Duck Creek and Coaction Global reveal how insurers can deploy agentic AI across underwriting and claims without sacrificing compliance or control

BOSTON, June 3, 2026 /CNW/ — Duck Creek, the intelligent core of insurance, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Hardeep Gulati will present at Insurtech Insights USA on Thursday, June 4 at 1:45 p.m. ET alongside Ramana Narayanam, Head of IT at Coaction Global, for a featured mainstage session titled, “No Trust, No Scale: The Executive Playbook for Trusted AI Decisioning in P&C Insurance.” Duck Creek will also meet with insurers and demo its insurance native Agentic AI Platform and new AI-powered applications including Agentic Underwriting Workbench and Agentic First Notice of Loss (FNOL) at Booth 505.

As insurers move from AI experimentation toward enterprise-wide adoption, the industry faces a critical inflection point. While generative and agentic AI technologies promise major improvements in underwriting, claims, and operational efficiency, insurers must also address growing concerns around explainability, compliance, consistency, and customer trust.

During the session, Gulati and Narayanam will discuss how insurers can embed trusted AI into core operations without sacrificing governance or regulatory control. The discussion will explore how orchestration, real-time data connectivity, and insurance-specific AI models can help carriers move beyond disconnected copilots toward scalable, auditable AI decisioning.

“Every insurer wants the upside of AI, including faster underwriting, smarter claims and better operations. The difference is whether they can deploy AI with the governance their regulators, customers and boards demand,” said Hardeep Gulati, Chief Executive Officer at Duck Creek. “At Insurtech Insights, we look forward to discussing and demonstrating how carriers can scale AI confidently with transparency, governance, and real-time orchestration into every workflow.”

Duck Creek’s Agentic AI Platform combines insurance domain intelligence, orchestration, and AI assurance capabilities to enable insurers to deploy AI agents across underwriting, claims, policy administration, billing, and payments workflows. The platform is designed to provide explainable, auditable, and compliant decisioning while allowing insurers to maintain human oversight and operational control.

“Modern insurers need AI solutions that are not only powerful, but trusted and grounded in real operational workflows,” said Ramana Narayanam, Head of IT at Coaction Global. “Our work with Duck Creek reflects a shared focus on building a stronger data foundation and enabling more intelligent, connected decision-making that supports both business agility and governance.”

For more information about Duck Creek’s presence at Insurtech Insights USA, visit www.duckcreek.com.

About Duck Creek

Duck Creek is the intelligent core that leading insurers choose to build on. Purpose-built for property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, Duck Creek unifies the full insurance lifecycle on a single platform with one data foundation. As an agentic platform, it connects intelligence across underwriting, policy, billing, claims, and payments workflows where decisions are made and compliance is non-negotiable. Duck Creek enables carriers to launch products faster, adapt quickly to change, and grow with precision and confidence. Solutions are available individually or as a full suite via Duck Creek OnDemand. Visit www.duckcreek.com and follow Duck Creek on LinkedIn and X.

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NEW DELHI, June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Biz2X, the leading digital lending SaaS platform and subsidiary of Biz2Credit, has announced that it will open applications for engineering and data science roles through an off-campus recruitment drive starting in the second week of June.

The drive will focus on graduates from IITs, NITs, IIITs and other Tier-1 campuses, with opportunities available at the company’s Noida and Pune locations. Candidates with BE/B.Tech backgrounds in information technology, computer science, electronics and communication engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and mathematics and computing will be eligible to apply.

The company expects the drive to draw more than 10,000 applications, particularly from candidates interested in working on AI-led products and technology systems used by banks and financial institutions.

The selection process will comprise an aptitude test and an AI-skills assessment, followed by personal interviews. More than 250 candidates are expected to move to the interview stage, with onboarding expected to begin in the second week of July.

The hiring initiative comes as banks and financial institutions increasingly look for technology systems that can make lending workflows faster, more connected and easier to manage at scale. Biz2X’s AI-powered lending stack supports financial institutions across loan origination, loan management, collections and risk monitoring.

The company is also deepening the use of AI across lending workflows, including borrower interactions, document processing, credit assessment and operational automation.

“Digital lending is moving into a phase where engineering depth and practical AI capability will matter as much as product ambition. We are looking for people who can work on real lending problems, understand the discipline required in financial services and build AI-led technology that improves both speed and control. As AI becomes more deeply embedded across underwriting, servicing, risk monitoring and customer interactions, we need teams that can combine strong engineering fundamentals with an understanding of how intelligent systems should operate in a regulated environment,” said Mr. Rohit Arora, CEO and Co-Founder, Biz2X and Biz2Credit.

Biz2X currently has approximately 800 employees in India and 200 in the United States. During FY2026-27, the company expects its overall headcount to grow by about 25%, translating into roughly 250 to 300 additions across functions.

Biz2X has also earned the Great Place To Work Certification for the sixth consecutive year, reflecting its focus on employee development, continuous learning, collaboration and an inclusive work environment. The company’s people initiatives include learning and upskilling programmes designed to help employees build capabilities in areas such as AI, data analytics and fintech innovation.

Biz2X is growing at a rapid pace, with 40-50% YoY business growth and the hiring initiative will support product development, delivery and regional expansion across India and the Middle East as the company strengthens its focus on AI-led lending infrastructure.

About Biz2X

Biz2X is a turnkey global SaaS platform that enables financial institutions to provide a customized online lending experience for their small and midsize business customers. With a strong presence in the United States, MENA, and India, Biz2X is transforming the lending landscape with scalable, automated, and intelligent lending technology. For more details: www.biz2x.com

About Biz2Credit

Biz2Credit is a leading online platform helping small businesses access financing quickly and easily. Since its inception in 2007, Biz2Credit has facilitated over $8 billion in funding, offering a range of financial products including term loans and revenue-based financing. By leveraging its advanced technology, the platform provides tailored financing solutions with fast approval processes, simplifying the journey for businesses to secure the capital they need. Biz2Credit is committed to supporting small businesses through transparent, flexible, and efficient funding solutions. For more details: www.biz2credit.com

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2026 State of GEO in B2B Marketing report finds 78% of organizations investing in GEO see measurable ROI

GILBERT, Ariz., June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — GNW Consulting, the strategic marketing operations agency that guides companies through implementation, integration, and optimization of marketing technology, today released its 2026 State of Generative Engine Optimization in B2B Marketing study, co-published with research partner Demand Metric and available as a free public resource. Based on 225 responses from B2B marketing and revenue leaders, the research shows GEO is quickly moving from early experimentation into a more operational discipline, with organizations beginning to report measurable business impact from AI-driven discovery strategies.

“GEO has already reached a market tipping point,” says Raja Walia, founder and CEO of GNW Consulting. “We’re in an execution phase, with companies betting on measurable performance. As the early advantage narrows, B2B leaders have an opportunity to better understand how GEO works and where it can drive impact within their organizations.”

The study found that 92% of organizations are already experimenting with or operationalizing GEO, while 78% of those investing report measurable return on investment. Organizations allocating more than 5% of marketing budget toward GEO initiatives reported even higher levels of measurable impact. The findings suggest organizations delaying GEO investment may face increasing competitive pressure as AI-driven discovery behavior continues to evolve.

Additional findings from the research include:

88% of SEO agencies now claim to offer GEO or AI search optimization services, but 37% describe those services as “loosely defined.”22% of respondents report AI-driven traffic accounts for more than 5% of total website traffic, significantly above the widely cited industry benchmark of under 1%.Community platforms and AI-optimized content are emerging as major drivers of AI discovery, with respondents ranking them slightly ahead of traditional SEO tactics.Fewer than 15% of organizations have a dedicated GEO owner, despite widespread adoption activity across marketing teams.Budget remains a challenge for many organizations, though the data suggests companies already seeing ROI may also be facing pressure to scale successful GEO initiatives more quickly.

Andrea Lechner-Becker, chief strategy officer at GNW Consulting and co-author of the report, said the findings reflect how quickly organizations are being forced to rethink search visibility strategies.

“Most emerging marketing categories take two to three years to produce defensible ROI,” said Lechner-Becker. “What’s notable here is how quickly organizations are beginning to measure impact from GEO efforts. This isn’t a theoretical category anymore. It’s a working one, and the companies treating it like an experiment are losing share to the ones treating it like a discipline.”

The full report, including methodology, additional findings, and a GEO assessment framework, is available free here.

About GNW Consulting

GNW Consulting is a strategic marketing operations agency that guides companies through implementation, integration and optimization of marketing technology, including a growing practice in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) for B2B clients. Andrea Lechner-Becker, chief strategy officer, is a frequent contributor to Fast Company on AI search and marketing strategy. Since its founding, the company has become known for going beyond implementation to integrating and optimizing MarTech stacks regardless of industry. To learn more, please visit https://gnwconsulting.com/.

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