From AI curiosity to a board-approved $42M roadmap in 90 days
The board had pressed for an AI position twice in two years; both attempts stalled in pilot. Executives lacked a shared vocabulary for Copilot vs. agents vs. ML, and risk and product were rowing in opposite directions.
We ran a 6-week executive immersion across the C-suite and C-1, grounded in live Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry walkthroughs on the insurer's own underwriting and claims data, and codified a Responsible AI operating model.
- $42M three-year AI investment approved by the board in a single vote
- 11 use cases promoted from pilot to funded delivery within 90 days
- Time-to-decision on new AI initiatives cut from 14 weeks to 9 days