Acrisure

Acrisure announced it would reduce headcount by about 2,250 roles, or 11% of its workforce, in phases through 2027. CEO Greg Williams explicitly cited AI, data, automation and digital platforms as changing how work is done; later investigative reporting argued that offshoring was also a material driver, making the mechanism disputed.

• · WWMT published direct text from Williams' employee letter linking the reduction to technology, AI, data, automation and digital platforms.
• · WZZM and The Detroit News corroborated the 2,250-role figure and phased U.S.-focused reduction.
• · Chris Brunet's later investigation argues that substantial work was shifted to lower-cost overseas contractors and characterises the AI rationale as AI-washing; this materially challenges the mechanism but not the workforce action or the company's explicit claim.
• · Acrisure had separately announced roughly 400 accounting layoffs in 2025; the 2,250 figure records the May 2026 companywide reduction rather than aggregating both rounds.