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The AI surge is reshaping insurance on three fronts. Funding is pouring in, with AI‑focused insurtechs snagging 99.1% of the $2.44 billion raised in Q2 2026, underscoring strong investor appetite. At the same time, carriers are launching dedicated AI policies – Lloyd’s coverholder Armilla AI has lifted its limits to $25 million and partnered with Chaucer on a combined cyber‑E&O product, while Munich Re’s aiSure suite offers coverage for contractual, financial and legal AI errors. Yet adoption is still early: two‑thirds of insurers plan to boost AI spend, but only one in ten P&C carriers have moved beyond pilot projects, and agentic AI now powers roughly a third of disclosed deployments, up from a tenth a year earlier. Regulators are catching up, with the NAIC unveiling an expanded AI Risk Evaluation Supplement in August 2026 to scrutinise AI models and governance. Watching the rollout of standalone AI liability products, the pace of carrier production use, and the impact of the new NAIC framework will be key to gauging how quickly AI becomes a core, insured risk rather than a niche add‑on. [[1, 2, 3, 4]]