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#1 Acrisure to Lay Off 400 Employees, Citing Tech Advancements and AI Integration
Oct 8 2025 // Acrisure announced it will implement layoffs to its accounting workforce beginning in early 2026, citing advancements in technology and artificial intelligence. The company said 400 employees will be affected by the...
#2 High Demand for Gen AI Insurance; Buyers Say They’ll Pay More: Report
Oct 10 2025 // A new survey of corporate insurance buyers reveals widespread interest in buying insurance to cover Gen AI risks—and a willingness to pay up 10-20 percent more in organization-wide insurance premiums for the...
#3 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...
#4 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,...
#5 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...
#6 Viewpoint: Gen AI Offers a New Frontier in Claims Modernization
Oct 2 2025 // When it comes to modernization, it sometimes feels like the insurance industry is running to stand still. In recent years, carriers have invested significantly in intelligent automation, standardizing workflows and guiding...
#7 Laws and Regs Already Protect Insureds From AI Missteps, Insurance Reps Say
Oct 8 2025 // Despite the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in the insurance sector, along with claims of widespread errors and even discrimination by algorithms, A.I. is becoming vital to the industry – but insureds will be...
#8 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...
#9 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...
#10 With Capital Aplenty and Power of AI, Commercial Lines Promises Opportunity: Willis
Oct 6 2025 // The commercial insurance industry is entering a period of stability and opportunity made possible by an abundance of capital and the power of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new report from global broker...
#11 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,...
#12 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...
#13 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...
#14 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...
#15 AI-Power Boom to Drive $1.1 Trillion in US Utility Grid Spending
Oct 8 2025 // US electric companies will spend almost $208 billion in 2025 and more than $1.1 trillion over the next five years on the power grid, according to industry group Edison Electric Institute. Utility spending is growing...
#16 3 Emerging Risks to Watch: Biogenic Materials, Modular Nuclear Reactors, Farm Tech
Oct 6 2025 // Lately, it seems as though we’re surrounded by discussions about how best to grow the American industrial sector. A key component of this discussion hinges on how to supply and power these industries in both...
#17 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...
#18 OpenAI, Anthropic Eye Using Investor Funds to Settle AI Copyright Lawsuits, FT Reports
Oct 8 2025 // OpenAI and Anthropic are exploring the use of investor funds to settle potential multibillion-dollar lawsuits, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Copyright owners have launched a series of high-stakes lawsuits...
#19 People Moves: Boxx Hires Leads for Distribution, Claims and Tech; XPT Specialty Hires Staver, Luceno to Personal Lines Team
Oct 10 2025 // Boxx Hires Leads for Distribution, Claims and Tech Joe Gates Boxx Insurance, headquartered in Miami, Florida, appointed Joe Gates, Ray Moylan and Thomas Beale to new positions. Boxx appointed Gates head of distribution,...
#20 Responsible AI Deployment Linked to Better Business Outcomes: EY
Oct 8 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 (RAI) Pulse...
