2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (508+ words) A national survey commissioned by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America found that 87% of consumers said having a dedicated human insurance agent remains important even as companies accelerate AI adoption. The survey, conducted by Mfour Data Research, also found…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (663+ words) South Korea’s top financial regulator has reduced a proposed 140 billion won penalty against Tongyang Life Insurance to 7 billion won, following a legal reinterpretation of how the insurer shared customer data with its own sales arm. The decision sits within a…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (355+ words) Large commercial accounts posted their first price decrease since the end of 2017 in the second quarter of 2026, according to WTW's Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS), as an eight-year run of sustained rate increases continued to unwind across the commercial…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (187+ words) The search is on for the next class of Elite Women 2027. Insurance Business is proud to launch the seventh annual showcase of exceptional female professionals who are making a meaningful difference across the insurance industry. From pioneering innovation and championing…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (564+ words) The single biggest misconception small business owners have about insurance isn't about price, according to Mariano Neiman (pictured), COO at Zensurance, and understanding that distinction is the key to a more productive conversation between brokers and skeptical clients. "The results…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (457+ words) The casualty reinsurance market already carries AI exposure. The question is whether it knows where. That is the practical challenge running through a Howden Re roundtable published at Monte Carlo. Four of the broker's global casualty leaders mapped how AI-related…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (341+ words) Van insurance premiums fell 4.5% in the three months to August. That ended a period of flat pricing and resumed the downward trend running since the market peaked in October 2024. Quoted prices are now 11% below last year and around 16% lower than…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (536+ words) Alberta drivers are projected to save roughly $297 annually, or 13.7%, under the province's incoming Care-First auto insurance system, according to two new reports from the Automobile Insurance Rate Board. That's a meaningfully larger figure than the $259 average savings Oliver Wyman's actuarial…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (430+ words) The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has published two new guides aimed at helping insurance and pension firms better identify and respond to economic and domestic abuse, developed with charities Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) and the Employers' Initiative on Domestic…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (336+ words) On June 29, the US House of Representatives voted 373-15 to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program through 2034. A Senate companion bill is pending. It's a routine-sounding vote on paper, but it's really Congress renewing, for the fifth time, a program built…...