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Digital Insurance contacted insurance professionals to comment on workers' compensation insurance.

Insurers point to billions of dollars in claims paid, while wildfire survivors advocates say many haven't yet received what they are due.

New proposed legislation focuses on accelerating wildfire catastrophe claims payments, transparency of claims decisions, penalties for insurers delaying claims payments.

Gallagher's acquisitions of several insurance brokers gives the reinsurer more distribution for its capabilities and greater leveraging of data.

There were about 40 funding events in the insurtech sector in December 2025, according to a review by Digital Insurance.

Profiles of the 16 honorees for the 2025 Women in Insurance Leadership program.

Experts discuss what new and emerging risks to look out for in 2026.

Increases ranging from 0.9% to 8.8% are necessary to maintain the insurer's past level of operating profit, according to its filings with state regulators.

Digital Insurance spoke with Nancy Clark, assistant vice president of regulatory strategy at Verisk, and a leader of the firm's Regulatory Data Exchange (RDeX) tool, about what the service offers to insurance carriers and regulators.

Members of the association of state insurance regulators began another revision of its proposed AI Systems Evaluation Tool, a proposal attracting skepticism from insurers and the insurtech companies who serve them.

A California realtors group reportedly pressured the real estate site to stop displaying climate risk scores for homes. The private provider of the scores defended the quality of its models and ratings, while consumer advocates called for standardized, publicly available climate risk data about homes for buyers.

WIL 2025 honoree believes knowing the insurance products is a good foundation for leading her team in its work on the insurer's Marketplace platform.

Organization of state regulators, criticized for lack of disclosure of its previous collected data, promises to gather new information on losses, claims payments, policy premiums and mitigation discounts.

A senior advisor at NAIC, the association of state insurance regulators, told attendees of its fall meeting that the imminent FEMA Review Council report should answer questions about funding for disaster relief and flood insurance, as well as other related issues.

Under fire from consumer advocates after failures of new home insurers in the state, the ratings agency says its scores are meant to show an insurer's current health, and prospects for a maximum of one year. Reinsurance and the insurer's choice of policies being taken from the insurer of last resort can cause problems that surface later.

Tanguy Catlin, an insurance industry expert at the consultancy, thinks insurance is failing to meet society's needs, but sees ways that insurtechs can help address its deficiencies.

Digital Insurance spoke with Carsten Middendorf, chief investment officer, Allianz X, about how the insurer's venture capital investment arm evaluates startup insurtechs as potential investments.

The Office of Insurance Regulation and three advocacy groups paint conflicting pictures of insurance affordability, coverage availability and claims handling.

Sabine Cain, senior vice president of digital production at Chubb, supervises the insurer's digital agent platform, which serves thousands, while guiding hundreds of managers and underwriters.

Belen Tokarski, president and chief operating officer of Mylo, believes in being direct and clear with colleagues at the brokerage insurtech, as the company grows.