Novacore, the independent specialty insurance provider managing more than $1.5 billion in premium across 20+ programs, has adopted FurtherAI's agentic workspace as the AI foundation powering its underwriting operations. The workspace now sits at the center of how Novacore runs underwriting across multiple programs, giving its teams a single intelligence layer to work from.

That's the story we're proud to be part of. What we like most about it is why Novacore made the move, and what they're planning to build on top.

Why Novacore moved on from legacy underwriting systems

Novacore looked hard at the previous generation of underwriting systems before choosing a partner. The problem with those systems is familiar to anyone who has run a specialty book: they're rigid, they lack the configurability that real underwriting demands, and they tend to age out of usefulness within a year or two of going live.

Novacore wanted a foundation that would keep pace with its business and with the technology underneath it. FurtherAI is built to evolve alongside advances in underlying model capabilities, so the workspace gets more capable as the models do rather than freezing in place the day it ships.

"We looked hard at the previous generation of underwriting systems, and what sets FurtherAI apart is their focus and expertise in our space and how they leverage the latest AI models to address our complicated workflow challenges. This isn't a workspace that will be legacy in a year — it grows with us." — Joe Christman, Chief Technology & AI Officer at Novacore

The deployment itself has gone smoothly. Across programs, teams have already seen strong early results, both in what the workspace can deliver and in how readily it molds to the way each underwriter actually works.

An orchestration layer built around Novacore's own workflows

Novacore is deploying FurtherAI as an orchestration layer for its insurance programs, with AI-powered tools around the entire underwriting workflow built on top of the workspace. Rather than forcing underwriters into a fixed template, the architecture adapts to the specific workflows and processes Novacore's teams have refined over years of running specialty programs.

That design choice matters more than it might sound. When the system bends to the underwriter instead of the other way around, those hard-won processes stop living in people's heads and spreadsheets and become core IP for the organization — captured, repeatable, and ready to scale.

This is where an insurance-specific approach pays off. FurtherAI's agentic workspace automates complex workflows such as submission intake, policy comparisons, and underwriting audits, and it does so with the domain knowledge that general-purpose tools lack.

A foundation built for scale and acquisitions

Novacore is expanding its platform through acquisitions and innovation, and the underwriting foundation it chooses now shapes how easily it can absorb what comes next. That's exactly how Novacore's leadership frames the decision.

"FurtherAI is going to be a strategic lever as we continue to expand the Novacore workspace and pursue acquisitions. What excites me most is what it means for how we scale — FurtherAI gives us data centralization, orchestration, and a true intelligence layer across our business. It puts data and information directly at the fingertips of our underwriting teams, which means they can spend less time chasing details and more time on what actually matters — risk selection. As we bring new programs and companies into our portfolio, having that foundation in place is going to make all the difference." — Aaron Miller, CEO of Novacore

For a company backed by New Mountain Capital and built to run specialty programs at scale, a common intelligence layer across the business is a real advantage. Each new program or acquired company can plug into the same foundation instead of arriving with its own disconnected stack.

Letting underwriters focus on risk selection

The point of centralizing data and orchestrating the workflow is simple: give underwriters back the hours they lose to chasing details, so they can spend that time on judgment work. Risk selection, pricing, and the calls that only an experienced underwriter can make are where a specialty carrier earns its edge.

By putting the right information at the point of decision, FurtherAI helps Novacore's teams move faster without cutting corners on underwriting discipline. Cleaner data in, faster answers out, and more of the day spent on the parts of the job that actually move a program forward.

That division of labor is the whole idea. Novacore's underwriters keep their attention on the risk, and the workspace handles the busywork around it.

Here's to pushing the industry, Further.