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How AI-Enabled Digital Twins Are Helping P/C Insurers Weather the Storm
The P/C insurance industry is at an inflection point as the rise in climate-related risks and natural catastrophes has severely impacted American insurers. Just last year, the country saw a ...
InsurTech Neural Earth Secures $1.4M in Pre-Seed Funding
Neural Earth, a provider of artificial intelligence data analytics for property/casualty insurance, announced the close of its oversubscribed $1.4 million pre-seed funding round. The tech company ...
State Insurance Regulation of Climate Issues ‘Fragmented’: FIO Report
The Federal Insurance Office (FIO) has released a new report analyzing climate-related issues and gaps in U.S. insurance supervision and regulation, saying state regulatory efforts are fragmented and ...
Climate Activists Tell Insurance CEOs to Stop Covering Carbon Projects ‘Immediately’
A group of climate activists has called on 30 insurance company CEOs to "immediately" stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects in the wake of a stark climate warning ...
‘Dangerous’ 103 Degree Heat To Hit Chicago 11 Times A Year By 2100: Study
What's considered officially "dangerous heat" in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according to a new study. In much of ...
Ranking U.S. Insurers: How They Score on ESG Performance
For the past several years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have figured prominently in the investment decisions of institutional investors, pension funds and shareholders. The ...
FEMA Challenges: Coronavirus + Climate Stretch Federal Agency Resources
It wasn't until Wednesday, five days after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it was "leading the federal coordination" to ...
Insurance Boards: Time to Act on Climate Change
The insurance industry is in the crosshairs of climate change, and with the recent U.S. presidential election and the anticipated lack of policy action on global warming, the sector is going to face ...