By The Restoration HQ desk · · filed under Tech & AI
Sedgwick: 2026 CAT season will be harder to model
Sedgwick's report says 2026 catastrophe risk is more distributed and harder to predict, and a talent exodus on the claims side will make losses harder and costlier to manage.
FORA thinning, greener adjuster bench is an opening for the operator who shows up organized and makes the adjuster's job easy. Be the file they want to approve.
AGAINST"Complex cats and a talent exodus" is also the setup for carriers to lean harder on AI triage and standardized denials, the human you could reason with is leaving the building.
Consensus vs. contrarianConsensus: CAT season is getting harder for carriers. Contrarian worth owning: the adjuster talent drain hits restorers before it hits carriers' balance sheets, build your file quality and follow-up cadence around a world where there's no veteran adjuster to call.
Sources Claims Journal, Complex Cats, Talent Exodus Will Confound Insurance Models This Year (published )