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Claims agents should build the file, not make the call

The best use of AI in claims today is the work around the decision: intake, documents, status and evidence. Coverage, settlement and fraud referrals should stay with people who can be held accountable for them.

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Key takeaways

  • Claims is where the promise is kept or broken; delays on approved claims quickly become complaints.
  • Agents add most value assembling the file: FNOL intake, document extraction and inconsistency checks.
  • Customer calls are an early signal of claims stuck in the process.
  • Keep coverage, settlement and fraud referrals at autonomy level 2 or below.

Claims is the moment the customer finds out what their policy is worth. It is also a process full of documents — estimates, invoices, medical bills, reports and notes — that adjusters read, re-key and reconcile by hand. That makes it a natural place for AI agents, and a risky one.

Where agents help

  • First notice of loss: capture the claim from any channel, check the policy is in force and propose a triage route.
  • The claim file: extract amounts and dates from documents and flag inconsistencies.
  • Status: spot approved claims that are not paid on time before the customer has to call again.

Where they should not decide

Coverage, settlement amounts, denials and fraud referrals have legal and conduct consequences, and the customer is entitled to an accountable decision-maker. We design claims agents to prepare those decisions with evidence and reasons, and to leave them with adjusters and investigators. On our autonomy scale, that is level 2: the agent prepares the full action, and a person approves every case.

For executives

What this means for your bank

  1. Start with FNOL intake and file assembly, where error rates and handling time are easiest to measure.
  2. Feed claim themes from calls and complaints into claims operations daily.
  3. Set autonomy limits per decision type with claims and compliance leaders.
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