How can AI give insolvency teams more capacity?

For an insolvency practice, the useful AI question is how much professional time can be recovered from administration. Reviewing correspondence, assembling chronologies and gathering creditor information are necessary parts of running a matter, but they should not crowd out the work that needs a practitioner's judgement.

A carefully scoped workflow could help organise emails and documents, extract key information and prepare a matter summary for review. It could also flag missing records or potential inconsistencies. Practitioners still verify the material and remain responsible for every professional conclusion and communication.

Start with one repeatable activity rather than a whole matter. Measure today's preparation effort, test the workflow against representative files and record the time spent correcting its output. Information security and traceability back to source documents should be part of the assessment from day one.

As an illustration only: ten people each recovering five hours a week would add fifty hours of weekly capacity, before allowing for review and support. That is a planning scenario, not a promised result. The real test is whether a practice can turn verified time savings into better service and sustainable capacity.