AI AND INSURTECH
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NewsSmart trading strategy: the real differentiator in a soft market
Smart follow is not a platform and it is not automation for its own sake; it is a trading strategy, writes Gilbert Harrap, CEO at InsurX
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NewsAfter Blueprint Two: the governance problem the market hasn’t named yet
Blueprint Two’s failure was as much about governance as freedom of choice, writes Grant Bodie, principal consultant, Cavehill Consulting Group
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NewsWTW reshapes EMEA insurance business to accelerate AI strategy
Broker’s new P&C and life structures introduced as firm targets technology-led growth
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NewsCUO interview: OAK launches Horizon to target climate and emerging technology risks
New OAK Horizon unit gives the Lloyd’s start-up a cross-class platform for climate and technology risks, with CUO Tom Dickson arguing that parametric, portfolio-based and more bespoke structures will be needed where conventional cover struggles to keep pace
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NewsClosing the protection gap: How space is transforming the future of insurance
By Pierre du Rostu, CEO of AXA Digital Commercial Platform and Berend de Jong, global insurance and finance lead at Planet
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NewsMcGill and AIG launch AI-driven capacity partnership
Collaboration could see AIG deploy up to $1.6bn of specialty capacity through broker’s platform
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NewsReinsurers face ‘conundrum of success’ after profits surge but softer market looms – Oxbow Partners
Record underwriting profits and strong capital buffers have put reinsurers in a position of strength but a new report, from insurance industry focused management consultancy Oxbow Partners, warns that the industry now faces difficult strategic choices as the market cycle begins to turn
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NewsGuidewire survey finds London market brokers favour digitally advanced carriers
Tech capability increasingly decisive in placements as market softens, according to a survey of London market brokers
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NewsFrom ‘drop in the ocean’ to scalable parametric protection – CelsiusPro’s Rueegg
Mark Rueegg, founder and CEO of CelsiusPro Group, explains why satellite-triggered re/insurance cover, premium subsidy and donor backing are critical to closing the climate protection gap in the Global South.
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NewsGlobal insurtech funding jumps 66.8% in Q4 as AI and mega rounds drive resurgence
(Re)insurer investment in insurance technology hits record levels as full-year funding reaches $5.08bn
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NewsBlack box AI is hiding new risks around data confidence – Cactus’s Robinson
Bermuda-based software founder says there is a widespread problem among carriers of doing data management at too junior levels, causing mistakes
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NewsLockton Re and Armilla warn AI risks sit outside traditional insurance frameworks
“Ready or Not” report published by the reinsurance broker urges clearer risk classification as probabilistic systems challenge coverage triggers
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NewsSwiss Re: AI boom reshapes risk, but leaves insurers exposed
Artificial intelligence is driving growth in new insurable assets and transforming insurers’ operations, but Swiss Re Institute warns that economic fragility, new liability risks and competitive pressures could torpedo profits
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NewsATA launches $750m AI infrastructure risk facility
Advanced Technology Assurance has launched an insurance consortium of up to $750m to underwrite the global AI infrastructure build-out, backed by a consortium of more than 10 re/insurers and Lloyd’s syndicates
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NewsHas cyber insurance lost the war with AI?
The question for our industry is no longer whether AI will be utilized by adversaries, but whether the insurance model can evolve quickly enough to remain a viable backstop for the digital economy, writes Guy Simkin, co-founder and CEO at Cyber Insurance Academy
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NewsReinsurance leakage and how to reduce the cost – Supercede
Much of the industry’s reinsurance leakage is not a systems failure but a structural one, created at the moment responsibility passes from placement to operations, the re/insurtech firm suggests
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NewsIn a fast-changing aerospace sector, shared knowledge is our strongest asset – IUAI
By Ulla Norrhaell, President of the International Union of Aerospace Insurers (IUAI)
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NewsBeazley warns of ‘a world in flux’ as cyber, energy and geopolitical risks intensify
Four big predictions from Beazley about what 2026 has in store, ranging from ‘AI Luddite’ attacks on data centres to commercial nuclear fusion
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NewsCat models under pressure after a year of global shocks
Earthquakes, wildfires, floods and severe convective storms have tested assumptions and exposed catastrophe modelling blind spots across multiple catastrophe perils.
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NewsWTW forecasts stronger year ahead for global M&A
Dealmakers outperformed the wider market in 2025, with WTW pointing to scale-driven strategies, renewed megadeal activity and better financing conditions as drivers of a bullish 2026 outlook
