NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EXL [NASDAQ: EXLS], a global data and AI company, announced it has been recognized as a Leader in five quadrants in the ISG Provider Lens™ Insurance Services 2025 report. These include both service specialist capabilities, Life & Retirement and Property & Casualty, as well as the newly introduced categories for GenAI, Agentic AI and Global Capability Centers. This strong positioning highlights EXL’s broad, end-to-end impact across the insurance value chain and its ability to apply next-generation intelligence at scale.

The blend of leadership in strategic core capabilities and newly emerging, AI-driven capabilities reflects EXL’s ability to anticipate industry shifts and operationalize advanced intelligence across complex insurance workflows. “As the insurance industry continues to contend with strong market headwinds, our clients have become more agile and resilient by embracing robust digital transformation initiatives powered by real-time, reliable data and AI-embedded workflows,” said Vivek Jetley, president and head of insurance, healthcare and life sciences at EXL. “Our stand-out performance across all five categories of this ISG Provider Lens demonstrates our commitment to helping our clients find new, innovative ways to achieve better decisioning, processes, and business outcomes in all market conditions.”

EXL’s leadership underscores an industry trend toward leveraging AI for accelerated underwriting, intelligent claims triage, and meaningful improvements in agent and policyholder experience, areas where EXL continues to deliver measurable outcomes.

ISG Provider Lens is a practitioner-led service provider comparison, powered by ISG’s advisory experience and data-driven research. ISG’s research reports provide independent vendor evaluations and enterprise buying behavior segmentation. Provider positioning is based on neutral and independent research, such as quantitative data that includes provider surveys, product testing and customer interviews.

“EXL continues to help carriers across the entire insurance industry raise the bar,” said Ashish Jhajharia, lead analyst and co-author of the ISG Provider Lens Insurance Services 2025 report. “As 2026 will undoubtedly bring new emerging technology and unique challenges, EXL stands ready to help its clients dodge volatility and ultimately thrive.”

Read the report to see how EXL compares to its competition. For more information about EXL’s solutions for the insurance industry, click here .

About EXL

EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a global data and AI company that offers services and solutions to reinvent client business models, drive better outcomes and unlock growth with speed. EXL harnesses the power of data, AI, and deep industry knowledge to transform businesses, including the world's leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and capital markets, retail, communications and media, and energy and infrastructure, among others. EXL was founded in 1999 with the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect. We are headquartered in New York and have approximately 63,000 employees spanning six continents. For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should not place undue reliance on those statements because they are subject to numerous uncertainties and factors relating to EXL's operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond EXL’s control. Forward-looking statements include information concerning EXL’s possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of its business strategy. These statements may include words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate” or similar expressions. These statements are based on assumptions that we have made in light of management's experience in the industry as well as its perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate under the circumstances. You should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although EXL believes that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect EXL’s actual financial results or results of operations and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors, which include our ability to maintain and grow client demand, our ability to hire and retain sufficiently trained employees, and our ability to accurately estimate and/or manage costs, rising interest rates, rising inflation and recessionary economic trends, are discussed in more detail in EXL’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including EXL’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should keep in mind that any forward-looking statement made herein, or elsewhere, speaks only as of the date on which it is made. New risks and uncertainties come up from time to time, and it is impossible to predict these events or how they may affect EXL. EXL has no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date hereof, except as required by federal securities laws.

Contact

Media
Keith Little
[email protected]