AI is no longer a future promise but a present force reshaping claims — where faster care, smarter early decisions, and scalable innovation are redefining outcomes and costs across the industry.

As millions of patients gain access to popular weight-loss medications, physicians and health systems face a growing landscape of liability risks they need to prepare for now.

AI in claims is no longer about insight alone — it’s about embedding intelligence into everyday workflows to drive faster decisions, stronger outcomes, and more human-centered care.

Compounding forces including litigation funding, nuclear verdicts and aggressive trial strategies are pushing medical professional liability severity well beyond general inflation, S&P Global Market Intelligence found.

Nonfatal workplace assaults climbed steadily from 2011 through 2022, driven overwhelmingly by violence in health care and social assistance settings, according to NCCI.

Chronic workforce shortages in long-term care are doing more than straining patient services — they are reshaping the insurance landscape.

As data-only extortion surged to 65% of cases in the second half of 2025, organizations face reputational and legal fallout that outweighs operational disruption: Resilience.

This year 6 brokers were named the 2026 Health Care Power Brokers.

Rising ransomware attacks, third-party vulnerabilities and insurance exposure are transforming health care cyber security into an enterprise-wide resilience challenge.

From AI integration to nuclear verdicts and home-based care, health care executives face unprecedented disruption, the Doctors Company reports.

As health care delivery and standards of care evolve, QBE’s John Livatino examines the liability landscape in emerging markets.

Health care sees some segments softening while segments with vulnerable populations, claims severity face sharp rate increases and capacity constraints, Amwins report.

Affected units spike 201% despite fewer overall recall events, signaling evolving risk landscape for manufacturers and insurers, Sedgwick reports.

Rising economic factors and lawsuit abuse push medical malpractice claim costs to decade highs, The Doctors Company reports.

All five major industries analyzed saw increased recall activity amid regulatory shifts and AI-driven oversight changes: Sedgwick.

The value of the top medical malpractice payouts has more than doubled in the past five years.  

A look at this year’s Health Care Theo Award winners.

Health care workers faced unique challenges during the pandemic. St. Luke’s Health System stepped up to care for them.

SHARP HealthCare halved complex claims using early biopsychosocial intervention, saving overall exposures for the workers compensation program $3M annually and improving recovery outcomes.

Violence against health care workers is showing no signs of slowing down. Health care organizations must lean into risk management, or face expensive and painful consequences.