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Canadian life insurance new annualized premium reached a historic high of $2.3 billion in 2025, marking a 9% increase from the previous year, according to LIMRA’s Canadian Individual Life Insurance Sales Survey. This milestone highlights the sector’s robust performance despite broader economic pressures, fueled by advancements in digital tools and broader product offerings. The Canadian […]
Promotional rewards tied to new insurance policies are drawing attention in New Zealand, as industry observers and consumers question how these offers affect long-term customers already facing rising premiums. A recent campaign offering Prezzy cards to individuals taking out new cover has triggered discussion about pricing structures across the general insurance market. While such promotions […]
As organizations increasingly integrate generative AI, machine learning models, and autonomous AI agents into operations, new liability scenarios surface that traditional policies often overlook or only implicitly address. These include erroneous AI outputs (such as hallucinations in chatbots or flawed decision-making), algorithmic bias leading to discrimination claims, intellectual property disputes from training data, model underperformance […]
In this article: Uber’s new all-in-one insurance policy explained Fixing coverage gaps and changing how partners pay The global legal patchwork: US, Europe, UK, and Asia Uber has teamed up with insurance companies Marsh and Apollo to launch a dedicated insurance policy for autonomous vehicles (AVs). The companies claim it is an industry first. Why […]
Aon Achieves Milestone in Blockchain-Enabled Insurance Transactions Global insurance and reinsurance leader Aon has successfully executed a proof-of-concept demonstration, marking what the firm describes as the inaugural use of stablecoins by a major international broker to process insurance premium settlements. This initiative utilized U.S. dollar-pegged digital tokens across prominent blockchain platforms, highlighting potential advancements in […]
In the rapidly evolving insurance landscape, artificial intelligence adoption has surged dramatically. Recent analysis from Evident reveals an 87% year-over-year rise in AI deployments across the sector. Among leading insurers, around 40% already experience measurable improvements, primarily through enhanced productivity (77% of reported benefits), alongside emerging revenue contributions. McKinsey highlights generative AI’s substantial potential, estimating […]
War risk insurance (WRI) in Ukraine has undergone significant transformation during 2025 and into early 2026. Initial fragmented efforts have evolved into a more organized ecosystem, supported by government policies, collaborative ventures between public and private entities, global financial backing, and increasing involvement from local and international insurers. This progression plays a vital role in […]
Asia’s cyber insurance landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation, fueled by heightened awareness of digital vulnerabilities and a series of high-profile breaches that have served as powerful catalysts for change. Industry analytics leader CyberCube highlights that the region is now entering a phase of accelerated adoption, with premiums and policy uptake expected to surge significantly […]
Vietnam’s Insurance Supervisory Authority (ISA), operating under the Ministry of Finance, has introduced a forward-looking market development blueprint spanning 2026 through 2030. This initiative prioritizes creating a transparent, equitable, and internationally aligned regulatory framework that encourages innovation while ensuring market stability and strong consumer safeguards. The core vision centers on cultivating a secure, high-performing insurance […]
A growing coalition of states from across the political spectrum is moving to impose safeguards on how health insurers deploy artificial intelligence for coverage decisions, prior authorizations, and claims processing. This effort highlights widespread unease about algorithms potentially accelerating unfair denials, even as the Trump administration pursues aggressive steps to curb such state-level oversight in […]
Willis, part of WTW, has forged a strategic nationwide alliance with the Independent Financial Brokers of Canada (IFB) to introduce a cutting-edge, exclusive Errors & Omissions (E&O) insurance solution tailored for independent financial advisors nationwide. This collaboration positions Willis as the exclusive provider to place and administer both individual Financial Advisor and Corporate E&O policies […]
Minsait, a key subsidiary of Indra Group, showcased its cutting-edge Agentic AI framework—termed liquid AI—at Insurance Week 2026, held at Ifema in Madrid. This innovative system shifts beyond basic task automation by deploying interconnected networks of intelligent agents that perceive environments, reason through complex scenarios, and execute actions in real time. In the insurance domain, […]