Guidewire honored several customer and partner award recipients at this year's Guidewire Connections, including the esteemed Guidewire Innovation Awards, Partner Excellence Awards honoring Consulting and Technology partner achievements through the Guidewire PartnerConnect program, Guidewire Insurtech Vanguards global InsurPitch winners, and the distinguished customer All-Stars Class of 2026. The annual awards celebrated the people and organizations delivering the year's most standout, innovative achievements in P&C insurance.

"Our customers and partners are redefining what's possible in the P&C insurance industry," said Christina Colby, Chief Customer Officer, Guidewire. "Their achievements demonstrate what Insurance with Confidence looks like in action, putting intelligent technology like AI to work in ways that improve the insurance experience at scale and deliver real value for their businesses and the customers they serve."

Innovation Awards: Building What's Next

This year's Innovation Award winners were honored for the inventive ways they are building on Guidewire, with AI embedded directly into cloud and digital experiences, modernizing their operations, and delivering stronger outcomes for the customers they serve. The 2026 winners are:

• Beazley replaced fragmented manual processes with a connected, cloud-based platform built on Guidewire with Capgemini, a Guidewire Consulting Global Strategic partner. The result was real-time broker submission processing, GenAI-led product simplification, and more efficient invoice processing.
• Definity launched its first production agentic AI solution with Deloitte, a Guidewire Consulting Global Premier partner, transforming broker FNOL intake by automatically converting submissions into structured draft claims directly in Guidewire, with claims professionals remaining in the loop for review. The solution reduces manual claims administration, accelerates claim creation, and improves the frontline claims experience.
• RCIS's Passion for the Possible™ initiative delivered agriculture industry insurance implementation on Guidewire Cloud with PwC, a Guidewire Consulting Global Strategic partner, supporting the project. A unified, Jutro-powered digital experience now serves thousands of agents across all 50 U.S. states, replacing a legacy environment. Backed by enterprise AI that accelerates delivery and boosts productivity, it has significantly cut the customer transfer process.