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Deloitte Launches Platform For Secure Software Powered By Anthropic's Claude Models
Deloitte is pleased to announce the launch of a platform for secure software developed on Anthropic's AI technology foundation. Built as part of our service delivery platform, Deloitte's secure software platform helps organizations navigate one of cybersecurity's fastest-growing challenges: the urgent gap between vulnerability discovery and remediation. Read more.

Federato Extends AI Platform Across Full Policy Lifecycle
Federato, the AI-native platform for the full policy lifecycle, has launched Federato Claims, an end-to-end claims management system built on the same foundation as underwriting, policy administration, and billing. Read more.

Hippocratic AI Launches New Suite Of Rapid Response Climate Agents
Following record-breaking temperatures, severe weather and wildfires around the world this summer, Hippocratic AI is pleased to announce that its climate-responsive voice AI agents are now available to deploy immediately for health systems and payers across the U.S. Read more.

CFOs Balancing AI Investments Between Productivity, Decision Quality: Gartner Survey
Finance organizations are often investing in artificial intelligence in ways that do not align with board expectations, creating a gap between AI activity and perceived business value, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Read more.

INTX Introduces First Native Intelligence Layer For The (Re)Insurance Operating System
INTX Insurance Software is pleased to introduce Tenet, the industry's first native Intelligence Layer for the (Re)Insurance Operating System. Embedded directly within the unified INTX platform, Tenet brings contextual intelligence to every stage of the (re)insurance lifecycle – helping (re)insurers move beyond task automation to intelligent decision-making. Read more.

Lockton Introduces Industry's First Unified Enterprise Intelligence Platform
Lockton is pleased to announce the expanded availability of Lockton SAGE, its enterprise intelligence platform purpose-built to bring the full power of Lockton's proprietary data, advanced analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, and specialized expertise to client decisions. First introduced within Lockton Re, Lockton SAGE is now being extended across the firm's US broader business. Read more.

Munich Re Releases H1 Natural Disaster Review
In the first half of 2026, natural disasters caused worldwide losses estimated at nearly US$ 112 billion. Of those losses, only US$ 44 billion were insured, representing an insurance gap of 60%. Losses were slightly below the inflation-adjusted average figures for the first half of the year over the past ten years, but significantly below the 5-year average figures. Read more.

One Inc, CalcFocus Partner To Modernize Payments
One Inc is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with CalcFocus, a premier provider of policy administration and illustration solutions, to integrate One Inc's PremiumPay® platform with CalcFocus' award-winning technology, empowering life insurers to design and manage innovative programs that deliver a seamless, modern premium payment experience. Read more.

Volvo, CMT Launch Real-Time In-Vehicle Safety Coaching For Drivers
Volvo Cars and Cambridge Mobile Telematics are pleased to announce the launch of Safety Coach, an in-car and mobile app that delivers real-time driving insights directly in Volvo cars to help drivers improve safety and access personalized insurance savings over time. Read more.

Canadians Navigating More Complex, High-Pressure Driving Conditions: Desjardins
A new national survey from Desjardins Insurance reveals that road safety in Canada is being reshaped by a convergence of risks, as drivers navigate increasingly demanding conditions while under pressure. These insights point to opportunities to better understand risks and encourage safer driving behaviours. Read more.

Evolving Equipment Risks Drive Demand For More Flexible Insurance: CHES Special Risk
CHES Special Risk Inc. has expanded its underwriting capabilities with the introduction of a specialized market for Contractors Plant & Equipment, reflecting a broader shift in how brokers and insurers are approaching mobile equipment risks across Canada. Read more.

BrokerLink Expands Presence In Alberta, Nova Scotia
BrokerLink is pleased to welcome CRS Merrill Insurance, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta; Ames Insurance, headquartered in Pincher Creek, Alberta; and Schofield Insurance, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. These acquisitions, effective August 1, strengthen BrokerLink's network while extending the company's reach into a new market. Read more.

World Nomads Announces Expanded Travel Plans, Upgraded Benefits For Travellers
With Canadian travellers looking for more flexibility and deeper travel protections, World Nomads Canada is pleased to introduce its expanded travel insurance products, featuring upgraded benefits, new plan options, and greater flexibility for today's increasingly complex travel landscape. Read more.

Cyber Battlefield Moves Inside The Enterprise
As AI continues to change the economics and speed of cyberattacks, Enigma Networks®, the pioneer of Zero Trust for Internal Networks, is proud to share that its latest release of Enigma AI expands its Internal Trust Governance platform with automated enforcement and radically simplified AI-powered micro-segmentation to automatically detect and contain threats before they can spread. Read more.

In the InsurTech Spotlight this week:

SkyWatch.AI
SkyWatch uses telematics and AI to provide drone pilots with on-demand, personalized, and flexible drone insurance policies by the hour, month, and year. Our advanced mobile app and web platform allow pilots to customize their coverage and produces documentation instantly. The ability to digitally obtain drone insurance, on the move, allows drone pilots to not only fly with peace of mind, but proceed to their commercial obligations as quickly as possible.
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From Doug Deriving Benefit from New Learnings Once decisions are made, either by people or AI agents, the results from those decisions will occur over time. When those results are fed back to the decision-makers, their knowledge is increased. Expanded knowledge contributes to future reasoning with the expectation that future decisions will be improved. In the person's case, the feedback may be recorded systematically or (as is usually the case) it may not. Good but busy people seldom take the additional time required to complete that extra task. And, even when recorded, it is difficult to share with others who make similar decisions. In the AI agent's case, the feedback is automatically recorded as part of the knowledge base. That base is in turn used by other AI Agents; no “transfer” of knowledge to them is required. AI learning agents sharing the same knowledge base make decisions based on the complete knowledge base, both original and learned, automatically. It appears that AI Agents provide some advantage over people. But there are also downsides, one of which stems from the question of who owns and who shares the learnings stored in the knowledge base. More next week. Doug Grant, CIP Partner Insurance-Canada.ca