5 Minute Takes

Michael McKenna, Head of North America Specialty Insurance, AXIS, outlines the key trends shaping the industry as 2025 comes to a close and underscores that talent acquisition and rapid technology integration will be critical for specialty insurance in 2026.

Both traditional AI and Gen AI will play a complementary role in structuring that unstructured data summarizing data, enabling human underwriters to focus on important areas, said Ryan Cole, Vice President and Head of Group Innovation at Everest.