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The Financial Case for Negotiation: How Indemnity Discipline Can Transform Carrier Economics
EvenUp Law, the leading AI provider to the plaintiff bar, tells its prospective customers that its technology produces a 30% increase in settlement values, a 70% increase in policy limit demands, and ...
NY Lawmakers Agree to Governor’s Auto Insurance Reforms in New Budget
After bypassing the April 1 deadline and engaging in weeks of debate and compromise, New York lawmakers have agreed on a $268.5 billion budget that includes auto insurance reforms championed by Gov. ...
Two for One
The line between traditional indemnity insurance and parametric solutions is fading. Although carriers have offered both for decades, operational silos kept them separate: indemnity relied on ...
Reinsurance Turning Point: From Operational Constraint to Competitive Advantage
Insurers have spent the past decade modernizing core operations. Policy administration, claims and underwriting have all benefited from advanced analytics, AI and digitized processes. Central data ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Post Biggest Q1 Underwriting Profit in 25 Years
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry posted another record in the first quarter of 2026, with a combined ratio of 89.5—before policyholder dividends—standing as the best first-quarter ...
U.S. Personal Lines Insurers Ask for Less Rate After Period of Catch-Up
It appears as though auto and home insurers have caught up, appropriately matching premium to risk in their portfolios. According to a new report from insurance industry rating agency AM Best, rate ...
Executive Viewpoint: What Telematics Got Wrong and What It Means for Commercial Auto
In 2012, I joined Direct Line Group's motor team to help build a telematics insurance product. The idea was simple: use real driving data to move beyond crude proxies—age, postcode, ...It’s a Good Thing? Martha Stewart to Get Into Home Insurance With Hint
Hint, a self-described "home management platform," has launched with a $10 million seed round of funding and the original influencer of all things having to do with the home living. Well-known ...