- ▪ Strengthen underwriting practices and portfolio performance to protect margins in a competitive, soft market while supporting sustainable growth and profitable outcomes.
- ▪ Address regulatory and market pressures, reinforce governance frameworks, and develop strategies that improve both risk management and client satisfaction.
- ▪ Explore new and evolving exposures — including AI, tech-dependent supply chains, and secondary perils — while creating innovative solutions to meet changing client needs and mitigate operational and liability risks.
- ▪ Leverage new data sources, automation, and AI tools to improve risk assessment, pricing accuracy, and workflow efficiency, while ensuring human expertise remains central to decision-making.
- ▪ Examine new distribution models, alternative capital, and broker collaboration to optimize reach, alignment, and profitability across the market.
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November 17, 2026 | The Westin Times Square, New York
What’s new for 2026?
Interactive Sessions
More interactive than ever. Alongside the main programme and two breakout streams, join expert-led roundtables on pricing, AI, claims, data, and market strategy.
Dedicated Talent Workshop
Explore how the industry can build underwriting judgement and develop the next generation of decision-makers in an AI-enabled market.
Drinks Reception
Close out the day during an evening drinks reception—giving you dedicated time to continue conversations and build senior industry connections.
Thrive through economic uncertainty by boosting underwriting profitability
While underwriting is the cornerstone of insurance, the industry is shrouded in a sense of uncertainty. In such unpredictable times, where external factors and competition collide, it takes a wealth of skills, collaboration, and expertise to maintain underwriting profitability.
This expertise is spearheaded by the industry’s finest Chief Underwriting Officers, who are tasked with navigating the choppy waters of a softening market, geopolitical turbulence, an evolving emerging risk landscape, environmental challenges, and capital constraints – all while the drive for top-line growth gets ever more aggressive.
Join Intelligent Insurer and the industry’s leading Chief Underwriting Officers at Underwriting Innovation USA (November 17, The Westin New York at Times Square).
The 2025 event brought together 200+ senior underwriters from leading insurers. This year’s agenda focuses on how underwriters can maintain discipline and profitability in a soft market, strengthen distribution and broker collaboration, responsibly integrate data and AI, and build operational resilience while improving customer outcomes amid ongoing unpredictability.
An agenda designed to tackle the biggest threats and opportunities for underwriters
The Underwriting Leaders Who Will Take The Stage In 2026
Network with senior underwriters from leading carriers – here’s who attended last year:
Last year's attendees by company type:
Last year's attendees by seniority:
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See what your peers had to say about our previous event:
“I really enjoyed attending and speaking at this Intelligent Insurer event. The opportunity to re-connect with colleagues, having meaningful conversations around topics that impact our industry, and talk with third parties in-person, was time well spent for me.”
Justin Gress
Chief Operating Officer-Insurance
Vantage Risk
“It was great to have an industry event focused just on Underwriting and have the opportunity to have a rich discussion on the industry challenges as well as opportunities with a set of practitioners.”
Justin Freres
VP Underwriting Product Management
Arch Insurance
“The event was very well organized, the entire team was very responsive and attentive throughout the planning and on the day.”
Pooja Barodekar
Managing Principal
Haystream
“I loved seeing the diversity of the panels. It's rare to see at least one woman in any panel and appreciated that there were at least one but usually two on each panel.”
Grace Lee
VP Middle Market Commercial Casualty Product Leader
Arch Insurance Group
“Fantastic event and an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow industry leaders.”
Katarina Pregelj
General Manager, Underwriter Solutions
Applied Systems
“Very relevant and timely session topics to reflect the current and future state of the commercial underwriting landscape.”
Chris DiGiuseppe
Director of Business Development
Convr
“An efficient day of insights on topical matters from top leaders in the insurance sector – well done!”
Cate Rooney
VP – Underwriting
Vault
“I thought the event was great and the topics were current and very thought provoking.”
CateLiz Rychling
Senior Vice President Risk Management
MGM Resorts
“I enjoyed the opportunity to connect with colleagues and listen to some good conversations.”
Brian Hosey
SVP US Specialty Property & Casualty
Victor
Don't just take our word for it – take a look at the highlights from our 2025 conference:
Why you cannot afford to miss the USA's premier underwriting event
1 It’s not just about technology
Understand the evolving role of underwriters alongside actuaries and data scientists. Learn how to upskill, take on higher-value work, and become an innovation champion.
2 Network with the USA's most forward-thinking underwriters
Connect with chief underwriting officers, VPs, and SVPs from insurers, reinsurers, brokers, MGAs, and insurtechs. Benchmark strategies, build partnerships, and accelerate growth — for your business and your career.
3 Purely focused on underwriting
Cut through the noise and dive straight into the core of insurer profitability. Explore how underwriters are adapting to new risks and technology — and sharpen your own underwriting edge.
4 Stay ahead of the innovative curve
From Agentic/Generative AI to IoT, smart contracts, blockchain, and digital twins, discover how insurers are applying cutting-edge technology today — and how to map it to your business.
Join the companies shaping the future of underwriting
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