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2025 Climate crisis and tech stories

ByDigital Insurance Staff
February 3, 2026 3:33 PM
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What follows is a collection of stories related to the climate crisis from 2025.

Meet the insurtech: ZestyAI

ZestyAI's co-founder and chief product officer, Kumar Dhuvur, shared information about the company.

Read more here.

How do insurers leverage AI in climate-related claims?

Digital Insurance interviewed Somesh Mukherjee, vice president of solution architecture at ACORD Solutions Group, to learn more about how AI is used throughout the process for weather-related claims. 

Read more here.

Finding insurance coverage for weather-related risks

In an episode of the Dig In Podcast, Patti Harman, editor in chief of Digital Insurance speaks with Nikki Devlin, CEO and co-founder of RIC, a weather focused MGA that specializes in creating micro parametric insurance products designed to help policyholders recover more quickly from extreme weather events.

Listen or read the transcript here.

Sharing data could enhance nat cat models, experts say

Government, academia, actuaries, distributors, reinsurers and others all have something to offer to help build or improve upon nat cat models, said Angela Grant, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Palomar, a specialty insurer. Grant.

Read more here. 

Ascot's head of loss: Weather forecasting, hurricane season

David Larson, U.S. head of loss control & risk management services at Ascot Group, spoke with Digital Insurance about how tech can impact weather forecasting and natural disaster preparedness.

Read more here.
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