Industry · Insurance brokers · NZ & AU

Renewals prepared before the broker opens the file.

Airclerk puts AI to work on the document-heavy side of brokerage: the renewal pack, the submission to market, the shared inbox, the client file that has to pass a spot check. The workflow does the assembling and the checking. The broker keeps the client, the market and the advice.

We implement Claude, Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT; the platform is chosen around your systems and the work.

Insurance broker reviewing submission documents alongside a policy management interface on a laptop.
01 / An example · a commercial renewal

Sixty days out, the pack is already drafted.

Illustrative example

Commercial renewals are the pattern we have taken furthest, so it is the one drawn here. The client, the figures and the dates are made up. The shape of the work is not.

Source documents
Expiring scheduleClaims historyLast year's submissionClient updates from the inbox

Pulled from the broking platform and the client folder as they are. Nothing is re-keyed, and the broking platform stays the source of record; what the AI platform processes and what Airclerk retains is agreed before the build.

What the workflow prepares
Year-on-year diffExposure changesDraft renewal noteSubmission pack draft

What changed since last year, with each change traced to the document it came from. A draft note to the client and a draft submission to market, written in the brokerage's own format. Anything the file does not support is listed as missing rather than filled in.

The broker's review
Held until approvedExceptions first

The broker reads the exceptions before the draft, decides the market strategy and the advice, and approves the note before anything reaches the client or an insurer. The workflow never sends.

AI Workpaper · illustrative commercial renewal Illustrative · not a client record · Assurance enabled
  • Day 1 · 60 days to expiry Workflow assembled the renewal pack from the expiring schedule, claims history and the client's emails. Sum insured on the main site is up on last year; the client's March email about the new warehouse is cited as the source. · workflow
  • Day 1 Draft note held, not sent. · control ↳ no current valuation on file · sum insured moved more than the brokerage's threshold · broker sign-off required
  • Day 3 Broker requested and attached the valuation, adjusted the market list, edited the note. · broker
  • Day 4 Renewal note approved and sent to the client; submission released to market. Every step, source and approval retained on the workpaper. · broker
The record was not written up afterwards. It was the control. A missing valuation was caught before the client saw a figure, and the file shows who checked what. Keeping that record is what our optional AI Process Assurance platform does.
The short answer

How do insurance brokers put AI to work?

Insurance brokers and intermediaries use AI models such as Claude, Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT to support brokerage workflows such as submission-to-market preparation, renewal pack assembly, broker inbox triage, file-completeness and compliance review, client onboarding, claims advocacy, complaints handling and adviser supervision evidence. In a regulated brokerage, the assistant needs to be connected to broking platforms, client documents, conduct and compliance evidence, and human approval workflows before it can be used safely with clients, insurers and MGAs.

02 / Further opportunities

Other brokerage workflows with the same shape.

Each of these is a candidate first workflow. The renewal above is where most brokerages start, because the reviewer already knows how to check the output: last year's file sits beside the draft.

WF-01

Submission to market

Risk summaries, market lists, exposure schedules and submission letters drafted from client data and prior policies.

WF-02

Broker inbox triage

Shared-mailbox classification, urgency, missing documents, draft client and carrier responses.

WF-03

File completeness & audit prep

Spot checks across client files for record-keeping, conduct and audit obligations, with gaps flagged for remediation.

WF-04

Client onboarding

Scope of service, fact-find synthesis, suitability commentary and disclosure pack drafts.

WF-05

Claims advocacy

Claim chronology, evidence assembly and broker advocacy letters in support of clients.

WF-06

Complaints handling

Triage, statutory and policy timeframes, evidence packs and response drafts.

WF-07

Adviser supervision evidence

Sample review across an adviser's book, exception flagging and supervision evidence packs.

WF-08

Carrier scheme & management reporting

GWP and book commentary across insurers and MGAs, exception narratives and board pack input.

Whichever workflow goes first, the evidence record behind it is the same: what the AI did, what it relied on and who signed it off. With Assurance enabled that record is retained as an AI Workpaper. That is AI Process Assurance, available as an optional platform subscription and implemented alongside the workflow.

03 / How an engagement runs

One conversation, then one workflow into production.

The same four stages for every firm we work with. A brokerage of 30 seats and one of 120 get the same path; only the scope changes.

01 · Discuss
Discuss the opportunityFree · introductory

Where AI could make the biggest difference, how that work runs today, the systems it touches and who owns it. We also work out together whether Airclerk is the right partner for it. If we are, the conversation gives us enough to quote.

02 · Agree
Agree the scopeWritten proposal · fixed fee

One document: the outcome we are aiming for, what we deliver, what your team contributes, the fixed fee and timeline, and what acceptance looks like. Nothing starts until it is agreed on both sides.

03 · Build
Design and buildDetailed design first

The engagement opens with the detailed design, agreed with you before anything is built. Then we configure and connect the workflow to your documents and systems, build in the agreed review controls and audit trail, test it on real work, and prepare the people who will run it.

04 · Support
Support and improveHandover · ongoing by agreement

Handover, and the support that follows go-live, are written into the scope so you know what is covered before you sign. Ongoing operations and further workflows are a separate agreement, made when you want them rather than switched on by default.

Read how an engagement runs in detail →

Hosted by Airclerk, or deployed single-tenant into your own Azure tenant on request, so the controls, evidence and audit trail sit where your conduct supervision and record-keeping obligations need them.

04 / Conduct, controls and local context

Client-facing and carrier-facing, under conduct supervision.

  • Brokerages run two operations in parallel, client advice and market placement, and both are document-heavy.
  • Submissions go to multiple insurers and MGAs, each with their own formats, appetites and underwriting questions.
  • Renewals are concentrated in narrow seasons that consume disproportionate ops capacity.
  • Compliance obligations vary by book: Fair Conduct, IBANZ standards and intermediary duties for commercial general insurance; FSLAA/FAP wherever regulated financial advice is given to retail clients, including personal lines and advice-led life, health and risk placement.
  • Existing broking platforms (Javln, Insight and others) are central to operations and will not be replaced. The workflow reads from them and drafts alongside them.
  • Network, aggregator and AR/AB relationships shape what can and can't be standardised.
i.

Global AI vendors will prioritise US brokerage first.

Roadmaps follow market size. ANZ brokerage networks, AR/AB structures and broking platforms are unlikely to be on the early-adopter list.

ii.

A regulatory regime of its own.

NZ brokerages operate under FMA conduct supervision, IBANZ standards and, for advice-heavy books, FSLAA/FAP. AU sits under ASIC and the Insurance Brokers Code of Practice: adjacent but distinct.

iii.

A local partner with regional fluency.

Airclerk operates across New Zealand and Australia with active relationships across brokerages, the insurers and MGAs they place with, and the platforms that connect them.

iv.

The intermediary regime is changing.

The Contracts of Insurance Act 2024 introduces a statutory duty to pass on policyholder representations and tightens premium-handling expectations, with a backstop commencement of 15 November 2027. AI fits on the document side: client-file pass-on audits, disclosure pack drafts and consistency checks across the book.

05 / Common questions

Common questions.

01How do insurance brokers put AI to work, and what does Airclerk do for them?

Insurance brokers and intermediaries use AI to support document-heavy brokerage work such as submission-to-market preparation, renewal pack assembly, broker inbox triage, file-completeness and compliance review, client onboarding, claims advocacy, complaints handling and adviser supervision evidence. Airclerk identifies, designs and implements these as governed workflows for brokerages across New Zealand and Australia, connected to existing broking platforms, client documents and human approval, rather than leaving the assistant as an open chat tool.

02Which brokerage workflow does Airclerk usually build first?

Commercial renewals. It is the pattern Airclerk has taken furthest, because the company began by building renewal software for insurance: the renewal runs as a governed, evidenced workflow that prepares the year-on-year diff, the exposure changes and the draft client correspondence, holds anything the file does not support for the broker, and, with Assurance enabled, retains an AI Workpaper behind every outcome. Each of the other workflows on this page is a candidate first workflow, and Airclerk has broker-specific accelerators to shorten the path to production.

03How does AI Process Assurance apply to a broker's regulated work?

In plain terms: we agree the checks a renewal or submission must pass before the build, and keep a readable record of what happened on each one. Airclerk calls this AI Process Assurance: a Workflow Charter defines the path the work should follow, a Semantic Audit records what actually happened, and the result is a retained AI Workpaper. For a brokerage, the controls, approvals and audit trail behind a renewal, submission or advice file are built for conduct supervision and record-keeping, and can be hosted by Airclerk or, on request, deployed single-tenant into your own Azure tenant so the evidence sits where your obligations need it.

04Does Airclerk capture everything the AI does for the brokerage?

No. Airclerk records the work that runs through the instrumented workflows and approval steps it implements, producing the evidence and audit trail for those governed paths; it does not claim to capture every interaction or guarantee total capture. Assurance covers the work a brokerage routes through the rails Airclerk builds, which is why the first step is choosing and governing the workflows that matter most.

05How does the Contracts of Insurance Act 2024 affect brokers, and how does AI help?

The Contracts of Insurance Act 2024 introduces a statutory duty to pass on policyholder representations and tightens premium-handling expectations, with a backstop commencement of 15 November 2027. These are the brokerage's obligations to meet, not legal advice from Airclerk. AI fits on the document side, supporting client-file pass-on audits, disclosure pack drafts and consistency checks across the book so a brokerage can evidence how it met those duties.

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