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Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results
Jan 14 2026 // In separate reports last week, AM Best and Morgan Stanley analyzed P/C insurance industry expense ratios, with one reporting a 2.4-point drop over the past decade and the other projecting another potential 2.0-point...
EPA Aims to Speed Permitting for Energy, AI Infrastructure With Rule Change
Jan 14 2026 // The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a rule revising Biden-era pollution protections for waterways, a move the Environmental Protection Agency said would speed permitting of energy and artificial intelligence...
Markets/Coverages: ATA Launches $750M Insurance Facility for AI Infrastructure Boom
Jan 13 2026 // Advanced Technology Assurance Ltd. (ATA), the London-based managing general underwriter, has launched a $750 million insurance facility to underwrite the projected $7 trillion global AI infrastructure boom. The ATA Global...
Factbox: Elon Musk’s Grok Faces Global Scrutiny for Sexualized AI Deepfakes
Jan 13 2026 // Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia are cracking down on sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok on X, launching probes, imposing bans and demanding safeguards, in a growing...
Experian: AI Agents Could Overtake Human Error as Major Cause of Data Breaches
Jan 13 2026 // Artificial intelligence continues to be at the center of Experian’s annual breach forecast for 2026, with the scope, frequency and cost of cyber incidents heavily influenced by the technology. AI makes its way into...
Experts Wary of Privacy, Liability From AI Health Gadgets at CES in Nevada
Jan 13 2026 // Health tech gadgets displayed at the annual CES trade show make a lot of promises. A smart scale promoted a healthier lifestyle by scanning your feet to track your heart health, and an egg-shaped hormone tracker uses AI to...
Google, AI Firm Settle Florida Mother’s Lawsuit Over Son’s Suicide
Jan 8 2026 // Alphabet’s Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida woman who alleged a Character chatbot led to the suicide of her 14-year-old son, according to a Jan. 7...
German Minister Says EU Must Take Legal Steps to Stop Grok’s Sexualized AI Photos
Jan 8 2026 // The EU Commission must take legal action to stop the “industrialization of sexual harassment” taking place on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, Germany’s media minister, Wolfram Weimer, told...
Governments, Regulators Increase Scrutiny of Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek
Jan 7 2026 // Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which said in January it had developed an AI model to rival ChatGPT at much lower cost, has come under scrutiny in some countries for its security policies and privacy practices. According to...
Is the AI Boom a Bubble Waiting to Pop? Here’s What History Says
Jan 6 2026 // As the artificial intelligence trade continues to push the stock market to new highs, investors are increasingly asking if we’re living through another financial bubble that’s destined to burst. The answer...
AI Regulation Battle Looms in California Despite Trump Threats
Jan 5 2026 // This year, many of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence companies face a pitched battle over government regulation on their home turf—California. And even President Donald Trump’s threat to...
Chatbot Grok Makes Sexual Images of Kids as Users Test AI Guardrails
Jan 5 2026 // Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has created sexualized images of people including minors on the social media platform X in response to user prompts in recent days, drawing rebuke from officials such...
Goldman Helps Lead Financing for 5-Gigawatt Texas AI Power Sites
Dec 31 2025 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is co-leading financing for a Texas project to build private power campuses for artificial intelligence. The New York banking giant is working with real estate advisory Newmark Group Inc. to raise...
Tech Update: Zurich Launches AI-Powered Tool to Boost Multinational Contract Certainty
Dec 31 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group has launched Zurich Program IQ to help multinational businesses operate with confidence in an increasingly complex risk environment. This new AI-powered tool has been designed to further enhance...
AI, Litigation Funding and Market Currents: What CM Readers Cared About in 2025
Dec 31 2025 // As 2025 unfolded, Carrier Management readers gravitated toward features that explored the intersection of technology, economics, and strategy. From artificial intelligence transforming underwriting to litigation funding...
[Video] Wildfires, Lawsuits, AI, and M&A: A Look Back at Insurance in 2025
Dec 31 2025 // Insurance Journal recaps the biggest stories of 2025—across all of our regions—from record-breaking wildfires and climate losses to broker mega-deals, litigation reform, cyber threats, AI-driven layoffs, and signs of...
China Issues Draft Rules to Govern Use of Human-Like AI Systems
Dec 29 2025 // China plans to tighten rules around the use of human-like artificial intelligence by requiring providers to ensure their services are ethical, secure and transparent. Users must be informed they are dealing with AI when...
Underwriter, Actuary Fears of AI Drop; Work Needed on Collaboration
Dec 24 2025 // You’re just about as likely to find a commercial P/C underwriter or actuary who is unconcerned about the increased use of AI in insurance as you are to find one that’s afraid of being replaced by...
Texas Lawmakers Fight Against Federal Interference in State AI Regulations
Dec 22 2025 // An executive order by President Donald Trump may bring Texas into conflict with the federal government over a new state law regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Trump signed an executive order last week that...
AI, Cyber Insurance and Climate Change Are Key Insurance Themes for 2026: GlobalData
Dec 22 2025 // Artificial intelligence (AI), cyber insurance, and climate change/natural catastrophes are the three themes that will have the biggest impact on the insurance market in 2026, according to an annual prediction from...
