Auto insurance

Arch names chief claims officer; Canopius appoints U.S. CEO, plus more insurtech news.

AB 311 would give auto insurers more tools to evaluate risks to cover, but critics say it's unclear on how AI can be used.

Duck Creek acquires Send to bring on agentic AI capabilities. Plus, Root and Jerry partner on embedded car insurance and more news.

Advancements in estimating tools are helping insurers deliver faster and seamless digital claims, writes Marc Rothchild, EVP and head of claims at Xceedance.

Nearly half, 48%, of customers purchase auto policies digitally, according to the 2026 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study.

Lemonade launches autonomous car insurance in Indiana and Arch Capital announces leadership changes, plus more insurtech news.

Dashcams and other in-cab technologies are giving companies the tools they need to assess driver behavior.

New policy growth and insurance shopping dropped in the first quarter of 2026, according to research from LexisNexis.

The many people vying to be California's next insurance commissioner discuss concerns about insurers' scaling up their use of AI, how policyholders could benefit, AI-fueled insurance fraud, aerial imagery applications and coverage of autonomous vehicles.

Customer satisfaction with insurer websites and apps dropped in 2026, according to JD Power research.

Geico plans to add 1,500 new jobs with the opening of its three-building, 190,000-square-foot campus

AI technology detects risky behaviors from data gathered by telematics devices.

AI is making fraud more sophisticated and harder to detect.

Experts on insurance information and actuarial modeling say AV risk assessments have to be made with incomplete data, making it more difficult to price coverage accurately.

According to Root Insurance research, over 75% of consumers are frustrated with outdated auto insurance pricing.

The latest claims research from Verisk also shows that autonomous vehicle claims quadrupled between 2021 and 2025.

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.

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

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.