Why Are Akur8 and RSM Expanding into North America?

RSM US LLP (RSM) has announced a significant expansion of its strategic relationship with Akur8, the next generation insurance pricing and reserving solution.

The move sees the assurance and consulting giant adopt Akur8 Discover across its entire enterprise to bolster the regulatory and actuarial services provided to insurance and financial services clients throughout the US and Canada.

This enterprise-wide adoption is a core pillar of RSM’s North American growth strategy, focusing on technology-enabled regulatory intelligence.

The tool will also be utilised by Risk & Regulatory Consulting (RRC), an RSM-affiliated consultancy that supports state regulatory agencies and insurers with compliance and examinations.

Transforming unstructured data

In the fragmented market, insurers must navigate filings across many different state jurisdictions.

This creates a massive volume of complex, varied data.

Akur8 Discover is designed to transform these unstructured regulatory filings from publicly available sources into searchable, on-demand insights.

By extracting data from System for Electronic Rates & Forms Filing (SERFF) and state-level filings, the platform turns raw information into structured intelligence.

This allows RSM and RRC to institutionalise regulator intelligence as a firmwide capability. 

Instead of treating research as a case-by-case function, the teams can now standardise thousands of pages of rate and rule filings into comparable market intelligence.

Enhancing actuarial strategy

The expanded collaboration allows RSM to reposition its actuarial and regulatory advisory practice.

The focus is shifting away from traditional compliance support towards a predictive, insight-driven strategy.

This is particularly relevant for carriers, MGAs and reinsurers looking for deeper visibility into market activity and emerging industry dynamics.

David Mamane, Partner and P&C Actuarial Services Leader at RSM, notes: “The insurance regulatory landscape in the US has entered a new era of volume and complexity.

Navigating SERFF and state filing workflows with traditional manual methods simply does not scale. 

“Akur8 Discover empowers our teams to instantly extract, compare and contextualise regulatory information across states and carriers, which fundamentally enhances how we advise clients on compliance, pricing strategy and market positioning. 

“For insurers in the US and Canada, particularly those with limited historical data in emerging products or niche segments, this level of visibility enables more credible pricing models and more informed strategic decisions.”

How to bridge the science and compliance gap 

The integration of pricing, reserving and regulatory intelligence allows RSM to bridge the gap between actuarial science and compliance.

With the addition of Discover to its toolkit, RSM and RRC can now:

• Search and contextualise rate and rule filings across all 50 states
• Normalise carrier filings for easier cross-market benchmarking
• Detect regulatory changes and rate movements across jurisdictions
• Map rating factors, rules and territories across insurers

The broader adoption follows an initial deployment in November 2025, which proved the platform’s value in accelerating research workflows.

Samuel Falmagne, CEO of Akur8, comments: “RSM and RRC are trusted advisors to insurers and regulators throughout North America.

“Their commitment to innovation across pricing, reserving and compliance aligns closely with our mission, and we are proud to deepen our collaboration as they expand their advisory capabilities with Akur8 Discover. 

“RSM’s decision to move to enterprise-wide use also underscores the growing demand for structured regulatory intelligence in North America.”