Bankers and tech executives at SAS' annual conference said agentic AI is still in the "terrible twos" stage and requires human supervision.

The insurance industry doesn't have an AI adoption problem—it has a structural design problem.

Automation will change underwriting, but judgment, context, and accountability still belong to people.

Leaders could have a much more proactive role in protecting their workforce with personal security platforms and benefits.

There were about 50 funding events in the insurtech sector in April 2026.

Nationwide and Whisker Labs share insights related to their partnership and the Ting sensor, which uses artificial intelligence to warn policyholders about potentially catastrophic events.

California Assembly advances mortgage protections for wildfire survivors, while agency considers advocates' role in rate increase processes. Meanwhile, state regulators are looking at how insurers use AI, and a look at regulatory budgets reveals which states are doing more with less.

Bridging the gap between knowledge and core systems is the key to an improved user experience.

Fewer consumers want life insurance since the pandemic, but sales are still growing, with digital tools keeping sales high among the 38% of Americans who are still buying, according to new research.

Insurance tech and legal executives emphasize checking data, and working to build confidence and trust.

It is not just about modernizing systems, but about standardizing how transactions are processed and how data is exchanged across the ecosystem.

Carriers gain ground when treating personalization as a structural shift instead of a simple feature enhancement.

The goal is to improve risk management and expand access to more customers in markets that better data now makes possible.

As insurers modernize their products and operations, delivery capability is becoming a key differentiator.

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.

AI is making fraud more sophisticated and harder to detect.