Insurance: An Industry Embracing AI By Scott Hawkins A broad survey found that 77% of senior executives said they are in some stage of adopting AI, up 16 percentage points from a year ago.
What to Know About Geospatial Technology By Jason Wootton With climate change increasing risk, GIS allows for accurate risk assessment that goes even deeper than ZIP code level.
Super Election Year Boosts Risks of Political Violence By Srdjan Todorovic Businesses need to protect their people and property with continuity planning, increased security and, perhaps, relocation of inventory.
Harnessing Industry Knowledge to Protect the World . . . Again By Francis Bouchard Just as Underwriters Laboratory was set up to make electricity safe for the world, insurers have a huge opportunity (and responsibility) with climate change.
Mapping the Intensifying Flood Threat By Anil Vasagiri As climate change transforms destructive floods into a primary peril, insurers and companies with valuable assets in harm's way need better tools.
D&O Insurance Pricing May Be Inadequate By David Blades After aggressive increases helped firms recover from a decade of woeful rates, premiums are declining. The shift may be too much too soon.
Image The Wake-Up Call From Taiwan's Earthquake The massive earthquake that hit Taiwan last week had a remarkably low death toll -- and there's a reason for that, one we can all embrace.
Unlocking Opportunity in the Surety Market By Karl Choltus Increased surety usage is anticipated in real estate, renewable energy and healthcare in 2024, as it moves beyond construction.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.