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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California AB 1795, the Smoke Damage Recovery Act, would make home insurance more expensive and push more policyholders onto the state's insurer of last resort, according to an insurance industry attorney.
February 16 -
The founders of Insuranceclaim123, a claim adjustment review technology that uses AI, reached out to a Florida professional association skeptical of the system.
February 13 -
Digital Insurance spoke with Matt Berman about life insurance advisors' role in supporting the industry's growth.
February 11 -
There were about 40 funding events in the insurtech sector in January 2026, according to a review by Digital Insurance.
February 9 -
Digital Insurance spoke with Greg Chandler, executive VP for IT at the insurer, which specializes in workplace benefits, about how the company began implementing AI, how its use of AI has evolved, and what's next.
February 4 -
A collection of stories related to the climate crisis from 2025.
February 3 -
California assembly insurance committee chair and the state's insurance commissioner propose measure to improve claims handling, coverage options and transparency for wildfire survivors.
February 3 -
The industry's use of the technology is moving on from extracting insights from data, toward supporting or making underwriting and operational decisions, Datos Insights analysts say.
February 2 -
KPMG survey of insurance executives finds confidence in the industry's growth, seeing a need for technology advances and upskilling their workforces.
February 1 -
Insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara, responding on social media, said tariffs and ICE raids are making rebuilding more difficult. Advocates also point to federal disaster relief that has been held back.
January 28 -
Without coverage, mortgage lenders could refuse to back home sales. Also, separate wildfire coverage could fall to the public sector.
January 27 -
A collection of stories related to artificial intelligence and its impact on the insurance industry from 2025.
January 26 -
Joe Zuk, operating partner at Altamont Capital Partners, spoke to Digital Insurance about how insurers should apply AI to managing data for underwriting, and to analyzing events.
January 25 -
Legislation cites non-renewals based on "inaccurate, outdated or misleading images."
January 21 -
Representatives of both insurers and policyholders point out multiple flaws in the new laws and additional proposed bills.
January 20 -
Digital Insurance contacted insurance professionals to comment on predictions for 2026 on various topics.
January 20 -
Representatives of both insurers and policyholders point out issues with market forces and challenges to addressing coverage costs.
January 19 -
Digital Insurance contacted insurance professionals to comment on the climate crisis and natural disasters.
January 19 -
Governor Ron DeSantis and state officials attribute lower premiums for the state's home insurer of last resort, and lower home and auto premiums overall, to the state's tort reform instituted in December 2023.
January 13 -
Digital Insurance contacted insurance professionals to comment on workers' compensation insurance.
January 11
