Paris Eˣcelerate 2026: The Conversations Shaping Insurance's Future
Earnix Team
July 23, 2026
France is one of Europe's largest and most influential insurance markets, and increasingly, one of the places where the industry's next operating model is taking shape. Home to sophisticated insurers, a strong regulatory environment, mature distribution models, and increasingly complex risks, it offers a unique lens into where insurance is headed next.
That was the inspiration behind Paris Eˣcelerate 2026.
For the first time, Earnix brought together insurance executives, technology leaders, and industry experts for a dedicated Eˣcelerate event designed specifically for the French market. Delivered entirely in French, the event created a forum for insurers to exchange ideas, share experiences, and explore how they're modernizing decision making across pricing, underwriting, customer engagement, and the broader insurance lifecycle.
More than a conference, Paris Eˣcelerate reflected Earnix's continued investment in the French insurance community and our commitment to helping insurers build the agility needed for whatever comes next.
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A Milestone for the French Insurance Market
As Earnix's first event dedicated exclusively to France, Eˣcelerate Paris marked an important milestone for both the company and the broader insurance community.
The event brought together leaders from across the market for a full day of keynote presentations, customer stories, and expert panel discussions focused on the opportunities and challenges reshaping insurance. While the forces driving transformation are global, every market faces its own regulatory environment, customer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational realities. Creating a space for those conversations in French, and within the context of the local market, made them especially valuable.
The strong participation from leading insurers demonstrated a shared commitment to learning from one another and preparing for the next phase of insurance transformation.
The Conversations Defining Insurance's Next Chapter
Across every session, one message emerged consistently: insurers are no longer asking whether they should adopt AI. They are asking how to operationalize it responsibly, consistently, and at scale.
Discussions on emerging risks and insurability, led by leaders from Groupe Covéa, Matmut, CCR, and the Institut des Actuaires, explored how insurers can better understand, model, and respond to increasingly unpredictable climate, cyber, and emerging risks. Sessions featuring executives from Crédit Agricole Assurances and Alptis then turned to AI governance, examining a question many insurers are now asking: When should decisions be automated? When should they be AI-assisted? And where should human judgment remain central?
Across keynote presentations, customer stories, and panel discussions, several themes surfaced repeatedly:
AI beyond experimentation, focusing on how insurers can operationalize AI while maintaining governance, transparency, and trust.
Modernizing underwriting and pricing, enabling faster, more informed, and more consistent decision making.
Building stronger data foundations that connect analytics, business rules, and operational execution.
Preparing for continuous transformation, creating organizations that can adapt as customer expectations, regulation, and market conditions continue to evolve.
Together, these discussions reflected a broader shift taking place across the industry. Competitive advantage is no longer defined by access to more data or more AI. It increasingly depends on an insurer's ability to turn intelligence into trusted, explainable, and actionable decisions.
Perspectives from Across France's Insurance Industry
One of the defining strengths of Paris Eˣcelerate was the caliber of voices represented throughout the day.
Leaders from some of France's most respected insurers and industry organizations including : Groupe Covéa, Matmut, Crédit Agricole Assurances, Alptis, CCR, and the Institut des Actuaires joined Earnix experts to share how they're navigating AI adoption, underwriting modernization, evolving risk landscapes, and organizational transformation.
Sessions featured perspectives from Arthur Dénouveaux, Chief Data Officer at Groupe Covéa; François-Xavier Enderle, Directeur de la Transformation SI at Matmut; Aldrick Zappellini, Chief Data & AI Officer at Groupe Crédit Agricole Assurances; Véronique Pachoud, Directrice Digital & Transformation at Alptis; Simon Le Dily, Président de l'Institut des Actuaires; and Edouard Vieillefond, CEO of CCR. Together, they explored topics ranging from emerging risks and AI governance to the future of insurability and responsible decision making.
Rather than discussing technology in isolation, the conversations focused on the operational realities of transformation: how insurers can build governance, strengthen collaboration across teams, and create operating models capable of adapting as customer expectations, market conditions, and regulatory requirements continue to evolve.
While each organization shared its own experiences, the discussions reinforced a common theme: success will belong to insurers that can connect intelligence with execution and turn better insights into better decisions.
Turning Insight into Action
While every discussion reflected the unique characteristics of the French market, the themes resonated far beyond France. Across the event, a common challenge emerged: insurers are no longer asking whether they should adopt AI. They're asking how to operationalize it across pricing, underwriting, customer engagement, and the broader insurance lifecycle in a way that is transparent, governed, and adaptable.
The conversations throughout Paris Eˣcelerate reinforced the need for an operating foundation that connects data, analytics, AI, and human expertise into governed decision-making. That vision is central to Earnix AIOS, helping insurers turn intelligence into action across the enterprise. By connecting data, analytics, AI, business rules, and human expertise into a unified decisioning foundation, AIOS helps insurers turn intelligence into action, enabling faster, more consistent, and more confident decisions across the enterprise.
Watch the Sessions On Demand
The conversations that took place at Paris Eˣcelerate extend well beyond the French market. While every session was delivered in French, the ideas shared are highly relevant for insurers everywhere navigating AI adoption, operational transformation, and increasingly complex risk environments.
The keynote presentations and panel discussions are now available on demand, offering practical perspectives from leaders at some of France's most respected insurers on AI, underwriting, pricing, data, and the future of insurance.
Whether you're part of the French insurance market or simply interested in understanding how one of Europe's leading markets is approaching what's next, these sessions offer valuable insights you can apply to your own transformation journey.
Explore the Paris Eˣcelerate 2026 recordings (French).
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