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AI Policy Underwriting Support

CYBAIR-powered underwriting support. Each policyholder AI workload is a CYBAIR unit; the engagement turns scores into an underwriting framework.

Advisory3–5 weeks
from $75,000Engagement fee plus the platform units the work consumes — shaped below.
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Why this engagement exists

Insurers and assurance functions are being asked to underwrite AI risk without workload-level posture or an evidence trail they can defend. Underwriting relies on questionnaires and self-attestation — exactly the inputs that fail when a claim or audit tests them.

What it looks like in your organization

  • AI risk is underwritten from questionnaires with no workload-level evidence.
  • Underwriters cannot distinguish a well-run AI estate from a dangerous one.
  • Claims or disputes expose that the risk was never actually measured.
  • The book grows while the assurance method stays at self-attestation.

What you take away

Every deliverable is named, formatted, and tied to the outcome it enables. Nothing ships as a deck with no use.

AI policyholder posture scoring

Scorecard

CYBAIR posture per policyholder AI workload — the same engine and evidence standard as first-party assessments.

Underwriting decisions rest on measured posture, not self-attestation.

Underwriting risk framework

Framework document

How CYBAIR scores translate into underwriting decisions: tiers, thresholds, and pricing logic.

The book is underwritten with a defensible, repeatable method.

Evidence and attestation strategy

Strategy document

The evidence standard for the book and how attestation is produced and verified.

Claims, disputes, and audits are answered from prepared evidence.

Policyholder readiness assessment

Readiness report

Which policyholders are ready for AI coverage terms and which need remediation first.

Coverage terms are matched to actual readiness, reducing adverse selection.

How this engagement runs

3–5 weeks · 4 phases
01

Define the book

Week 1

Which policyholders and which AI workloads sit in the first cut. The workload count sets the CYBAIR units.

Deliverables
Book scope
You exit with

A priced first cut of the book, sized honestly.

02

Score on CYBAIR

Weeks 1–3

Same engine, same $5,000 unit, compliance and evidence included. Policyholder workloads are profiled and scored.

Deliverables
Workload posture scores
You exit with

The book has measured AI posture across the scoped workloads.

03

Write the framework

Weeks 3–4

How scores become underwriting decisions: tiers, thresholds, and pricing logic designed with your underwriters.

Deliverables
Underwriting risk framework
You exit with

A repeatable underwriting method grounded in posture.

04

Leave a repeatable path

Weeks 4–5

The motion is documented so it scales as the book grows — and can become a retainer as volume increases.

Deliverables
Evidence strategyRepeatable motionReadout
You exit with

Underwriting AI risk becomes an operating capability, not a one-off pilot.

How the fee is built

The engagement fee moves on three multipliers — sensitivity, involvement, and organization type — and the platform units the work consumes are their own lines. Nothing is hidden inside a flat number.

Sensitivity

×0.90 – ×1.30 on the engagement fee

Sensitivity sets the handling envelope around the whole engagement: how data moves, where evidence lives, who can touch it, and what containment we must maintain. Higher sensitivity means cleared handling, segregated evidence, and slower, more deliberate operations — real cost that a flat fee would hide.

Public×0.90

Open information. Standard handling, no containment overhead.

Confidential×1.00

Proprietary business information. NDA-grade handling and controlled evidence storage.

Regulated×1.15

Compliance-bound data. Framework controls and audit-ready evidence handling shape the work.

Restricted×1.30

Defense-grade pathways. Cleared handling, boundary containment, and evidence segregation inside your perimeter.

Involvement

×0.85 – ×1.35 on the engagement fee

Involvement is how much Multipolar operator time is on the hook. Counsel at checkpoints is a different commitment than embedded delivery inside your team, your systems, and your cadence. The multiplier tracks senior hours actually committed — not a markup.

Light×0.85

We advise and interpret; your team executes. Senior counsel at defined checkpoints.

Standard×1.00

We run the engagement end to end, with your stakeholders at the decision points.

Deep×1.35

Embedded delivery. Our operators work inside your team until the outcome is actually in place.

Organization type

×0.85 – ×1.25 on the engagement fee

The same technical work lands differently depending on who is buying it. Federal and defense engagements carry procurement, compliance, security review, and stakeholder alignment that a mid-market engagement does not. The multiplier prices the coordination and accountability surface, not the analysis.

SMB / Mid-Market×0.85

Fewer stakeholders, faster decisions, lighter coordination overhead.

Enterprise×1.00

The baseline: standard commercial engagement surface.

State & Local×1.00

Public-sector procurement and multi-agency stakeholder surface.

VC / PE×1.00

Investment-platform cadence: deal-driven timelines and IC audiences.

Partners×1.00

Joint-delivery and enablement motions with partner delivery teams.

Auditors / Insurers×1.00

Assurance functions: evidence standards and underwriting audiences.

Federal×1.15

Federal procurement, compliance crosswalks, and multi-office alignment.

Defense×1.25

Mission-critical review, security handling, and acquisition-process alignment.

Scope & scale of platform units

The largest component of most totals

Every engagement consumes platform units — CYBAIR workloads, AIR organization bands, GENOMIA twins, WINS scenarios, SiliconAIR systems. Units track your estate, not our appetite for flat pricing: an 8-workload assessment and a 50-workload assessment are different engagements and are priced as such. You set the scope in the configurator; the total moves with it, and nothing is quietly under-scoped to fit a number.

Simulation compute

Estimated until configured · billed on actuals

WINS simulations carry real compute costs that scale with scenario count, branching depth, and campaign length. A focused single-scenario game and a sustained multi-agent campaign are orders of magnitude apart. Facilitation and after-action are in the fee; compute is estimated once the game is configured, then billed on actuals — you pay for what actually runs, never a padded average.

Platform units in this engagement

Units track your estate, not our appetite for flat pricing. You set the scope; the total moves with it. Each unit below is consumed by this engagement and billed as its own line.

CYBAIR™$5,000 per workload
AI workload

Each model, RAG pipeline, or agentic workflow you nominate for posture, compliance, evidence, and attestation.

The number of AI workloads you put in scope. Minimum one. You choose the estate to assess — the count is yours to set, and we do not flatten ten workloads and fifty into the same fee.

Engagement profile
Platform units
Fee statement
Engagement fee$35,000
CYBAIR · 8 AI workloads × $5,000$40,000
Total$75,000

What the engagement fee covers

  • Scoping, workshops, and interpretation
  • Every deliverable listed on this page
  • Cross-framework mapping where the package includes compliance
  • Executive translation — board, program-office, or IC language
  • Handoff and a defensible next-step recommendation

What it does not cover

  • Platform units consumed by the work (shown as their own lines)
  • WINS simulation compute (estimated, then billed on actuals)

Frequently asked questions

Insurers, auditors, and assurance functions that must underwrite or attest to AI risk. The framework adapts to assurance as well as underwriting.

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