Underwriting
Rebuilding Commercial Lines Underwriting: Smarter, Simpler and More Strategic
Commercial lines underwriting is at a critical turning point. Traditional models built on manual reviews and static decision-making are struggling in today's fast-paced, data-driven insurance ...
Federato Launches Tech to Tackle Underwriter Fears of Falling Behind
Federato, an InsurTech focused on underwriting intelligence, has launched an agentic AI platform designed to help insurers harness technology to assess, quote, and manage risk. The new solution aims ...
Viewpoint: Strong In-House Claims Functions Help Build Trust in MGA Sector
The managing general agent (MGA) market is in the spotlight as one of the most agile and innovative arrows of growth for the insurance sector. But as with any arrow, direction and precision matter. ...
All Commercial Insurance Lines Except One in ‘Soft-Market Territory’: WTW
Moment of opportunity. Clear horizons. The latest WTW Marketplace Realities report, published in early October, is heavy on descriptions of a "unique and promising" inflection point for commercial ...
High Demand for Gen AI Insurance; Buyers Say They’ll Pay More: Report
A new survey of corporate insurance buyers reveals widespread interest in buying insurance to cover Gen AI risks—and a willingness to pay up 10-20 percent more in organization-wide insurance ...
Insurers Fighting $345M Georgia School Abuse Award, With Policy Wording at Issue
In one of the grimmest, longest-running and most-litigated episodes of alleged child sexual abuse at a private school, the key question in a case now before the Georgia Court of Appeals is whether ...
The Underwriter Redefined
For decades, underwriting was defined by manual processing and a great deal of paperwork. Broker submissions typically arrived by email, requiring underwriters or their assistants to manually re-key ...
The Governance Test for AI in Underwriting
Artificial intelligence is reshaping insurance underwriting. Submission intake, triage, routine data collection and pricing models for low-complexity risks are increasingly automated, while ...