AI ethics
* [[Definition:Explainability (XAI) | Explainability/XAI]]
* NAIC
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* [https://content.naic.org/committees/h/big-data-artificial-intelligence-wg NAIC Big Data & AI Working Group]
* [https://content.naic.org/article/statement-national-association-insurance-commissioners-naic-ai-executive-order NAIC statement on AI Executive Order]
* [https://www.fenwick.com/insights/publications/naic-expands-ai-systems-evaluation-tool-pilot-program-to-12-states-key-updates-for-insurers-and-ai-vendors-supporting-insurers Fenwick]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|24}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Singapore MAS
| style="text-align:left" | Asia-Pacific
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* MAS issued a Consultation Paper on AI Risk Management in November 2025, with guidelines covering AI governance frameworks, [[Definition:Risk materiality | risk materiality]] assessments, lifecycle controls, and third-party AI management.
* On March 20, 2026, MAS announced the successful conclusion of Project MindForge Phase 2, publishing an AI Risk Management Toolkit developed by 24 leading financial firms.
* The framework is notable for its proportionate, principles-based approach that explicitly covers agentic AI, a category most other regulators have not yet addressed.
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๐ Developing
* May influence global regulatory design for agentic AI in financial services, given Singapore's early-mover status in explicitly addressing autonomous AI workflows.
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* Regulation
* AI governance
* AI ethics
* Explainability/XAI
* MAS
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* [https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2025/mas-guidelines-for-artificial-intelligence-risk-management MAS guidelines announcement]
* [https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2026/mas-partners-industry-to-develop-ai-risk-management-toolkit-for-the-financial-sector MAS AI Risk Management Toolkit]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|20}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:Munich Re | Munich Re]] builds integrated AI ecosystem
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* Munich Re's $2.6 billion acquisition of [[Definition:NEXT Insurance | NEXT Insurance]] โ the largest [[Definition:Insurtech | insurtech]] M&A deal in history โ closed July 2025, with the company rebranding as ERGO NEXT Insurance in January 2026 and now serving 750,000+ small businesses.
* Subsidiary HSB launched AI Liability Insurance for SMBs in March 2026, protecting against lawsuits from AI use including bodily injury, property damage, and advertising injury from AI-generated content.
* The [[Definition:REALYTIX | REALYTIX]] ZERO platform includes a generative AI CoPilot for automated [[Definition:Insurance product | insurance product]] building, deployed at 50+ customers worldwide.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Directly affects the competitive landscape as Munich Re is uniquely positioned as both an insurer of AI risks and a deployer of AI across [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]] operations.
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* Generative AI
* Underwriting AI
* Insurtech
* Reinsurance
* [[Definition:Commercial lines | Commercial lines]]
* [[Definition:Cyber insurance | Cyber]]
* Munich Re
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* [https://www.reinsurancene.ws/munich-res-hsb-launches-ai-liability-insurance-for-small-businesses/ ReinsuranceNe.ws]
* [https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/next-insurance-gets-scooped-up-by-munich-re-for-2-6b/ TechCrunch]
* [https://www.munichre.com/en/insights/digitalisation/generative-ai-munich-re-is-driving-automation-in-the-insurance-industry.html Munich Re]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|19}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Tractable expands computer vision claims ecosystem with Mitchell [[Definition:Straight-through processing (STP) | straight-through processing]]'''
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* Tractable was named to the Everest Group Top 50 P&C Insurance Technology Providers 2026 list, with computer vision covering over 80 vehicle panels and parts in the US.
* The collaboration with [[Definition:Mitchell International | Mitchell]] makes straight-through processing available to North American insurers for the first time using AI-enabled touchless estimating.
* With Admiral Seguros in Spain, 70โ75% of customers complete their claim digitally in approximately two minutes, delivering up to a 10ร reduction in claim resolution time.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Now impacts how [[Definition:Personal lines | personal lines]] auto insurers evaluate AI-driven touchless claims workflows, with clients including [[Definition:GEICO | GEICO]], [[Definition:Aviva | Aviva]], and [[Definition:Sompo | Sompo]].
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* Computer vision
* Claims AI
* Personal lines
* Tractable
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* [https://tractable.ai/everest-group-top-50/ Tractable โ Everest Group Top 50]
* [https://tractable.ai/dcr-and-tractable/ Tractable โ DCR partnership]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|16}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:CCC Intelligent Solutions | CCC Intelligent Solutions]] crosses $1B revenue as Estimate-STP and MedHub scale'''
| style="text-align:left" | US
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* CCC crossed $1 billion in annual revenue for FY2025 ($1.057 billion, up 12% YoY), cementing its position as the dominant AI claims platform in North America.
* The computer-vision-based Estimate-STP product now has 40 insurer clients, with one large national carrier processing 20% of its volume through the product.
* Following its $730 million acquisition of [[Definition:EvolutionIQ | EvolutionIQ]], CCC launched MedHub for Casualty, an AI-powered medical record synthesis platform for [[Definition:Bodily injury | bodily injury]] claims.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Now impacts how North American P&C insurers process auto and [[Definition:Casualty insurance | casualty]] claims at scale, with AI-based solutions accounting for approximately $100 million in annual revenue across 125+ insurers.
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* Computer vision
* Claims AI
* NLP
* Personal lines
* CCC Intelligent Solutions
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* [https://www.cccis.com/news-and-insights/posts/cccis-expand-third-party-auto-casualty-offering-with-evolutioniq CCC Intelligent Solutions press release]
* [https://www.themarketsdaily.com/2026/03/07/ccc-intelligent-solutions-touts-ai-claims-expansion-evolutioniq-deal-and-500m-buyback-at-morgan-stanley-talk.html The Markets Daily]
* [https://coverager.com/ccc-intelligent-solutions-crosses-1-billion-in-revenue/ Coverager]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|07}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:AXA | AXA]] and Shift Technology renew 5-year AI partnership spanning 15 countries'''
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* AXA and Shift Technology announced a five-year strategic partnership renewal on March 5, 2026, extending their collaboration across 15 countries in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
* Shift has now analysed more than 2.6 billion [[Definition:Insurance policy | policies]] and claims across its client base, using a combination of generative, agentic, and predictive AI across the claims lifecycle.
* AXA ranked #1 in the Evident AI Insurance Index with 63 points, dominating AI research output with 24% of all AI publications and approximately 400 AI use cases in production.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Directly affects how large global carriers structure long-term AI vendor partnerships for fraud detection, claims efficiency, and customer experience improvement.
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* Fraud detection
* Claims AI
* Generative AI
* Predictive analytics
* AXA
* Shift Technology
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* [https://www.shift-technology.com/resources/news/five-year-renewal-of-collaboration-between-shift-technology-and-axa-to-accelerate-ai-powered-insurance-transformation Shift Technology press release]
* [https://evidentinsights.com/bankingbrief/evident-ai-insurance-index-special-edition-2025/ Evident AI Insurance Index]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|03|05}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''McKinsey, BCG, and [[Definition:Gallagher Re | Gallagher]] quantify the AI scaling gap and 28-month ROI payback'''
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* McKinsey estimated GenAI could unlock $50โ70 billion in insurance revenue and mapped an "AI staircase" from predictive analytics through generative AI to agentic AI, with AI leaders generating 6.1ร total shareholder return versus laggards.
* BCG found insurance matches tech/telecom in AI adoption rates, but only 7% of carriers have successfully scaled beyond pilots, and 70% of scaling challenges are human and organisational.
* Gallagher's 2026 AI Adoption Survey found 63% of organisations now have operationalised AI (up from 34% in 2023), but the average AI ROI payback period is 28 months.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Now impacts how boards and executive teams evaluate AI investment cases, with concrete ROI benchmarks and a clear quantification of the leader-laggard gap.
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* Predictive analytics
* Generative AI
* AI governance
* Underwriting AI
* Claims AI
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* [https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/the-future-of-ai-in-the-insurance-industry McKinsey]
* [https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/insurance-leads-ai-adoption-now-time-to-scale BCG]
* [https://riskandinsurance.com/most-companies-see-ai-benefits-but-roi-timeline-stretches-into-2028/ Risk & Insurance]
* [https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insights/insurance/underwriting-rewritten Accenture]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|02|27}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Insurtech AI funding surges as 78% of Q4 2025 investment flows to AI-
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* 77.9% of Q4 2025 insurtech funding went to AI-centred companies ($1.31 billion across 66 deals), with full-year 2025 investment rising 19.5% to $5.08 billion โ the first annual increase since 2021.
* Key raises included Corgi Insurance ($108M), [[Definition:Liberate | Liberate]] ($50M for voice AI agents), [[Definition:mea Platform | mea Platform]] ($50M; live in 21 countries), and [[Definition:Sixfold | Sixfold]] ($30M for AI underwriting).
* Re/insurers completed a record 162 private technology investments in insurtechs during 2025.
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๐ Developing
* Could signal a durable shift in insurtech capital allocation toward B2B operational AI infrastructure if the funding trend sustains through 2026.
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* Insurtech
* Generative AI
* Underwriting AI
* Claims AI
* [[Definition:Distribution (insurance) | Distribution AI]]
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* [https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/ai-insurance-brokerage-harper-raises-45m-series-a-and-seed/ TechCrunch โ Harper]
* [https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/liberate-bags-50m-at-300m-valuation-to-bring-ai-deeper-into-insurance-back-offices/ TechCrunch โ Liberate]
* [https://fintech.global/2026/01/30/insurtech-firm-sixfold-secures-30m-to-advance-ai-underwriting/ Fintech Global]
* [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/insurance-ai-leader-mea-platform-090000685.html Yahoo Finance โ mea Platform]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|02|25}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''UK Treasury Committee warns current AI approach "risks serious harm" to consumers'''
| style="text-align:left" | UK
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* The House of Commons Treasury Select Committee criticised the [[Definition:Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) | FCA]], [[Definition:Bank of England | Bank of England]], and HM Treasury for a "wait-and-see" approach, finding 75%+ of UK financial services firms use AI with highest uptake among insurers.
* The FCA launched the Mills Review in January 2026 examining AI's long-term impact on retail financial services, with recommendations expected summer 2026.
* The FCA confirmed it will not introduce AI-specific rules, maintaining a technology-neutral, principles-based approach through existing [[Definition:Consumer Duty | Consumer Duty]] and [[Definition:SM&CR | SM&CR]] frameworks.
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๐ Developing
* Could affect UK insurers' compliance posture if the FCA's forthcoming guidance introduces substantive new expectations for AI use in retail financial services.
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* Regulation
* AI governance
* AI ethics
* Explainability/XAI
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* [https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/158/treasury-committee/news/211401/current-approach-to-ai-in-financial-services-risks-serious-harm-to-consumers-and-wider-system/ UK Parliament Treasury Committee]
* [https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/innovation/ai-approach FCA AI approach]
* [https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/prudential-regulation/publication/2025/november/pra-holds-model-risk-management-roundtable-on-ai Bank of England]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|02|24}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Generali France deploys 50+ AI agents across 3,700 employees with Microsoft'''
| style="text-align:left" | EU
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* Under its "Boost 2027" strategic plan, Generali France deployed [[Definition:Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft 365 Copilot]], Copilot Studio, and [[Definition:Azure OpenAI | Azure OpenAI]] across all 3,700 employees, achieving 70% adoption generating approximately 15 prompts per user per week.
* Over 50 specialised AI agents have been built for tasks including unstructured data extraction, hyper-personalised marketing campaigns, and standardised RFP responses.
* The 24/7 voice assistant resolves 1.3 million calls (30% of requests) without human intervention, and over 2.1 million operations were processed by [[Definition:Robotic process automation (RPA) | RPA]] bots in 2024.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Directly affects how European insurers benchmark enterprise-wide agentic AI deployment, as one of the most detailed publicly documented examples of insurer AI at scale.
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* Generative AI
* Distribution AI
* AI governance
* Generali
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* [https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/25382-generali-microsoft-365-copilot Microsoft customer story]
* [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/financial-services/2026/02/18/from-bottlenecks-to-breakthroughs-how-agentic-ai-is-reshaping-insurance/ Microsoft Financial Services blog]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|02|18}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:Telematics | Telematics]] crosses mainstream threshold with 21 million US policyholders sharing data'''
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* More than 21 million US policyholders now share telematics data with their insurer, reflecting a 28% compound annual growth rate since 2018.
* The global [[Definition:Usage-based insurance (UBI) | UBI]] market was valued at $34 billion in 2025, projected to grow at 16% CAGR through 2035, with 278 million active telematics insurance policies projected globally for 2026.
* AI-driven capabilities now in production include real-time risk scoring, predictive claims prevention reducing [[Definition:At-fault claim | at-fault claims]] by 20โ30% through behavioural nudges, and automated [[Definition:Crash detection | crash detection]] triggering [[Definition:First notice of loss (FNOL) | FNOL]] initiation.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Now impacts personal lines pricing and distribution strategy as connected car integration with 20+ OEM brands eliminates hardware installation barriers.
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* Telematics
* Predictive analytics
* Personal lines
* [[Definition:Pricing AI | Pricing AI]]
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* [https://www.carriermanagement.com/features/2026/02/11/284454.htm Carrier Management]
* [https://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/risk-insurance-educational-alliance/2026/01/26/855308.htm Insurance Journal]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|02|11}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Allianz scales Insurance Copilot, Project Nemo, and 400 GenAI use cases globally'''
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* The Insurance Copilot, a generative AI claims management tool, launched for automotive claims in Austria and is scaling to additional markets, while Project Nemo in Australia deploys seven agentic AI agents achieving 80% reduction in claim processing time for food spoilage claims.
* AllianzGPT now serves 60,000+ employees with a target of all 158,000 globally, and the group reports approximately 400 generative AI use cases live.
* The Evident AI Insurance Index ranked Allianz #2 globally, noting it employs roughly 10% of all AI professionals across 30 major insurers assessed.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Directly affects competitive benchmarks for enterprise AI scaling, as Allianz has emerged as one of the most aggressive AI deployers globally across claims, underwriting, and internal operations.
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* Generative AI
* Claims AI
* NLP
* Allianz
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* [https://www.allianz.com/en/mediacenter/news/articles/250205-smarter-claims-management-smoother-settlements.html Allianz media centre]
* [https://www.allianz.com/en/mediacenter/topics/artificial-intelligence.html Allianz AI overview]
* [https://www.loma.org/en/news/marketfacts/2026/forecast-2026-ai-outlook/ LOMA]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|02|05}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''EU AI Act high-risk rules for insurance near enforcement as [[Definition:EIOPA | EIOPA]] surveys GenAI adoption'''
| style="text-align:left" | EU
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* The EU AI Act classifies AI systems used for [[Definition:Risk assessment | risk assessment]] and pricing in life and health insurance as "high-risk," with obligations including risk management systems, [[Definition:Data governance | data governance]], transparency, and [[Definition:Human oversight | human oversight]] applying from August 2, 2026.
* EIOPA's generative AI survey of 347 undertakings across 25 countries found nearly two-thirds of European insurers are actively using GenAI, though most remain at [[Definition:Proof of concept (PoC) | proof-of-concept]] stage.
* 49% of surveyed insurers have developed dedicated AI policies, up from 25% in 2023, with top risks cited being hallucinations, cybersecurity, and data protection.
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๐ Developing
* Could reshape how European insurers design and document AI systems for underwriting and pricing if the August 2026 enforcement date holds without further extension.
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* Regulation
* AI governance
* Explainability/XAI
* Pricing AI
* Underwriting AI
* Life & health
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* [https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/eiopa-publishes-opinion-ai-governance-and-risk-management-2025-08-06_en EIOPA Opinion on AI Governance]
* [https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/eiopa-survey-generative-ai-shows-swift-cautious-adoption-among-europes-insurers-2026-02-02_en EIOPA GenAI survey]
* [https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/annex/3/ EU AI Act Annex III]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|02|02}}
|- style="vertical-align:top"
| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:Descartes Underwriting | Descartes]] launches AI-powered parametric insurance for data
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* Descartes Underwriting launched a parametric product suite for data centres on January 22, 2026, providing up to $140 million capacity per policy against natural perils threatening data centre construction and operations.
* The product addresses the AI infrastructure boom โ data centre investments hit $267 billion in 2025, projected to reach $700 billion by 2035.
* Descartes also adopted mea Platform's AI, including proprietary domain-specific language models and agentic AI workflows, to automate underwriting processes.
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๐ Developing
* Could expand the addressable market for parametric products significantly if data centre construction maintains projected growth and [[Definition:Basis risk | basis risk]] reduction proves reliable.
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* Parametric
* Climate risk
* Risk modeling
* Predictive analytics
* Commercial lines
* Descartes Underwriting
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* [https://www.reinsurancene.ws/descartes-launches-parametric-product-suite-for-data-centres/ ReinsuranceNe.ws โ product launch]
* [https://www.reinsurancene.ws/descartes-underwriting-adopts-mea-platform-to-power-parametric-growth/ ReinsuranceNe.ws โ mea Platform adoption]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|01|22}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Gulf states accelerate AI insurance transformation backed by sovereign investment'''
| style="text-align:left" | Middle East
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* In Saudi Arabia, over 50% of insurance customer service interactions are now AI-powered, processing 80+ million transactions, alongside a $40 billion+ AI investment fund and a $10 billion Google Cloud/PIF partnership.
* The UAE's National AI Strategy 2031 targets Abu Dhabi as fully AI-powered by 2027, with the planned "Stargate" AI supercomputing hub targeting 1 GW of data centre capacity.
* 58% of UAE and Saudi consumers already use generative AI tools, significantly outpacing UK and European adoption rates, though generative AI penetration in Middle Eastern insurance remains approximately 0.6% of global market share.
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๐ Developing
* May influence how global carriers approach the Gulf insurance market if sovereign capital investment translates into accelerated AI-native distribution and operations.
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* Distribution AI
* NLP
* Generative AI
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* [https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/3277bdf4/ai-innovation-and-adoption-in-insurance-in-the-middle-east Norton Rose Fulbright]
* [https://www.deloitte.com/middle-east/en/services/consulting/perspectives/2026-ai-predictions-shaping-the-middle-east.html Deloitte Middle East]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|01|15}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:Moody's | Moody's]] AI-powered wildfire model wins California approval and validates during LA fires'''
| style="text-align:left" | US
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* The model was validated during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires ([[Definition:Insured loss | insured losses]] $25โ30 billion), with AI-powered image analysis comparing pre- and post-event satellite imagery to classify structure damage.
* Global [[Definition:Insured catastrophe loss | insured catastrophe losses]] in 2025 reached approximately $107โ108 billion, the sixth consecutive year above $100 billion.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Now impacts California residential ratemaking and wildfire risk modelling, as one of the first AI-enhanced forward-looking cat models approved for regulatory use in the state.
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* Risk modeling
* Climate risk
* Computer vision
* Reinsurance
* Predictive analytics
* Moody's
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* [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/moody-wildfire-risk-model-successfully-204500474.html Yahoo Finance]
* [https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/insights/insurance/catastrophe-modeling-for-a-resilient-future-powered-by-ai.html Moody's โ cat modelling and AI]
* [https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/insights/insurance/one-year-after-the-2025-los-angeles-fires.html Moody's โ LA fires analysis]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2026|01|07}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''[[Definition:Zurich Insurance | Zurich Insurance]] launches AI Lab and deploys Program IQ for multinational underwriting'''
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* Zurich launched the Zurich AI Lab on October 29, 2025, a joint research initiative with ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen operating across three locations.
* Program IQ, an AI-powered tool for multinational [[Definition:Commercial insurance | commercial]] policy analysis, detects discrepancies between local policies and master policies across jurisdictions, languages, and currencies.
* Zurich previously disclosed a $40 million annual reduction in [[Definition:Underwriting leakage | underwriting leakage]] from its Expert AI partnership and uses Azure OpenAI for underwriting risk evaluation.
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๐ Developing
* Could influence how multinational commercial insurers approach AI-driven policy analysis if Program IQ expands beyond property [[Definition:Natural catastrophe | natural catastrophe]] coverage to additional lines.
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* Generative AI
* Underwriting AI
* Commercial lines
* Zurich Insurance
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* [https://www.zurich.com/media/news-releases/2025/2025-1029-01 Zurich AI Lab press release]
* [https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/12/31/852798.htm Insurance Journal]
* [https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/technology/zurich-expands-ai-ambitions-with-new-research-lab-554657.aspx Insurance Business Magazine]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2025|12|31}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Swiss Re puts [[Definition:Palantir | Palantir]]-powered AI platform at core of strategy and scales ClaimsGenAI'''
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* Swiss Re announced AI as central to its "Built to Lead" strategy in December 2025, disclosing a Palantir-powered AI platform as its core technology engine integrating automation, ontologies, and centralised governance.
* ClaimsGenAI automates [[Definition:Corporate insurance | corporate insurance]] claims handling using generative AI built on over two decades of unstructured claims data, identifying recovery opportunities beyond those found by human handlers.
* Over 85% of employees have adopted new technologies, roughly 30 percentage points above industry average, with a 2026 Group [[Definition:Net income | net income]] target of $4.5 billion.
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๐ Developing
* May influence how reinsurers structure AI platform investments if Swiss Re's Palantir partnership delivers on the projected $300 million run-rate [[Definition:Operating expenditure (OpEx) | OpEx]] reduction by 2027.
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* Generative AI
* Reinsurance
* Claims AI
* AI governance
* Swiss Re
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* [https://www.swissre.com/media/press-release/pr-20251205-swiss-re-targets-2026.html Swiss Re press release]
* [https://www.swissre.com/risk-knowledge/advancing-societal-benefits-digitalisation/how-generative-ai-is-transforming-insurance-claims-claimsgenai.html Swiss Re โ ClaimsGenAI]
* [https://www.reinsurancene.ws/swiss-re-puts-palantir-powered-ai-at-heart-of-new-strategy/ ReinsuranceNe.ws]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2025|12|05}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Colorado expands algorithmic fairness testing to auto and health insurance'''
| style="text-align:left" | US
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* Colorado's amended Regulation 10-1-1, effective October 15, 2025, expanded algorithmic fairness and governance requirements from [[Definition:Life insurance | life insurance]] to private passenger automobile and [[Definition:Health insurance | health benefit plan]] insurers.
* Insurers must establish governance frameworks, conduct quantitative testing for [[Definition:Disparate impact | disparate impact]] on [[Definition:Protected characteristics | protected characteristics]], and submit annual compliance reports.
* Colorado's AI Act (SB24-205) was delayed from February 2026 to June 30, 2026, but the state remains the most aggressive US regulator on AI fairness in insurance.
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๐ข Confirmed
* Now impacts compliance obligations for auto and health insurers operating in Colorado and serves as a bellwether for algorithmic accountability requirements in other US states.
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* Regulation
* AI ethics
* Explainability/XAI
* Pricing AI
* Personal lines
* Life & health
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* [https://doi.colorado.gov/for-consumers/sb21-169-protecting-consumers-from-unfair-discrimination-in-insurance-practices Colorado Division of Insurance โ SB21-169]
* [https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-205 Colorado General Assembly โ SB24-205]
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Australia builds national AI fraud detection platform for insurance industry'''
| style="text-align:left" | Asia-Pacific
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* The [[Definition:Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) | Insurance Council of Australia]], Shift Technology, and [[Definition:EXL | EXL]] announced a collaboration in November 2025 to build a national data analytics fraud detection and investigations platform for the Australian insurance industry.
* The platform enables insurers to securely share fraud patterns, coordinate investigations, and identify emerging threats, with [[Definition:Motor insurance | motor insurance]] claims as the first focus.
* Cross-carrier intelligence sharing expands fraud network identification by an average of 3ร, following similar association-led counter-fraud initiatives in the UK, France, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
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๐ก Early signal
* Worth monitoring: if the platform achieves meaningful cross-carrier data sharing, it could serve as a model for national-scale fraud detection in other markets.
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* Fraud detection
* Predictive analytics
* Personal lines
* Shift Technology
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* [https://insurancecouncil.com.au/resource/insurance-council-of-australia-exl-and-shift-launch-new-collaboration-to-build-insurance-fraud-detection-and-investigations-platform/ Insurance Council of Australia]
* [https://www.shift-technology.com/resources/news/insurance-council-of-australia-exl-and-shift-launch-new-collaboration-to-build-insurance-fraud-detection-and-investigations-platform Shift Technology]
| style="text-align:left" | {{Date table sorting|2025|11|20}}
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| style="text-align:left" | '''Shift Technology launches agentic AI claims platform with [[Definition:AXA | AXA]] Switzerland as early adopter'''
| style="text-align:left" | Global
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* Shift Technology launched Shift Claims on September 16, 2025, a platform powered by agentic AI that transforms claims operations from [[Definition:First notice of loss (FNOL) | first notice of loss]] to closure.
* Early adopters report 3% lower claims losses, 30% faster handling, 60% overall automation rate, and >99% accuracy in claims assessment.
* The system uses LLMs equipped with tools that take autonomous, task-specific actions to assess [[Definition:Coverage | coverage]] exclusion, [[Definition:Liability | liability]], damage, [[Definition:Subrogation | subrogation]], and litigation exposure.
| style="text-align:left" |
๐ Developing
* Could redefine claims workflow architecture if the agentic approach delivers sustained automation rates and accuracy at scale beyond early-adopter deployments.
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* Claims AI
* Generative AI
* Fraud detection
* Predictive analytics
* Shift Technology
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* [https://www.shift-technology.com/resources/news/shift-technology-launches-shift-claims-to-power-claims-transformation-with-agentic-ai Shift Technology press release]
* [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shift-technology-launches-shift-claims-to-power-claims-transformation-with-agentic-ai-302557099.html PR Newswire]
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