CMiC CONNECT 2026
Bring Insurance Compliance into the System of Record
CMiC CONNECT 2026 is CMiC’s 28th annual customer conference, held November 1-4 at the JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida. More than 850 CMiC customers, members of the CMiC User Group (CMUG) and CMiC’s leadership team gather for four keynotes, role-based breakouts, hands-on Learning Labs and one-on-one time with CMiC experts at the CONNECT Campground.
CMiC CONNECT 2025 in Palm Springs. This year, CONNECT moves to Orlando. Photo: CMiC.
Across those conversations, one operational question matters for risk, accounting and project teams: is insurance compliance truly part of the CMiC workflow, or is the system still being fed by hand from inboxes and spreadsheets? A compliance status is only useful when it is current, accurate and connected to the decisions it should control: onboarding, site access, payments and renewals. Here are five themes worth bringing to Orlando.
Context
What Is CMiC Signaling This Year?
CMiC used last year’s CONNECT to launch what it calls the first AI-powered construction ERP. With more than $100 billion in construction revenue running through CMiC every year, the ERP is increasingly where project, accounting and risk decisions get made.
At the same time, the insurance behind those decisions is getting harder to manage, not easier. Marsh reports that US casualty rates rose 7% in the second quarter of 2026, even as global commercial rates fell 6%, with claims severity and litigation pressure keeping the US market tight.
Why it matters for CMiC users: the more decisions the ERP drives, the more it matters that the data feeding it is current and decision-grade. An insurance status keyed in by hand last month can’t safely gate a payment today.
Part 1
Why Is Manual Insurance Entry a Hidden Workflow Tax?
Many construction teams run on a strong ERP but still collect insurance through email, review it outside CMiC and then re-key the result. That duplicate process eats hours every week and leaves records that don’t agree with each other.
Every manual update is another chance for a missed expiration, an unresolved deficiency or a status that no longer reflects the evidence behind it. At CONNECT, ask any partner to show how it removes those handoffs: where the request starts, who reviews the evidence, how gaps get resolved and exactly what returns to CMiC.
Part 2
Should Compliance Status Drive Project Decisions?
Yes. Compliance data should do more than populate a vendor record. It should help decide whether a subcontractor can mobilize, enter the site, move through onboarding or get paid.
That takes timely collection, a thorough review of COIs and the policy evidence behind them, clear deficiency tracking and reliable status updates inside CMiC. The goal is an operational signal that project, accounting and risk teams can trust without checking a separate spreadsheet or asking whether the record is current.
A subcontractor’s general liability policy expires mid-project. If the status in CMiC updates on its own, accounting can hold the next payment and the sub gets an automated request to upload the renewal. If it lives in a spreadsheet, the payment goes out and nobody notices until a claim does.
Part 3
What Makes an AI Compliance Decision Accountable?
AI will be everywhere at CONNECT. For insurance compliance, the useful distinction is between extracting data from a document and making a coverage decision someone can stand behind. When you evaluate AI-enabled insurance compliance, ask:
- Can it interpret requirements and insurance evidence together?
- How are endorsements, exclusions and policy details handled?
- What happens when confidence is low or documents conflict?
- When does an insurance specialist step into the decision?
- How is the decision recorded and synced back to CMiC?
The strongest systems make the boundary between automation and expert judgment visible, and keep the evidence behind every decision. That’s the model behind how Jones reviews insurance documents: AI for speed and scale, insurance specialists for the calls that need judgment.
Part 4
What Separates an Operational Integration From a Cosmetic One?
A logo on an integration page is not enough. CMiC keeps a list of Partner-Built integrations for a reason: the connection has to remove real work from the daily process. Look for one connected workflow, from the moment a subcontractor is added to the moment their status is back in CMiC:
The payoff is fewer manual handoffs, faster compliance and a clear view of who can work, mobilize or be paid, right where your teams already look.
Part 5
Why Bring a Real CMiC Workflow to the Demo?
A polished integration demo can make every workflow look simple. Your CMiC environment is not. Bring one live scenario, such as a new subcontractor, a renewal, a complex deficiency or a payment hold, and ask the provider to show where the request begins, what gets reviewed, what users see and what is written back to CMiC. That conversation will tell you more than any feature tour.
Before You Go
How to Make CMiC CONNECT 2026 Count
Choose one broken workflow. Duplicate entry, stale statuses, renewal follow-up, payment controls or project visibility: pick the insurance process your team most wants to fix and let it guide your conversations. Plan around the exhibitor windows. Tables are open Monday and Tuesday, with breakfast, lunch and several short breaks built around them, so check who’s exhibiting and block that time before sessions fill the day. And book time at the CONNECT Campground early if you have questions for CMiC’s own experts.
Compare data movement, not screenshots: ask what moves in each direction, how often it updates, how exceptions are handled and what project, accounting and risk users can see. Then leave with a pilot plan: one workflow, one project or business unit, the people who need to be involved and how you’ll measure success after the event.
Where Jones Fits
Insurance Compliance That Lives Inside CMiC
Jones was the first CMiC Partner-Built integration for subcontractor insurance compliance. New CMiC projects flow into Jones with their certificate holder and additional insured language, teams request COIs straight from CMiC, and AI agents and insurance specialists review every document and drive gaps to resolution. Policies, limits, expiration dates and compliance status write back to the ERP and Field tabs, so project, accounting and risk teams act from one shared record and payments can be tied to compliance status.
For general contractors that want the follow-up handled for them, Jones Operator adds a dedicated insurance specialist who works as an extension of their team.
“With the Jones integration, our team can completely handle subcontractor insurance and see all the information they need directly in our CMiC account.”
Steve Green, Vice President of Corporate Technology and Systems, Clune Construction
Request in CMiC. Expert review with Jones. Synced back automatically.
Heading to Orlando?
Find Jones at our exhibitor table on Monday and Tuesday. Bring one of your real CMiC workflows and we’ll show you where Jones removes manual entry, strengthens the compliance decision and keeps the project record current.
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CMiC CONNECT 2026 FAQ
When and where is CMiC CONNECT 2026?
November 1-4, 2026, at the JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida. Registration opens Sunday afternoon, and exhibitor tables are open Monday and Tuesday, November 2-3.
What is CMiC CONNECT?
CONNECT is CMiC’s annual customer conference, now in its 28th year. It brings together CMiC customers, members of the CMiC User Group (CMUG), partners and CMiC’s leadership team. More than 875 customers attended the 2025 edition in Palm Springs.
What’s on the CMiC CONNECT 2026 agenda?
Four keynotes, educational breakouts organized by role (accounting and financials, IT, operations and project management, executive and HR), interactive Learning Labs and one-on-one sessions with CMiC subject matter experts at the CONNECT Campground. The full agenda is on CMiC’s conference site.
When can I visit exhibitors at CMiC CONNECT?
Exhibitor tables are open Monday and Tuesday. Breakfast, lunch and the short breaks between sessions are the best times to stop by.
Can subcontractor insurance compliance be managed inside CMiC?
Yes. With Jones, a CMiC Partner-Built integration, teams create projects and request COIs inside CMiC, Jones reviews the insurance documents, and policies, limits, expiration dates and compliance status sync back to the ERP and Field tabs.
Can CMiC payments depend on insurance compliance status?
Yes. Because Jones writes compliance status back into CMiC, accounting can tie payments to it and hold a payment when a subcontractor’s coverage lapses or falls short of the requirement.
Who reviews the insurance documents when Jones is connected to CMiC?
Jones combines AI agents with insurance specialists. AI handles extraction and comparison at scale, and specialists handle endorsements, exclusions, exceptions and anything the AI isn’t confident about.
What should I ask an insurance compliance vendor at CMiC CONNECT?
Ask whether it reads requirements and insurance evidence together, how it handles endorsements and exclusions, what happens when documents conflict, when a specialist steps in, and exactly what gets written back to CMiC.
Where can I find Jones at CMiC CONNECT 2026?
At our exhibitor table on Monday and Tuesday, November 2-3.
