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Eighty-four percent of Americans are concerned about severe weather while just 11% feel highly prepared, a preparedness gap that widens in the highest-risk regions, according to COUNTRY Financial.
Insurers are competing aggressively for real estate and hospitality property risks worldwide, according to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.’s August 2026 Real Estate & Hospitality Global Market Update.
Podcast guest Rose Hall asks whether insurance can get better at preventing loss, and what that shift demands from every player in the risk management chain.
As private assets reshape insurance portfolios, a new breed of sophisticated investor is emerging. The 2026 Insurers’ Private Credit Forum in Austin on November 12 and 13 aims to give allocators important peer-to-peer insights.
Higher-performing claims organizations achieve strong results by executing common industry priorities effectively rather than by managing simpler claim inventories, according to Rising Medical Solutions study.
U.S. property and casualty market conditions are softening but nonprofits continue to face uneven affordability and access challenges, particularly in casualty, auto and abuse coverage, according to Gallagher.
Businesses are boosting cyber defenses and insurance purchases even as artificial intelligence creates new vulnerabilities, according to The Travelers Companies’ 2026 Travelers Risk Index.
The latest people news in the industry today.
Insurers remain divided between excluding, affirmatively covering or staying silent on AI-related losses, according to a RAND Corporation research report.
State lawmakers introduced a wave of bills tying portable benefits to independent-contractor status in 2026, reshaping the worker classification landscape tracked by the NCCI.
CorVel’s CJ Cypcar examines why AI is reshaping claims work, while long-standing fundamentals — speed, communication, return-to-work, and human judgment — still determine outcomes.
Nearly two-thirds of employers reported annual turnover of 10% or higher in 2025 while retention has become a business-wide risk, according to Gallagher.