While insurance carriers and insurtechs are excited about the technology, independent agents point to their unique hold on insurance customers.

Three areas for insurance leaders to explore related to the role of tech in risk management.

Embedded insurance leverages data and tech to offer coverage seamlessly online, meeting customers when and where they need it.

Most employers expect to have a greater reliance on advisers over the next five years amid growing demand for data driven-insights about the value of benefits.

Nick Gerhart, executive VP at the insurer specializing in funeral and end-of-life coverage, spoke about its technology advances, and the role of insurtech on a broader scale in the industry.

Adjusto, an AI insurtech, was founded in April 2024 and publicly announced in March.

Insurance needs to move from value chains to ecosystems capable of maximizing value for a customer.

Leveraging EHRs, medical claims and historical lab data, insurers can enhance their ability to discover undisclosed tobacco use and improve risk assessment accuracy.

A group led by Bain Capital's special-situations arm is in talks to invest as much as $2 billion in insurance broker Acrisure, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Rob Abrams, CEO of J.P. Morgan Mobility Payments Solutions, is overseeing the development of in-car wallet systems that turn cars into rolling credit cards. He explains his vision of what connected cars could look like and do in the future.