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Monster Tsunami Sent Water 1,580 Feet Up an Alaskan Mountain
A massive landslide in Alaska triggered the second-highest tsunami ever recorded, sending water and debris 1,580 feet up a mountainside just hours after tourists visited the area on the evening of ...
Weather Service Confirms 2 Tornadoes Touched Down in Arizona Last Week
Two EF-1 tornadoes were reported during storm conditions that rolled through Arizona on October, 21, 2026, according to the National Weather Service forecast office in Flagstaff. A tornado developed ...
Rhode Island Man Involved in $5M Vehicle Theft Ring Pleads Guilty
Last week, a Providence, Rhode Island man pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a conspiracy involving the theft of high-end automobiles and motorcycles from dealerships across New England ...
Human Error, Systemic Failure Blamed for Spain’s Latest Deadly Train Crash
Was Spain's second major train collision in nine months caused by human error, or did it stem from deeper problems in its once- vaunted high-speed rail network? Transport Minister Óscar Puente has ...
Insurance AI’s Next Test: Can Carriers Trust the Data?
Insurance companies are beginning to look toward the next phase of AI adoption with agentic AI and automation, according to Chris Newman, CEO of ACORD Solutions Group, at this year's InsurTech ...
When Claimants Use AI: How Insurers Can Adapt Their Workflows
Insureds' growing use of generative artificial intelligence to submit claims and contest adverse determinations is challenging insurers' claims management systems and protocols. For insurers, this ...
Who Structures the Problem in AI-Assisted Insurance Decisions?
The debate on "human in the loop" governance models for AI focuses heavily on who should make decisions, yet it often treats decision-making as something that happens at the end of the process. ...
Workers’ Compensation’s Real Challenge: Orchestration
Workers' compensation has long been one of the most operationally complex lines in the property/casualty insurance industry. What appears on the surface to be a straightforward claims process is, in ...
Viewpoint: Pricing Wildfire Risk Is Not the Same as Reducing It
Driven by powerful winds, three wildfires burned rapidly through neighborhoods in Spokane, Wash. Crossing natural and constructed boundaries, the fires damaged or destroyed nearly 1,000 buildings, ...
Trusting a Broker Facility
Rating agencies are sounding alarms over so-called broker facilities, whereby a global insurance broker bundles into a single risk portfolio a diverse mix of high-dollar corporate exposures like ...
Viewpoint: Six Questions Every CIO Should Ask Before Their Next AI Investment
Over the past decade, property/casualty carriers made serious and necessary investments in front-end digital transformation. Most notably, we built mobile apps and updated portals so policyholders ...
Why Carrier AI Rollouts Stall: Three Types of Resistance Executives Should Treat Differently
Carrier executives can spend heavily on AI and still misdiagnose why adoption stalls. When a pilot works technically but employees use it inconsistently, hide their use or reject its output, leaders ...
Broad AI Exclusions in Insurance Policies Could Create Uncertainty, Marsh CEO Says
A broad-based AI exclusion in insurance policies could create "real confusion and uncertainty," Marsh CEO John Doyle said, calling for a more nuanced approach to assessing risks as the technology ...
Adaptive Insurance CTO Sees a Future for Parametric in Homeowners
The homeowners insurance policy of the future may look more like a collection of coverage options to meet each policyholder's specific needs rather than one singular solution. At least, that's the ...
Xceedance Says for Insurers, AI Advantage Is in Orchestration
Insurers weighing their next investment in artificial intelligence may be asking the wrong question. Rather than giving in to their fear of missing out with AI and deploying it rapidly, insurers ...
More Roller Coasters Shut Down as Authorities Probe Fatal Fall Off Georgia Ride
A growing number of amusement parks have shut down roller coasters as police and state regulators investigate what caused a man to fall out of his seat and plummet to his death at a Georgia park. Sea ...
Despite Improved Hurricane Warning Maps, Public Understanding of Danger Lags
A newly released study finds that though improved hurricane forecast graphics may help people identify threatened areas, it is unlikely to make them more likely to recognize the danger or take ...
Your Rating Rules Survived the Migration. Did Your Prices?
Two systems can hold exactly the same pricing rules and still charge different premiums. That sounds like it should not be possible. It happens because pricing is not only a set of rules; it is a set ...
Viewpoint: The ‘Unbundled’ Insurer Emerges in Age of AI as Value Chain Fragments
A roofing contractor in Florida buys a general liability policy. Between him and the capital that stands behind the policy sits a supply chain: a retail agent, a wholesale broker, an underwriter, a ...
GM Targets ‘Eyes-off’ Autonomous Driving Despite Liability Concerns
General Motors plans to offer "eyes-off" autonomous driving on its highest-selling, most profitable vehicles — big pickup trucks and SUVs — as it seeks fresh revenue streams from heavy technology ...
Levers and Guardrails: How Growth Is Being Built at Hippo
At Hippo, growth is no longer about writing more of the same business. It is about shifting with market conditions and using artificial intelligence to make operations more efficient. Speaking with ...
The $400,000 Chief of Staff Is the CEO’s Secret Weapon in the AI Age
A growing number of corporate leaders, buckling under the stress and uncertainty of the AI age, are looking for a very human solution: A chief of staff. Postings for the job more than doubled last ...
New Florida Property Tax Cut Could Impact Insurance Rates
Florida's newly approved property-tax cut is designed to make homes more affordable. But it could also push up another punishing cost of homeownership: insurance. Homes in the Sunshine State are ...
USAA Not Done With Dividends: Florida Reforms Prompt $0.5B Payout
When USAA announced nearly $4 billion in policyholder dividends in December last year, the military insurer cited its financial discipline and the proactive steps of members to prevent losses among ...
Federal Bill Seeks to Reduce Work Week to 32 Hours
Federal legislation to reduce the work week from 40 hours to 32 was reintroduced last month by Representative Mark Takano (CA-39), a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, ...
Autonomy in Insurance: Defining the Industry’s Next Transformation
Everyone in property/casualty insurance seems to agree on one key term right now: autonomy. But nobody defines it the same way. It shows up in analyst reports, vendor pitches, board decks and ...
Delegation Without Abdication: A Division of Labor for Human-AI Decisions in Insurance
There's a fine line between a leader's ambition and an unacceptable level of risk. My experience with a complex claims team put a spotlight on this tension, and it serves as a good example of an ...
Viewpoint: The One Thing Holding Back Insurers’ AI Efforts
Insurers have been racing to adopt AI tools over the past 24 months. However, just like organizations in other sectors, most insurance companies have struggled to turn these investments into the ...
AI Data Center Boom: Understanding How Risks Are Changing
The U.S. data center market is expanding rapidly, driven by artificial intelligence, advanced encryption, cryptocurrency mining and other emerging technologies. New data center construction is ...
Building a Glass Box Not a Black Box at Elara Spatial
For property/casualty insurers seeking to shorten claims cycle times, artificial intelligence offers ample opportunity. But realizing those gains requires more than adopting new technology, according ...
The Latest Launches from Insurify, Insurity
Insurify, an online insurance marketplace, announced the launch of its AI Agent Gateway with the aim of giving consumers a faster, more efficient way to shop for insurance using their personal AI ...
Viewpoint: Solving the Insurance eDiscovery Challenge
Many insurance companies take too narrow an approach to eDiscovery by viewing it as a cost to minimize. This is understandable, because decision-makers are caught in a bind between stagnant budgets ...
Insurers Say French Supermarkets’ Cyber Insurance Unlikely to Cover Food Losses
French supermarkets are facing millions of euros in losses after a cyberattack forced them to throw away food, in a crisis that is not typically covered by cyber insurance policies but could still ...
The Impact of Claims Experiences on Trust
There are a lot of indexes published that measure trust in various industries. One that caught my attention recently is the Fairer Finance Spring 2026 Trust in Insurance Index. It wasn't the ...
When Builder’s Risk Coverage Doesn’t Reach the Finish Line
If there's one certainty in construction, it's that projects rarely finish exactly as planned. Contractors, developers and brokers understand that schedules change. Something that receives far less ...
Hawaii Likely Needs $1B in Disaster Recovery, Resilience Funds
Late last month, Hawaii Governor Josh Green announced preliminary estimates suggesting $1 billion is needed to fund repair and mitigation following four major disasters that struck the Pacific island ...
MISSION: Insurers May Be Missing Opportunities for AI Innovation
The rapid spread of AI tools raises the possibility that useful ideas are being developed in isolated departments of an organization, according to Jim Dwane, CEO of program administrator MISSION. He ...
California’s Kim Says Insurance Should Fund Wildfire Safety, Not Super Bowl Ads
California's newly elected insurance commissioner, a protégée of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, is promising sweeping changes to the state's $3 trillion home and auto insurance market as ...
Viewpoint: Insurers Are Automating the Front Office While Ignoring the Function That Determines Trust
If you listen to how insurance leaders talk about AI, you will think underwriting is the center of the universe. Risk scoring. Pricing precision. Portfolio optimization. These are important, ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at The Zebra, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
The Zebra, an insurance comparison and buying platform, announced a partnership with Annex, a digital platform built for catastrophe-exposed residential property. The partnership gives The Zebra's ...
AAA Survey Reveals Disconnect in Drivers’ Obeying ‘Slow Down, Move Over’ Laws
A new survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (FTS) reveals a dangerous gap between driver awareness and roadside behavior. Though more than 90% of drivers reported moving over and/or slowing ...
Impersonation Top Scam Handled by Allstate
Nearly 60% of scam cases handled by Allstate between January through September 2026 involved impersonation, according to stats provided by the insurer. Scammers posing as trusted people or ...
AM Best: Social Inflation Drives Surge in Commercial Auto Liability Claims
According to recent report from AM Best, commercial auto liability insurance coverage has continued to bear the brunt of rising litigation costs, outpacing economic inflation. Social inflation has ...
AI Agents’ Access to Personal Information Raises Privacy Concerns
Matt Robb wanted to sell his computer keyboard. So he made a listing on Facebook Marketplace — and, as an experiment late last month, he put Meta's new artificial intelligence agent Muse in the ...
Help Me Understand: How Insurers Build Trust
The data is clear: Overall customer satisfaction—and customer trust levels—rise when U.S. auto and home insurance customers have confidence that they understand their policies. But more than 40% ...
The Latest Launches from Orion180, Arbol, Zywave
Orion180 Insurance Group Inc., a provider of homeowners and flood insurance, announced the launch of FlexLuxe Homeowners Insurance in certain coastal counties in Florida and throughout Texas. This is ...
Animals Cause More Than 350,000 Crashes Per Year: Report
Roadway crashes involving animals account for a significant number of crashes each year, according to a new report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Crash databases from the United States ...
Teen’s Death Prompts Plan to Ban New York Central Park’s Horse-drawn Carriages
New York City lawmakers plan to ban horse-drawn carriages from Central Park, ending their more than 150-year run as an iconic, old-timey tourist attraction, following decades of opposition from ...
Lyft to Pay $272M to Settle California Rideshare Drivers’ Wage Theft Lawsuit
A settlement has finally been reached in the six-year lawsuit California waged against the rideshare giant Lyft. The company will pay $272.5 million to settle claims that it committed wage theft ...