Industry News
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 ...
Agents Struggle to Find Capacity, Meet Customer Timing Expectations: Survey
A new P/C insurance industry survey report reveals some of the key challenges that independent agents are facing, including providing quotes within customers' expected time frames—or finding ...
FurtherAI Raises $25M to Alleviate Insurance Industry’s ‘Busywork’ Burden
San Francisco-based insurance AI start up FurtherAI announced a $25 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz to improve insurance workflows through AI. Claiming that those who run ...
Workers Compensation Continues to Lead P/C Industry With Strong Profits
Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, the workers compensation line continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance ...
Tokio Marine Weighs More Than $10 Billion of International M&A
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., Japan's top property and casualty insurer, could spend more than $10 billion on acquisitions to boost its international business, according to Brad Irick, who co-heads the ...
Man Charged With ‘Maliciously’ Starting Massive LA Fire
Federal authorities arrested a 29-year-old man on charges that he intentionally started the blaze that days later became the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in ...
Laws and Regs Already Protect Insureds From AI Missteps, Insurance Reps Say
Despite the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in the insurance sector, along with claims of widespread errors and even discrimination by algorithms, AI is becoming vital to the industry – but ...
WTW Offers Parametric Insurance With Weather-Warning Trigger
Willis, a business of WTW, announced the launch of a parametric policy that is activated automatically when a red weather warning is issued by the UK Met Office or Met Éireann, the Irish National ...