Underwriting & Pricing
How Embedded Insurance Supports Real Livelihoods in the On-Demand Economy
Embedded insurance is everywhere. From booking a flight or concert tickets to opening a bank account, insurance is now being offered to consumers at the point of need. It makes access quicker, ...
Beyond Automation: How GenAI Informs Next Best Action in P/C Insurance Claims and Underwriting
The insurance industry is increasingly adopting AI to streamline operations, automate tasks and improve customer experiences. But while AI automation, in particular, has become a standard assistive ...
Is State Farm General Too Big to Fail? Calif. Rate Hearing Concludes
"Too big to fail"—a phrase associated with interconnected publicly traded financial services companies in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis—was revived in a new context last week. During a ...
Is State Farm General a Sinking Ship? California Emergency Rate Request Dropped to 17%
Lawyers for State Farm General, the California Department of Insurance and Consumer Watchdog presented opening arguments in a hearing to determine the fate of State Farm's request for an emergency ...
HOA Secures $2.5M ‘Wildfire Resilience Insurance’: WTW
Willis, a WTW business, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) jointly announced the launch of an insurance policy for a private homeowners association in California—available and affordable because the ...
The Future of Premium Audits: Using AI Assistants to Streamline Data Collection
Although it may not be discussed as frequently as claims in commercial insurance, a negative premium audit experience can be just as likely as a poor claims experience to cause policyholders to ...
Why Insurers Struggle to Underwrite, Price and Reserve for Commercial Auto Risks
It has been 11 years since commercial auto loss ratios have outperformed the greater property/casualty industry. A lot has happened in that period—increasing capabilities for handheld devices, a ...
Wildfire, Hurricane Rebuilding Efforts Impeded By Tariffs: APCIA
American Property Casualty Insurance Association issued a statement on behalf of P/C insurance company members on Tuesday, the day that 25 percent tariffs on most goods from Canada and Mexico took ...