Two-Thirds of Independent Agencies Plan to Increase AI Use This Year, Survey Says February 20, 2026 By Allen Laman More than two-thirds of independent agencies plan to increase use of artificial intelligence in the next 12 months though just...
Palantir Gets Partial Win in Fight With Ex-Workers at AI Startup February 19, 2026 By Bob Van Voris A judge agreed with Palantir Technologies Inc. that a trio of former employees likely violated confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements in...
Startups in Britain Turn to AI Instead of Costly New Hires February 19, 2026 By Irina Anghel British entrepreneurship appears to be on the rise, with tens of thousands of new businesses popping up. The problem, for...
AI Claim Assistant Now Taking Auto Damage Claims Calls at Travelers February 19, 2026 The Travelers Companies announced the launch of AI Claim Assistant, a fully agentic intelligent voice service to handle customer claim...
Verisk Downplays AI Disruption Fears as Quarterly Profit Beats Estimates February 18, 2026 By Arasu Kannagi Basil Verisk’s fourth-quarter profit topped Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, with CEO Lee Shavel touting the quality of the firm’s proprietary...
Global Insurtech Funding Surges on Record Re/Insurance Investments: Gallagher Re February 18, 2026 By L.S. Howard Investments in global insurtech rose 19.5% during 2025 to US$5.08 billion from US$4.25 billion in FY 2024, marking the first...
AI Needs Its Own Risk Class: Lockton Re February 18, 2026 The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by organizations across all industries is changing the commercial risk landscape; it’s time to...
Munich Re Unit to Cut 1,000 Positions as AI Takes Over Jobs February 18, 2026 By Stephan Kahl Munich Re’s primary insurance unit ERGO aims to cut about 1,000 positions in Germany, partly as a result of its...
Can AI Tell Us How Much to Pay for Art? February 18, 2026 By Kathryn Tully Stephen Smith, 56, a UK-based art collector, has bought prints through MyArtBroker, a sales and management platform for secondary-market prints...
Viewpoint: How P/C Carriers Can Win the Next Decade With Tech + Talent February 18, 2026 By Mark Berven When I reflect on the state of the Property & Casualty business today, two forces are reshaping the industry faster...