7+ hour, 27+ min ago   (465+ words) Geoffrey Hinton, the emeritus professor whose work underpins modern artificial intelligence (AI) and who is widely described as the godfather of the field, has joined the calls for AI companies to slow down, saying there is a significant risk the…...

7+ hour, 39+ min ago   (280+ words) ScienceSoft, a McKinney, Texas-based IT consulting and software development firm, has published research projecting that by 2028, 60% to 80% of new policies and renewals in errors and omissions, directors and officers, employment practices liability, and cyber insurance will factor AI risk into…...

3+ hour ago   (266+ words) Cyberattacks against UK property services businesses rose 17% in the year to 31 December 2025, climbing to 208 incidents from 178 the previous year, according to figures sourced from the Information Commissioner's Office and cited by Karis Insurance, a real estate finance and insurance specialist....

3+ day, 6+ 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…...

3+ day, 11+ 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, 11+ hour ago   (475+ words) Delay in claim handling was the most complained-about issue across every financial product handled by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) in 2025-26. The ombudsman recorded 119,949 complaints, the highest annual volume and the third consecutive year above 100,000. General insurance accounted for…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (455+ words) Most senior commercial underwriters say AI has saved them time on admin. Far fewer say it has improved the quality of their decisions. That gap shapes how submissions get handled, how risks get priced, and how consistent underwriting decisions are…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (535+ words) Brokers working on large data center developments may need to arrange the transition from builders’ risk to operational property coverage much earlier, as phased projects blur the point at which construction ends and normal operations begin. The immediate insurance question…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (567+ words) Prudential Hong Kong is not the only major insurer in the city putting AI tools into the hands of agents and consultants. But its September 9, 2026, deployment – a chatbot that returns preliminary underwriting indications at the point of sale, before any…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (431+ words) Every previous wave of digital change in insurance has run into the same obstacle: trust. Consumers hesitated to move to digital channels, and they hesitated to share data in exchange for better pricing, largely because they didn't trust the systems…...