Michael Shashoua is Senior Editor at Digital Insurance. He joined the site in April 2022, after working as a marketing communications writer specializing in financial technology and data management for companies including GoldenSource, FIS, Thomson Reuters, Rimes, Bloomberg, DTCC and Vested. Previous to this, he edited Inside Reference Data at Incisive Media (now Infopro Digital) for five years and deputy edited WatersTechnology at Incisive. He also covered financial technology for Global Investment Technology until 2009. His interests include comedy, podcasting, music, movies and arts and entertainment in general.
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Defections by U.S. states from NAIC's call for property market data reporting could widen the gap in insurance protection, climate risk solutions expert says.
April 1 -
Property and climate risk solution provider's new product pairs property data and AI assessments of roof images.
March 27 -
A series about Insurtech 2.0 as an evolution and movement, the data management foundations, and how advances will improve claims and underwriting.
March 27 -
The jury is still out on whether the California insurance regulator's plan to let insurers use catastrophe modeling for rates will make wildfire loss coverage more widely available.
March 25 -
The last in a three-part series on the meaning and future of "Insurtech 2.0" explores what technology advances could mean for insurers' claims and underwriting functions.
March 21 -
Second in a three-part series on the meaning and future of "Insurtech 2.0" covers what benefits are possible, where to find them and when to expect progress.
March 20 -
This first part of a three-part series on the meaning and future of "Insurtech 2.0" considers how this buzzword is defined and the evolution of technology in the insurance industry that it represents.
March 19 -
The organization of state regulators' Principles Based Bond Project is a response to the industry's shift away from stable Treasury bonds and toward more complex securities.
March 14 -
NAIC, the association of state insurance regulators, has issued a 90-day call for collection of property and casualty coverage data at a zip code level of detail, to better understand climate change effects on the market. The group expects the call to yield insight on insurance availability and affordability.
March 12 -
Data analysis consultant Martin Ellingsworth points to gaps between standard vehicle prices and their values as exposing insurers to excessive risk.
March 11