Sedgwick boosts efficiency in insurance claims processing with AI-powered Sidekick Agent
Sedgwick, a global leader in risk and claims administration, launched Sidekick Agent through a technology collaboration with Microsoft, utilizing Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Document Intelligence. The Sidekick Agent integrates generative and agentic AI within Sedgwick’s proprietary claims management systems. Its implementation delivers real-time guidance to claims professionals, promotes efficient decision-making, and offers advanced analytics around claim durations and reserves. Sidekick Agent also enhances quality assurance and compliance, helping the company address talent shortages and onboard new staff with AI-driven support. Integrated into day-to-day workflows, this solution positions Sedgwick at the forefront of AI adoption in insurance claims automation, improving workflow efficiency, claimant experience, and overall claim outcomes.
- Organization
- Sedgwick
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- United States
- Published
- April 2025
Reported outcomes
Strategic outcomes
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- Sedgwick
- Provider
- Microsoft
- Maturity
- Production
- Linked source
- prnewswire.com
Deployed Sidekick Agent to provide AI-driven guidance for new and experienced claims professionals
Primary read
Use case focus
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- 1claims agent
- 2claims automation
- 3AI claims guidance
- Claims examiners’ workflows had seen little modernization over time.
- Manual processes led to inefficiencies and slow decision-making.
- The industry faced increasing complexity and regulatory compliance demands.
- Talent shortages and a knowledge gap due to retiring experts posed onboarding challenges.
- Customers and claimants required faster, more accurate resolutions.
- Collaborated with Microsoft to create Sidekick Agent leveraging Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Document Intelligence.
- Embedded agentic and generative AI directly in claim management systems.
- Integrated real-time analytics on claims durations, reserves, and task prioritization.
- Deployed Sidekick Agent to provide AI-driven guidance for new and experienced claims professionals.
- Automated quality assurance and compliance within workflows.
- Streamlined examiner workflows, boosting operational efficiency.
- Enabled faster, data-driven decision making for claims processing.
- Improved quality assurance and consistency to meet regulatory standards.
- Supported onboarding and upskilling of new professionals with real-time guidance.
- Enhanced claimant experiences through quicker and more accurate claims handling.
Architecture
Sidekick Agent is deeply integrated into Sedgwick's proprietary claims management systems, orchestrating generative AI and agentic AI capabilities via Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Document Intelligence. The architecture enables real-time analytics, claim guidance, and automated quality assurance, embedding AI-driven insights and orchestration directly into examiner workflows.
Sources & evidence4
- Customer explicitly identified
- Deployment status explicitly supported
- Independent source available
- Technical implementation details available
- Multiple corroborating sources available
- Recent evidence check available
- Last evidence check: Jul 22, 2026.
The case's original source is still reachable.
- Cited source last checked Jun 12, 2026 — ok (0/4 broken).
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