Technology & Analytics
Weather Prediction Markets Are Booming, but Can They Improve Forecasts?
A few days before Christmas, Howard Qin was scrutinizing weather forecasts on two laptops at home in Shanghai when he noticed prices of contracts for New York City snowfall creeping higher on the ...
Executive Viewpoint: How AI Is Changing the Role of the Insurance Broker
Discussion in the insurance industry has often centered on whether AI will replace people, but the more pertinent question is how it is changing broking and underwriting roles. AI is redefining the ...
Meet the New AI Coworker Who Won’t Stop Snitching to Your Boss
The Slack messages began arriving at 5:47 a.m. on a recent Monday. Three sales proposals had gone out the previous week and none of the team members had scheduled follow-ups. The reminders were ...
How Insurance Leaders Can Leverage AI Without Sacrificing Trust
Advances in AI, especially Gen AI and Agentic AI, are creating significant opportunities but also sharpening a critical question for insurers: just because a process can be automated, should it be? ...
Is Commercial Auto Having Its ‘Sprinkler Moment’?
The commercial auto insurance industry may be approaching a tipping point, and dashcams are at the center of it. Telematics-based safety programs are increasingly embedded in commercial auto ...
Getting to the How and Why: AI Shows Its Work
For years, the most pressing questions surrounding artificial intelligence solutions for insurance underwriting concerned accuracy. In a sector where margins are thin and exacting calculations ...
Carriers Using AI for Claims but Adoption Is Fragmented, Report Shows
Excitement about adopting artificial intelligence technology is palpable in the insurance industry, but the reality is that while most carriers use artificial intelligence technology, few use AI at ...
Study: AI May Be Tempering Insurer Hiring
The share of insurance companies planning to maintain their current staff size over the next 12 months has reached a 15-year high, while just 7% of insurers plan to reduce headcount in 2026. Aon and ...