Insurance

Some small state regulators have as much resources as large ones, comparatively. Vermont is boosted by its captive insurance industry.

The market for such coverage could reach $10 billion in premiums in 2026, analysts led by Charles-Marie Delpuech and Patricia Kwan said in a note published Monday.

Some regulators from smaller states have relatively higher levels of resources by a budget to premiums metric.

Seemingly autonomous cars may have a human assistant providing remote support. The extent of this support remains unknown, despite a U.S. senator's inquiries, and this creates uncertainty for insurers.

"Wildfire risk is not just an occasional catastrophe, but a recurring cost embedded in the state's economy," said the report issued this week by the California Earthquake Authority.

Satellite data is reshaping the way that the insurance industry thinks about risk.

Organizations must be able to prove what happened, how it happened, and what was impacted.

"Insurance is built on the ability to forecast loss trends over time. When legal outcomes become less predictable, that foundation is weakened," said Monica Ningen, CEO of U.S. P&C reinsurance at Swiss Re, discussing a recent study.

Younger workers are approaching their careers differently and flexibility, earning potential, plus work-life balance matter more.

Half of insurers are using internally developed AI tools, and 65% are using tools from a vendor or other third party, Versik says.

Carrier AI and tech executives emphasize governance, responsibility for decisions, and human judgment of more complex risks.

Regulators from larger states have more resources, as shown by the ratio of staff per insurer.

Micro-captive insurance plans under the Internal Revenue Code are providing small businesses in California the ability to rebuild faster after wildfires.

Progressive and Geico tied for first overall in the Mobile Insurance Scorecard Q1 2026 by Keynova Group.

The insurance industry depends on documents built for human eyes and judgement–a combination that doesn't scale.

Steps to erase the divide between legal and risk at insurance companies.

Digital Insurance tracks the many factors affecting the use of aerial imagery in the insurance industry. These are our top stories on the subject from 2026

Tech executives share how the resource allows them to cover properties that were previously excluded.

Phone use and self-driving vehicles are among the risks reported in Nationwide's 2026 Driving Behaviors study.

A group of senior lenders to Solera Holdings Inc., including Apollo Global Management Inc. and Pacific Investment Management Co., has tapped a legal adviser ahead of the software company's debt maturing in 2028, according to people familiar with the situation.