For years, insurers have leaned on legal bill review to control defense costs. Guidelines are enforced, invoices are audited, and hours are flagged. Yet despite these efforts, legal spend continues to rise across the industry. The reason is simple: bill review shows what was billed, not whether those dollars actually created value.
What’s missing are two essential sources of insight.
First, AI-powered invoice analysis. Traditional bill review rules catch line-item violations, but they rarely expose broader patterns. AI analysis can surface trends and behaviors in invoices that point to deeper issues, such as inefficient staffing, duplicative work, or billing practices that consistently inflate costs.
Second, litigation performance data. Understanding the outcomes of cases is just as important as tracking the costs. Performance data at both the firm and attorney level reveals which defense teams consistently deliver favorable outcomes, how exposure changes over the life of a case, and how strategies align with reserves and settlements.
When you bring these two streams of information together, you get Litigation Intelligence. Litigation Intelligence is the ability to evaluate not just what was spent, but what was achieved. It provides visibility into the return on legal spend and gives insurers the data to make better counsel assignments, shape proactive case strategies, and ultimately resolve cases more effectively.
The plaintiffs’ bar has already embraced data and AI to gain an edge. Insurers who want to level the playing field must do the same.
Ready to see what Litigation Intelligence can mean for your organization? Book a discovery call today.