GENERATIVE AI INSURANCE AGENTIC AI LIABILITY
COVERAGE PART 04 · THE AGENTIC AI TRIGGER

AGENTIC AI LIABILITY INSURANCE

When your AI stops waiting for a prompt and starts acting on its own — sending, transacting, executing, clicking through systems with no human approving each step — you have crossed into the highest-exposure profile there is. If this is your business, treat it as an instant yes.

ELIGIBILITY · $10M+ ANNUAL REVENUE · PREMIUMS FROM $15K
⚡ AGENTIC = INSTANT YES Holographic floating AI code-generation screen with digital effects NO PROMPT. NO PAUSE. NO HUMAN AT THE GATE.
WHAT MAKES IT AGENTIC

THE MOMENT THE AI STARTS DOING, NOT JUST SAYING

A generative tool produces output a person decides what to do with. An agent removes that person. It takes actions automatically, without human intervention — and that single change is what reshapes the entire risk picture.

An agentic AI system completes tasks and triggers real actions on its own, with no human approving each step. The underwriting question is blunt: can your AI take actions automatically without human intervention? If the answer is yes, you are in this coverage part.

Every other AI exposure assumed a person could catch the problem before it caused harm. Agentic AI deletes that assumption. The same mistake that one reviewer would have stopped now executes immediately, repeatedly, and at scale — which is exactly why underwriters treat it as its own, higher-scrutiny risk.

SENDS EMAILS & MESSAGES
UPDATES & DELETES RECORDS
EXECUTES CODE
MOVES MONEY & TRANSACTS
BROWSES & CLICKS SITES
TRIGGERS OTHER TOOLS
⚡ THE INSTANT YES

RUNNING AUTONOMOUS AI? DON'T WAIT.

Of every profile in this market, agentic deployment is the one that warrants coverage at minimum, right now. If a tool runs your workflows without a human in the loop, the exposure is real and immediate.

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INTERACTIVE · THE AUTONOMY LADDER

HOW MUCH IS YOUR AI ALLOWED TO DO ALONE?

Drag the slider from "suggests" to "fully autonomous." Watch how the exposure — and who is accountable when it goes wrong — climbs with every rung.

LEVEL 0SEVERITY: LOW
SUGGESTSDRAFTSACTS W/ APPROVALACTS ALONEORCHESTRATES
ONE MISTAKE, AT MACHINE SPEED

AGENTS ESCALATE EVERY OTHER TRIGGER

Agentic AI rarely creates a brand-new kind of harm. It takes the harms you already saw — error, infringement, disclosure, physical action — and strips out the human who used to catch them, then runs them at volume.

ERRORS, MULTIPLIED

A wrong answer a reviewer would have caught now executes across every record or message before anyone notices.

SEE ERRORS & OMISSIONS

CONTENT, PUBLISHED ALONE

An agent that generates and posts content can put infringing or defamatory material live with no human reviewing it first.

SEE IP & DEFAMATION

DATA, MOVED FREELY

An agent with system access can read, transmit, and expose protected data across tools without a person approving what it touches.

SEE DATA DISCLOSURE
INTERACTIVE · THE HUMAN IN THE LOOP

FLIP THE SWITCH. SEE WHAT THE HUMAN WAS FOR.

The same flawed decision, with and without a person at the gate. One is contained. The other is a cascade.

HUMAN IN THE LOOP
FULLY AUTONOMOUS
WHY STANDARD FORMS REALLY DON'T FIT HERE

NOBODY WROTE THE OLD POLICIES FOR THIS

Agentic AI is so new that even the AI risk frameworks are still catching up to it — and the standard liability forms were written for a world where a human was always the one acting.

ISO CG 40 47 / CG 40 48

STANDARD-FORM EXCLUSIONS

Effective January 1, 2026, ISO endorsements let carriers exclude generative AI from standard liability policies — and autonomous action sits right in the middle of that excluded territory.

FRAMEWORKS PLAYING CATCH-UP

EVEN GOVERNANCE IS BEHIND

Early AI risk guidance was written for models that assist a human. Dedicated agentic-AI risk profiles are only now emerging — a sign of how far ahead of the rulebook autonomous deployment has run.

SILENT vs AFFIRMATIVE

WRITTEN FOR AUTONOMY

A standalone policy can affirmatively cover loss from autonomous AI action — the errors, disclosures, and damage an agent causes on its own — rather than leaving it to forms that assumed a human pressed the button.

FROM YOUR INTERNAL AUDIT

WHERE AGENTS ARE ALREADY ACTING

If any of these run without a human approving each action, you are squarely in this coverage part. Every one of them is, on its own, a reason to look.

AUTONOMOUS SUPPORT

Customer agents that resolve, refund, or commit on the company's behalf without a person confirming the action.

⚡ INSTANT YES

AGENTIC CODING & DEVOPS

AI that writes, merges, and deploys code, or changes infrastructure, with no human gate on what ships.

⚡ INSTANT YES

AUTOMATED OUTREACH

Agents that draft and send emails, messages, or outreach to real people on their own schedule.

⚡ INSTANT YES

FINANCE & OPS AUTOMATION

AI that updates records, processes transactions, or moves money across systems without sign-off.

⚡ INSTANT YES

BROWSING AGENTS

Tools that navigate and act on live websites — filling forms, clicking, purchasing — on your behalf.

⚡ INSTANT YES

MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS

Agents that hand work to other agents and tools, chaining actions far beyond where any human is watching.

⚡ INSTANT YES
WHO WE PLACE THIS FOR

BUILT FOR ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES RUNNING AUTONOMOUS AI

This affirmative market is designed for companies at scale that have let AI act on its own — where a single unattended decision can run a long way before a human ever sees it.

ELIGIBILITY AT A GLANCE

MINIMUM SIZE FOR THIS MARKET

$10M+Minimum annual revenue
$15KMinimum premium
THE FULL COVERAGE MAP

PART OF THE GENERATIVE AI INSURANCE STACK

Agentic liability is one trigger — and the one that amplifies all the others. Explore how it connects to the rest of the cluster.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

AGENTIC AI LIABILITY QUESTIONS

WHAT COUNTS AS "AGENTIC" AI?
Any AI that takes real actions automatically without a human approving each step — sending emails, updating or deleting records, executing code, moving money, or navigating and clicking through websites. The dividing line is simple: if your AI does things on its own rather than only producing output a person acts on, it is agentic.
WHY IS AGENTIC AI TREATED AS HIGHER RISK?
Because removing the human removes the backstop. A mistake a reviewer would have caught now executes instantly and can repeat across thousands of actions before anyone notices. Underwriters look hard at autonomy precisely because it raises both the speed and the scale of a potential loss.
WE RUN AUTONOMOUS AGENTS. DO WE DEFINITELY NEED THIS?
If you run AI that completes workflows without a human approving each step, treat it as an instant yes for a serious look at coverage. It is the single clearest signal that affirmative AI liability coverage belongs on your program now, not later.
DOES KEEPING A HUMAN IN THE LOOP REMOVE THE NEED FOR COVERAGE?
Human oversight meaningfully lowers severity and strengthens your underwriting profile, but it does not eliminate the exposure or create coverage. Many deployments are also partly autonomous, and a single unattended pathway can still cause a cascade. Good controls and affirmative coverage work together.
IS THERE A MINIMUM COMPANY SIZE FOR THIS COVERAGE?
Yes. This market is built for established businesses, with a minimum of $10 million in annual revenue and premiums starting at $15,000. If you run autonomous AI but are below that threshold, reach out anyway and we will talk through your exposure and other options.
HOW DO I GET A QUOTE FROM KELLY INSURANCE GROUP?
Book an appointment or start an intake form and describe what your agents are allowed to do on their own and what systems they can reach. We map the autonomy and the exposure, review your controls, and take a structured submission to the specialty markets writing affirmative AI coverage. Call or text (412) 212-2800.
Kelly Insurance Group is a specialty commercial insurance brokerage. This page is general information about agentic and autonomous AI exposures and is not legal advice, a coverage opinion, or a guarantee that any policy will respond to a particular loss. Coverage triggers, terms, exclusions, and availability vary by carrier and by deployment; the ISO endorsements referenced (CG 40 47 and CG 40 48, effective January 1, 2026) are optional forms individual carriers may or may not adopt. The autonomy levels shown are an illustrative model, not a coverage grid. Always review the actual policy wording for terms, conditions, and exclusions.