Digital Insurance

05/10/2026

Casey Kempton, president of P&C personal lines at Nationwide, and Bob Marshall, co-founder and CEO of Whisker Labs (Ting Fire), spoke with Digital Insurance about predict-and-prevent technology.

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05/09/2026

The third annual survey by EY and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) finds that insurers’ chief risk officers are increasingly concerned about staffing adequately to manage risk, and see AI having more impact on managing risk staff.

https://bit.ly/3QS4RXd

05/08/2026

State Farm faces millions of dollars in penalties from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) for mishandling claims from the January 2025 L.A. wildfires.

"Our investigation found that State Farm delayed, underpaid and buried policyholders in red tape at the worst moment of their lives," California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement. "That is unacceptable, and we are taking decisive action to hold them accountable."

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State Farm could face millions of dollars in penalties in California after the state's insurance regulator alleged the firm mishandled claims related to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.

05/08/2026

82% of insurers believe AI will shape their future, while only 14% have actually implemented it, according to a report by AutoRek.

“The gap between those that talk about transformation and those that deliver it is a widening chasm,” writes Gaurav Shahi, managing director – AI, data and alliances at Brillio. “Bridging this gap requires a fundamental shift in how the industry views the relationship between human expertise and machine intelligence.”

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The insurance industry doesn't have an AI adoption problem—it has a structural design problem.

05/08/2026

Secondary perils drove insured losses up to $90 billion in the U.S. and Canada during 2025, according to a Swiss Re report.

“The risk landscape is shifting in ways our industry and communities across the country can't afford to treat as episodic," said Monica Ningen, CEO of U.S. property and casualty reinsurance at Swiss Re.

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These secondary perils led to a combined $86 billion of insured losses in North America in 2025.

05/07/2026

Underwriters should be careful about how they implement AI, writes Akash Agarwal, founder and CEO of Pibit AI.

“A well designed AI system here should feel more like a co-pilot or a research assistant than an invisible hand that silently approves or declines your book,” he writes.

https://bit.ly/4drgSLY

Pibit.ai turns submissions into decisions with CURE™, using agentic underwriting to raise win rate, throughput, and lower loss ratios.

05/07/2026

Insurtech funding rounds from Openly, Tava Health, Flora Fertility and Amperos Health.

https://bit.ly/4cUHaWT

There were about 50 funding events in the insurtech sector in April 2026.

05/06/2026

The third annual survey by EY and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) finds that insurers’ chief risk officers are increasingly concerned about staffing adequately to manage risk, and see AI having more impact on managing risk staff.

https://bit.ly/3QS4RXd

05/05/2026

California legislative and administrative updates, renters insurance insights from GetCovered, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) plans to monitor use of AI, and a comparison of state regulators’ resources, in our recent insurance regulation coverage.

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California Assembly advances mortgage protections for wildfire survivors, while agency considers advocates' role in rate increase processes. Meanwhile, state regulators are looking at how insurers use AI, and a look at regulatory budgets reveals which states are doing more with less.