Ryan Smith just got back from NCCI’s Annual Issues Symposium in Orlando. The twelfth straight year of underwriting profitability for workers’ compensation held. The rooms in Orlando sounded different about it. True’s Amy Sliger walks through five threads from AIS 2026 worth pulling on as carriers head into 2026.
Ethan Mollick takes the AIS 2026 keynote stage with a cross-industry frame on AI adoption. Workers’ compensation needs the localization. We unpack the honest state of AI adoption in our industry, where it is already paying off, where the gaps still are, and what ’embracing the AI revolution’ looks like for carriers, SIGs, captives, MGAs, and TPAs.
When someone says medical severity is up six percent, it sounds like a single data point. NCCI’s Raji Chadarevian frames AIS 2026’s severity session this way: medical severity is more than a single metric. Here’s what’s driving claim costs going into the rest of the decade.
Workers’ comp is a national industry with no national system. From California’s independent bureau to New York’s competitive pressures, state dynamics reveal what’s coming for the entire industry.
The American workforce doesn’t look the way it did five years ago. Workers are older, in different industries, and in different states — and the injury patterns are shifting with them. Here’s what the data says.
Workers’ comp is priced off payroll and shaped by employment patterns. When the economy shifts, carriers feel it — sometimes immediately, sometimes with a lag. Here’s how to read macro trends before they hit your book.
Seventy percent of workers’ compensation carriers that have invested in AI have not achieved the outcomes they were looking for. That’s not a technology problem. It’s an implementation one. The difference between the organizations getting real returns and those still waiting usually comes down to three things: their data foundation, their workflow design, and whether their people adopted the tools.
Every year, the NCCI State of the Line defines the conversation at the Annual Insights Symposium. Here’s what the 2026 numbers are likely to reveal about combined ratios, loss trends, and the financial health of the workers’ comp market.
If you’re implementing AI in workers’ compensation and not thinking about regulation, you’re already behind. State AI insurance laws are hardening fast. Here’s what compliance looks like in 2026 and how to build a defensible governance framework.
True’s Senior Solutions Advisor Ryan Smith will be attending NCCI’s Annual Insights Symposium 2026 in Orlando May 11-13. Find out what we’re focused on and how to schedule time to connect at the event.
AI isn’t coming to replace your workers’ comp operations team, but it is going to change what every role on that team looks like, and the organizations that manage that transition well will outperform those that don’t. This is a practical guide to evolving roles, building the skills that matter, and creating the culture that makes human-AI partnership work in workers’ comp.
True Insurtech Solutions announces successful completion of its SOC 2® Type II audit, validating the strength of its internal security controls across TruePolicy™, TrueClaims™, and TruePortals™. This milestone reinforces True’s dedication to data protection, trust, and regulatory excellence in the workers’ compensation industry.
Workers’ compensation is changing faster than most executives realize, and the insurers that thrive in 2026 will be the ones investing in technology to work smarter, move faster, and deliver better outcomes for injured workers. From generative AI and predictive analytics to cloud-native platforms and behavioral health integration, here are the ten technology trends every workers’ comp executive should understand right now.
Colin Moulton, VP of Product Development at True Insurtech Solutions, is attending NCCI’s Data Now Program 2026 in Boca Raton, FL (January 27-29). Learn why this premier data reporting event matters for workers’ compensation professionals and how True stays at the forefront of insurance technology innovation.
Workers’ compensation fraud continues to evolve, and so do the tools used to stop it. This blog breaks down how AI-driven fraud detection is helping insurers uncover hidden patterns, accelerate investigations, reduce false positives, and strengthen overall outcomes through smarter, more precise detection.