Insurance AI Governance Framework

AI insurance governance workbench

Assess the governance tier, flag jurisdiction-specific review questions, check coverage readiness, and compare the rules against messy insurance scenarios.

Step 1

Shape the use case

Build the use-case description from choices instead of starting with a blank text box.

Which insurance workflow is this for?
What does the AI produce?

Add specifics such as who reviews it, where it appears, or what system it supports.

Step 2

Confirm exposure and authority

Who operates or relies on this AI tool?
Can any AI output reach a client or policyholder?
Does it touch regulated insurance decisions?

Pricing, coverage, and claims answers are mutually exclusive with none or not sure.

Step 3

Flag jurisdiction overlays

Pick any jurisdictions that may apply. This does not change the deterministic tier yet; it adds review prompts to the packet.

Step 4

Confirm evidence and controls

Is the AI generative or classifying?
What is the source of training data or prompts?
Is logging of inputs and outputs in place?

Coverage readiness

Check whether the AI risk is insurable or drifting into an exclusion gap

This does not interpret policy language. It surfaces the broker, carrier, vendor, and coverage-counsel questions that should be resolved before launch or renewal.

Which policies may need to respond?

Select what exists today or what should be reviewed for this use case.

Do current or renewal policies include an AI exclusion or narrowing endorsement?
Has this AI use been disclosed to the broker or carrier?
Do vendor contracts cover AI indemnity, insurance, audit rights, and IP warranties?
Can the AI create content, code, marketing, advice, or other IP-sensitive output?
Can the AI materially affect a customer, claimant, applicant, employee, or insured business?

Scenario lab

Stress-test the rules against messy insurance examples

These scenarios make the framework testable. They are not a substitute for practitioner validation; each one needs compliance, coverage, or regulatory review before it can be marked validated.

Scenarios

10

Engine aligned

10/10

Validation status

Needs review

S1

Adjuster-reviewed claim denial letter

High

Generative AI drafts claim denial letters for adjusters to review before sending to claimants.

Expected tier
High
Engine result
HighAligned
Rules fired
R3c, R4b

Reviewer note: Should remain High because the output influences claims and reaches claimants, even with human review.

Coverage question: Would E&O, CGL, or any claims-handling endorsement respond if the letter is inaccurate or discriminatory?

S2

Automatic low-dollar claim denial

Prohibited

A model automatically denies claims below a dollar threshold when it predicts low coverage likelihood.

Expected tier
Prohibited
Engine result
ProhibitedAligned
Rules fired
R3a, R5

Reviewer note: Autonomous AI decisioning on claims should be blocked until meaningful pre-effect review exists.

Coverage question: Would claim-handling errors, bad faith allegations, or regulatory claims be excluded if AI made the decision?

S3

Internal policy summarizer

Moderate

Employees use generative AI to summarize long policy documents for internal research.

Expected tier
Moderate
Engine result
ModerateAligned
Rules fired
R7

Reviewer note: Internal generative use is not Low because business users may rely on generated summaries.

Coverage question: If an employee relies on an incorrect summary, is the resulting professional error covered or excluded?

S4

Fraud referral score

High

A classifier scores claims for fraud referral and investigators decide whether to open a case.

Expected tier
High
Engine result
HighAligned
Rules fired
R3c

Reviewer note: The model materially influences claims handling and should be governed like regulated decision support.

Coverage question: Could a wrongful fraud referral trigger E&O, defamation, privacy, or regulatory coverage issues?

S5

Coverage chatbot without review

High

A customer chatbot answers policyholder questions about whether a loss appears covered.

Expected tier
High
Engine result
HighAligned
Rules fired
R3c, R4a

Reviewer note: Direct coverage explanations to policyholders create high external communication risk.

Coverage question: Would misstatements by a chatbot be treated as professional services, customer communication, or excluded AI output?

S6

Underwriting price recommendation

High

A predictive model recommends price changes for underwriters, who approve before quote issuance.

Expected tier
High
Engine result
HighAligned
Rules fired
R3c

Reviewer note: Pricing recommendations are high impact even when an underwriter approves the final quote.

Coverage question: Does the organization have coverage for algorithmic discrimination or rating-practice allegations?

S7

Public-data marketing copy

Moderate

Generative AI creates insurance marketing copy from public web data and a producer reviews it before use.

Expected tier
Moderate
Engine result
ModerateAligned
Rules fired
R4b, R8

Reviewer note: Public data and reviewed external content should trigger at least Moderate controls.

Coverage question: Are copyright, advertising injury, and media liability exposures covered or excluded for AI-generated copy?

S8

Unknown-data internal classifier

Moderate

An internal classifier prioritizes back-office work, but the team cannot confirm its training data.

Expected tier
Moderate
Engine result
ModerateAligned
Rules fired
R8a

Reviewer note: Unknown data provenance should not fall below public unknown data.

Coverage question: If the classifier causes operational loss, does any policy respond when data provenance is undocumented?

S9

Client-facing service triage

Moderate

A classifier routes policyholder service requests to queues and shows the queue choice to the customer.

Expected tier
Moderate
Engine result
ModerateAligned
Rules fired
R5

Reviewer note: Client-facing classifier output needs monitoring and escalation, even if it is not a regulated decision.

Coverage question: Would misrouting, delay, or customer harm be covered under E&O, cyber, or customer communication coverage?

S10

High-risk pricing model without logging

Prohibited

A pricing model recommends rate actions, but the workflow does not log prompts, outputs, reviewer decisions, or model versions.

Expected tier
Prohibited
Engine result
ProhibitedAligned
Rules fired
R3c, R2

Reviewer note: A high-risk model without logging cannot support audit, inquiry, or remediation.

Coverage question: Would the lack of audit evidence weaken defense, indemnity, or regulatory response coverage?