Most Popular InsurTech Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Safepoint’s Florida Startup, Manatee Insurance Exchange, Gets COA, Financial Ratings

Feb 7 2024 // Florida regulators have approved another reciprocal property insurance company and it has received ratings from two financial rating firms.Manatee Insurance Exchange, a spinoff from Tampa-based Safepoint Insurance Co., was...

#2 3 Emerging Risks: AI-Driven Civil Unrest, Heavy EVs, Solar Panel Safety

Feb 23 2024 // Technology is poised to take over traditional markets and is rapidly creating new ones. For example, this trend is evidenced by the adoption of electric vehicles, demand for solar energy, and the blistering pace of...

#3 Viewpoint: Generative AI in Insurance Isn’t Working

Aug 7 2024 // The insurance industry is at a pivotal moment in embracing generative AI. According to the ISG Pulse Check State of the European Insurance Industry 2024, insurance firms are actively engaged in generative AI...

#4 Trigger Warning: Cyber Policy Wordings to Impact Coverage for Tech Outage

Jul 22 2024 // Industry stakeholders continue to try to get a grasp of the implications from last week’s massive technology outage affecting motley industries around the world, but the theme of policy language is reoccurring for a...

#5 Insurers Face Business Interruption Claims After Global Tech Outage

Jul 22 2024 // Insurers could face a raft of business interruption claims after a worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday, insurance industry experts said.A software update by global cybersecurity firm...

#6 A New Approach: Florida Agents Association Makes Big Investment in Startup Insurer

Apr 4 2024 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent group in the state, has taken the unprecedented step of investing in a startup insurance carrier, a move designed to help keep agents in the game and bring...

#7 Insurtechs Unite to Launch InsurTech Coalition

Nov 30 2023 // Members from several insurtechs, including Boost, Branch, Clearcover, Lemonade and Root Insurance, published an open letter to the insurance industry announcing the launch of the InsurTech Coalition, a trade organization...

#8 Berkshire’s ‘Most Important’ Biz Drives Q1 Results; GEICO Still Behind on Tech

May 6 2024 // Berkshire Hathaway continued to deliver eye-popping results for its insurance and reinsurance operations during the first quarter of 2024, with underwriting profits for personal auto insurer GEICO and reinsurance...

#9 What’s to Come in 2024: Hard Market, AI Expansion, More Catastrophes, Network Consolidation

Feb 5 2024 // No one can predict the future, but insurance professionals are likely the best qualified when it comes to predicting risk. For this special report, Insurance Journal asked industry thought leaders their predictions for the...

#10 ‘Great Resignation’ Enters Third Year as Workers Embrace AI, Upskilling, PwC Says

Jun 26 2024 // The proportion of workers who expect to switch employers in the next 12 months is higher than that from the “Great Resignation” period of 2022, a PwC survey of the global workforce found.Around 28% of more than...

#11 7 in 10 Actuaries and Underwriters Worry About Being Replaced by AI

Sep 20 2024 // With the vast majority (91 percent) of insurance companies already investing in AI or planning to in the next five years, it’s not surprising that nearly 7 in 10 actuaries and underwriters are worried about being...

#12 Insurance CEOs Talk Gen AI, Growth, Workforce Strategies

Sep 25 2024 // A much higher percentage of insurance chief executives say that generative AI is a top investment priority for their firms than peers in other industries, according to a survey report published by professional services...

#13 Thanks to AI, Industry Will Soon See Big Jump in Parametric Insurance, Consultant Says

Jun 18 2024 // Insurance agents must now embrace the use of artificial intelligence, but they won’t be replaced by it. And the use of parametric policies will soon increase sharply across property insurance lines because that...

#14 German Insurtech Wefox to Replace CEO After Board Rejects Mubadala Sales Plan

Jun 27 2024 // Wefox Holding AG is replacing Chief Executive Officer Mark Hartigan after the German insurance tech startup’s board rejected a proposal by its largest stakeholder, Mubadala Investment Co., that he backed to sell the...

#15 US, Britain, Other Countries Ink Agreement to Make AI ‘Secure by Design’

Nov 28 2023 // The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described as the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue...

#16 Underwriters’ Dilemma: Is AI a Cyber or Tech E&O Risk?

Mar 19 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...

#17 New Drivers and Electric-Vehicle Tech Bring New Risks to Auto Insurance Market

Jun 21 2024 // High claim severities, persistent risky driving behavior, electric vehicles and shop-and-swap consumers are challenging auto insurers to stay profitable.The challenges will continue through the end of the year and beyond,...

#18 Where the AI Risks Are: Swiss Re’s Top 10 Ranking by Industry

May 29 2024 // The insurance industry came in sixth in a ranking of 10 major industries based on current AI risk, and seventh based on future risk, with health care replacing IT as the most exposed sector in the next 10 years.The...

#19 Insurtechs Root, Lemonade Book Q1 Net Income Losses but Each Tout Progress

May 1 2024 // Insurtech Root Inc. posted a net loss for the first quarter 2024 of $6.2 million but said it recorded operating income for the first time in the company’s history.The net income loss for the first three months of the...

#20 Insurtech Root Inc. Results Improve but Remain at a Net Loss

Feb 22 2024 // Insurtech Root Inc. posted a net loss for the fourth quarter 2023 of $24 million and a net loss for the year of $147.4 million.Results were improvements from net losses of about $58.3 million for fourth quarter 2022 and...