{"id":11794,"date":"2026-07-16T14:56:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/version1.thinktankdev.org.uk\/en-us\/?p=11794"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:43:40","slug":"microsoft-ai-drives-growth-at-foundation-risk-partners","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"https:\/\/version1.thinktankdev.org.uk\/en-us\/case-studies\/microsoft-ai-drives-growth-at-foundation-risk-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Risk Partners: The Microsoft AI transformation \u00a0journey behind 300 bps of EBITDA uplift, 90% faster cycle times, and a plan to significantly reduce BPO by 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"case-studies-banner  pb-xl\" id=\"introduction\">\n            <div class=\"case-studies-banner__background\">\n            <img width=\"1599\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/version1.thinktankdev.org.uk\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Foundation-Risk-Partners-2.png\" 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data-stats-grid-target=\"90\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"0\"\n                            >\n                                90                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">%<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>Gap analysis cycle time reduction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"stats-grid__item\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n                                                <div class=\"stats-grid__value\" aria-label=\"94 %\">\n                            \n                            <span\n                                class=\"stats-grid__number\"\n                                data-stats-grid-number\n                                data-stats-grid-target=\"94\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"0\"\n                            >\n                                94                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">%<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>Wedge analysis cycle time reduction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"stats-grid__item\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"200\">\n                                                <div class=\"stats-grid__value\" aria-label=\"$ 3.9 M\">\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__prefix\">$<\/span>\n                            \n                            <span\n                                class=\"stats-grid__number\"\n                                data-stats-grid-number\n                                data-stats-grid-target=\"3.9\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"1\"\n                            >\n                                3.9                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">M<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>New revenue generated<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"stats-grid__item\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"0\">\n                                                <div class=\"stats-grid__value\" aria-label=\"~ 1.7 M\">\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__prefix\">~<\/span>\n                            \n                            <span\n                                class=\"stats-grid__number\"\n                                data-stats-grid-number\n                                data-stats-grid-target=\"1.7\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"1\"\n                            >\n                                1.7                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">M<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>EBITDA from AI tools<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"stats-grid__item\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n                                                <div class=\"stats-grid__value\" aria-label=\"$ 2.5 M\">\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__prefix\">$<\/span>\n                            \n                            <span\n                                class=\"stats-grid__number\"\n                                data-stats-grid-number\n                                data-stats-grid-target=\"2.5\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"1\"\n                            >\n                                2.5                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">M<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>Operational expense avoidance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"stats-grid__item\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"200\">\n                                                <div class=\"stats-grid__value\" aria-label=\"14 Weeks\">\n                            \n                            <span\n                                class=\"stats-grid__number\"\n                                data-stats-grid-number\n                                data-stats-grid-target=\"14\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"0\"\n                            >\n                                14                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">Weeks<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>Concept to production<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"stats-grid__item\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"0\">\n                                                <div class=\"stats-grid__value\" aria-label=\"2 x\">\n                            \n                            <span\n                                class=\"stats-grid__number\"\n                                data-stats-grid-number\n                                data-stats-grid-target=\"2\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"0\"\n                            >\n                                2                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">x<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>Close ratio improvement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"stats-grid__item\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n                                                <div class=\"stats-grid__value\" aria-label=\"1 Partnership\">\n                            \n                            <span\n                                class=\"stats-grid__number\"\n                                data-stats-grid-number\n                                data-stats-grid-target=\"1\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"0\"\n                            >\n                                1                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">Partnership<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>Version 1 &amp; Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                            <\/article>\n                                                        <article class=\"stats-grid__item\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"200\">\n                                                <div class=\"stats-grid__value\" aria-label=\"300 bps\">\n                            \n                            <span\n                                class=\"stats-grid__number\"\n                                data-stats-grid-number\n                                data-stats-grid-target=\"300\"\n                                data-stats-grid-decimals=\"0\"\n                            >\n                                300                            <\/span>\n\n                                                            <span class=\"stats-grid__suffix\">bps<\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                                                    <div class=\"stats-grid__description\"><p>EBITDA uplift<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                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Founded in 2017, FRP has successfully integrated over 200 agencies into a national platform serving the US upper middle market across commercial lines, property and casualty, personal lines, employee benefits, and financial services.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            \n                            <div class=\"case-study-profile__details\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"300\">\n                                            <h3 class=\"case-study-profile__details__heading\">Client Profile<\/h3>\n                    \n                                            <ul>\n                                                            <li>\n                                    <strong>Customer Name<\/strong>\n                                    Foundation Risk Partners                                <\/li>\n                                                            <li>\n                                    <strong>Employees<\/strong>\n                                    3,000+        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Instead of just providing a solution to a problem, they came back with a strategy that was more focused on creating a solution that you could scale and use across multiple business cases. 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Richard Dinan described the breadth of the relationship: Version 1 brings thought leadership around well-architected frameworks with Microsoft, governance, managed services, and expertise across the Azure environment and the Microsoft product stack. FRP can come to Version 1 for any enquiry in the Microsoft ecosystem, allowing FRP\u2019s internal team to focus on the business rather than the tools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look at Version 1 more as a partner in this process versus a vendor of solutions. The partnership has gone extremely well. We\u2019ve been able to create a lot of value for both parties.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>John Turner, COO, Foundation Risk Partners<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Building on Microsoft<\/h5>\n<p>FRP is a Microsoft-first organisation, and for insurance leaders evaluating which technology stack to build their AI strategy on, FRP\u2019s experience illustrates why staying native within a single ecosystem can accelerate transformation. From the earliest stages of building their technology foundations, before AI was even on the agenda, FRP made a strategic decision to invest in the Microsoft stack and stay within that environment for both economic and security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven before we thought about building AI tools, when we were building the technology foundations we would need to scale the business, we took the approach that we were strategically going to invest in the Microsoft stack of tools and really stay in its native environment. Our preference would be to stay native with Microsoft because one, it\u2019s better leverage for us from an economic standpoint, and two, from just a security envelope and the way we structured data, it made more sense to stay as native as possible.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>John Turner, COO, Foundation Risk Partners<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That Microsoft-first approach has carried through into FRP\u2019s AI deployment. Their internal AI assistant, AskFRP, is powered by Microsoft Copilot Studio and serves as a centralised hub for producers, agents, and staff to access information, resources, and AI-driven insights from across the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as the Microsoft technology stack, Foundation Risk Partners is a Microsoft-first shop. When we went down this path of enabling some of our AI capabilities, it was a natural fit to continue to leverage as much of the product suite within Microsoft, because then you\u2019re not having to recreate the wheel regarding security, permissions, access. Everything is ring-fenced in the tenant.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Hyong Jin Park, EVP Application Development, Foundation Risk Partners<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Revenue enhancement<\/h5>\n<p>The first major use case FRP and Version 1 tackled together was on the revenue side, addressing a question that sits at the top of every insurance leader\u2019s agenda: how to use AI to drive sales growth and improve conversion rates without sacrificing the quality of advice that clients expect.<\/p>\n<p>Version 1\u2019s AI Labs analyzed FRP\u2019s manual gap and wedge analysis process and developed an AI solution to automate it as part of FRP\u2019s One FRP solution suite. The tool reviews and assesses large volumes of policy documents against business rules specified by FRP, identifies coverage gaps and improvement opportunities, and generates content for producers to use in client and prospect conversations. Critically, the solution retains a human validation step: AI identifies the issues, a human expert confirms the findings, and the end product is passed to the producer.<\/p>\n<p>The impact on processing time has been substantial. A full gap analysis that previously took 40 hours can now be completed in approximately 4 hours, a 90% reduction in cycle time. A wedge analysis that took 4 hours is now completed in around 15 minutes, a 94% reduction. That time saving means risk management service teams can focus on higher-value activities like training and client counsel rather than spending their days assembling reports manually.<\/p>\n<p>Since launch in July 2024, the tool has generated approximately $3.9 million in new revenue, with roughly $1.7 million in positive EBITDA contribution. It has processed hundreds of submissions representing over $10 million in estimated pipeline revenue and has been proven to double close ratios for the teams using it consistently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best decision has been working with and partnering with Version 1. Supporting sales on the revenue generation side with our first use case has been extremely rewarding.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Hyong Jin Park, EVP Application Development, Foundation Risk Partners<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Operational excellence<\/h5>\n<p>On the operational side, FRP and Version 1 are deploying a suite of tools designed to reduce transactional work wherever possible rather than simply offshoring the work. For insurance organisations still relying on BPO arrangements as their primary approach to managing low-value work, FRP\u2019s approach demonstrates a fundamentally different path: automate the work with the power of our AI-enabled tools and capture the full financial benefit rather than just the labour arbitrage.<\/p>\n<p>FRP had already committed to automating transactional work as much as possible. Their automated policy checking has been a significant early win, removing approximately $2.5 million of outsourcing fees from the system while simultaneously improving accuracy. FRP is also deploying standardised proposal generation, automated policy and cost comparisons, automated certificates of insurance, renewal cycle automation, and AI-driven claims management and analytics.<\/p>\n<p>The OneFRP platform now encompasses a broad suite of sub-agents and functional tools designed to empower the user. Resources are now optimized for AI for swift and accurate retrieval including client-facing deliverables for loss control, benchmarking, loss run analysis, deductible modelling, and automated statement of value generation. Most of these are already live in production, demonstrating the scale of what a small, focused team can achieve with the right partner and the right data foundation beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Governance and compliance<\/h5>\n<p>Managing AI governance in a regulated insurance environment is one of the most significant barriers to scaling AI deployment. FRP operates under 50 US state regulators, federal requirements, and international insurance treaty obligations, which means that every AI application has to comply with a patchwork of emerging regulatory frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>Version 1 brought its own partnership with Credo AI into the relationship, providing FRP with an enterprise-grade framework for managing AI regulatory compliance without the need to build a large internal compliance team from scratch. FRP\u2019s AI development follows a rigorous five-step gated process from assessment and prioritisation through to testing and production deployment. A cross-functional steering committee representing IT, compliance, and business leadership oversees every application, ensuring that no single function makes decisions that could impact the organisation\u2019s ability to operate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a governance standpoint, we\u2019re in a very highly regulated industry. We have to deal with 50 different state regulators, plus federal law, plus international laws based on insurance treaties. Having a partner in Credo AI allows us to focus on the work that creates value and have a partner making sure our tools comply from a regulatory and risk management standpoint. It would take me a team of 100 compliance people just to try to manage what we have.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>John Turner, COO, Foundation Risk Partners<\/em><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"single-column-content single-column-content--container-regular single-column-content--align-left  block-theme-light block-surface-putty\" id=\"result-end\">\n    \n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"single-column-content__inner\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                            <h2 class=\"single-column-content__heading h4\">The results<\/h2>\n            \n                            <div class=\"single-column-content__content standard-body\">\n                    <p>The combined impact of FRP\u2019s AI programme represents more than 300 bps of EBITDA uplift, comprising approximately $2 million from business process transformation (scaling tools like automated policy checking across all locations to drive enterprise-wide efficiency) and approximately $8 million from business performance transformation (leveraging data for improved lead conversion, systematic cross-selling, and targeted upselling across the client base).<\/p>\n<p>All of this has been delivered by a small, internal team, augmented by Version 1 as a strategic delivery partner and built on the Microsoft technology stack. FRP went from concept to production on their first AI use case in 14 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve been able to accomplish, we accomplished together with Version 1. We run a very lean team. We rely heavily on Version 1 as an interactive thought partner with us as we think through potential problems and opportunities to solve.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>John Turner, COO, Foundation Risk Partners<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Every tool FRP builds is designed as a reusable capability rather than a single-purpose solution, so that capabilities can be scaled and applied to new use cases as they emerge across the business. That approach to building reusable AI capabilities, rather than point solutions, is one of the reasons a seven-person team has been able to deliver results that larger organisations with far bigger budgets have struggled to match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"single-column-content single-column-content--container-regular single-column-content--align-left\">\n    \n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"single-column-content__inner\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n                            <h2 class=\"single-column-content__heading h4\">What comes next<\/h2>\n            \n                            <div class=\"single-column-content__content standard-body\">\n                    <p>Over the next 12 months, FRP\u2019s focus is on further reducing friction costs across non-value-adding activities, freeing team members to spend more time improving client relationships and delivering higher-value counsel. The vision, as Richard Dinan describes it, is the removal of clicking through multiple systems to get things done.<\/p>\n<p>From a broader strategic perspective, FRP is building towards becoming the single source for middle market risk in the United States, seamlessly providing an integrated suite of solutions across property and casualty, employee health, life insurance, wealth management, retirement planning, and personal insurance. By transmitting performance data to carrier partners, FRP aims to enhance carrier underwriting and become an indispensable, embedded partner in the insurance ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>We must and will continue to evolve and transform our business to meet future needs, and solve not only the problems of today but the problems of tomorrow, to maintain our competitive edge in the marketplace.<br \/>\nJohn Turner, COO, Foundation Risk Partners<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    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