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HK Startup Aims to Launch Satellites for 3D Wind Data, SCMP Says

Oct 27 2025 // Hong Kong startup Stellerus aims to create a constellation of satellites to become the world’s first provider of three-dimensional wind data provided by the devices, according to the South China Morning...

Bishop Street Underwriters Launches MGA Incubator

Oct 24 2025 // Bishop Street Underwriters announced the rollout of Bishop Street Program Managers (BSPM), an incubator for developing managing general agents (MGA). Embedded within Bishop Street’s ecosystem and backed by its $600...

Applied Acquires Cytora: Supercharging the Digital Roundtrip of Insurance with AI

Oct 24 2025 // Remember in “The Avengers” movie when all the superheroes finally come together, and you just know something EPIC (see what I did there) is about to happen? That’s exactly how I felt when we finalized our...

Conservative Activist Sues Google Over AI-Generated Statements

Oct 24 2025 // Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sued Google on Wednesday, alleging the tech giant’s artificial intelligence systems generated “outrageously false” information about him. Starbuck said in the lawsuit,...

Viewpoint: Insurance and AI – A Double-Edged Sword

Oct 23 2025 // Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the insurance business. Insurers recognize and are already taking advantage of the manifold ways in which AI can significantly improve their routine processes,...

Australia Tells AI Chatbot Companies to Detail Child Protection Steps

Oct 22 2025 // Australia has ordered four artificial-intelligence chatbot companies to explain their measures to protect children from exposure to sexual or self-harm material, as its internet regulator beefs up safety measures on the AI...

Viewpoint: Bringing People and Artificial Intelligence Together to Mitigate Risk

Oct 20 2025 // Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a valuable resource in today’s economy with the potential to reap great rewards in many avenues of business. However, as with any developing technology, it comes with new challenges....

Responsible AI Deployment Linked to Better Business Outcomes: EY

Oct 20 2025 // As broader adoption of AI technologies continues to accelerate, companies that implement more advanced Responsible AI (RAI) measures are pulling ahead while others stall. According to the second Responsible AI Pulse survey...

4 Things to Consider to Streamline an Agency Tech Stack

Oct 20 2025 // As agencies plan their 2026 budgets, they face an exciting opportunity to unlock more value through technology. My advice to agency leaders? It’s time to streamline your tech stack. What does this look like?...

Communication Strategies for Insurtechs Breaking into Legacy Markets

Oct 20 2025 // When modern insurtech meets decades of industry experience, the result should be innovation–yet too often, it’s misunderstanding. While insurtech companies bring incredible solutions to age-old problems, many...

The Future of the Agency in a World of AI

Oct 20 2025 // Technology is changing the world at a faster pace than ever before with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). And the sky is the limit on what AI can and will do for the future of the independent agency...

Markets/Coverages: Resilience Expands Tech E&O Coverage for Clients Above $25M

Oct 17 2025 // Resilience, cyber risk solutions provider, said it has expanded its appetite for technology errors & omissions (tech E&O) insurance to clients with more than $25 million revenue in the US, GBP50M in the UK and EUR...

UK Spy Chief Warns of AI Danger, Though Not Disaster-Movie Doom

Oct 17 2025 // AI systems acting without human control could one day pose a security threat, the head of Britain’s MI5 spy agency said on Thursday, although he said he was not predicting doom scenarios as depicted in sci-fi...

AI-Powered Home Insurance Startup Expands in Risky Florida Market

Oct 17 2025 // Stand Insurance has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round to expand its artificial intelligence-powered coverage for homeowners. The company targets insurance markets deemed risky, with policies covering...

Incubator, Former C&F Exec Launch Specialty Insurer for Insurers, Financial Managers

Oct 16 2025 // A former Crum & Forster executive and a London-based underwriter incubator have teamed up to launch a new specialty insurance company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bartlett 1889 Specialty Insurance plans to offer...

SIAA Launches New Data Driven AI Tool to Boost Agency, Carrier Growth

Oct 15 2025 // The agency network, SIAA, today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence optimization platform called SIAA NXT, a platform that combines a suite of solutions and services designed to help members and partners...

Fintech and AI Drive London Finance Job Vacancy Growth in Q3, Recruiter Says

Oct 14 2025 // A boom at financial technology firms and growing demand to get to grips with artificial intelligence lifted financial sector job vacancy numbers in London in the third-quarter, Morgan McKinley’s London Employment...

AI’s Growth Leaves Financial Regulators Struggling to Catch Up

Oct 14 2025 // Regulators are still at an “early stage” in their efforts to track the risks posed to the financial system by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, global financial watchdogs warned on Oct 10. In a...

Weak Governance of Artificial Intelligence Raises Risks of Cyberattacks: Moody’s

Oct 10 2025 // Weak artificial intelligence (AI) governance practices pose a growing risk of data breaches, warns a report published by Moody’s Ratings. Large numbers of companies and organizations “have no rules in place to...

Global Financial Watchdogs to Ramp Up Monitoring of Artificial Intelligence

Oct 10 2025 // Global financial regulators have laid out plans for closer monitoring of artificial intelligence risks as banks and other parts of the financial industry ramp up the use of AI. Banks have been broadly optimistic that AI...