INSURANCE INDUSTRY NEWS

Duck Creek Launches Agentic FNOL Solution To Automate Claims Intake
Duck Creek Technologies is pleased to announce that Duck Creek Agentic First Notice of Loss, an AI-powered solution that transforms claims intake into an intelligent, real-time experience, is now available for early access customers. Read more.

Leading Organizations Show What AI At Scale Requires: KPMG
The organizations furthest along in artificial intelligence are showing what scale demands, as focus shifts from whether AI works to how it is governed, secured, orchestrated and measured at scale, according to the KPMG Q3 Global AI Pulse Survey. Read more.

Aon Launches Property & Casualty Risk Diagnostic
Aon, a leading global professional services firm, is pleased to announce the launch of two new diagnostic tools, the Property Risk Diagnostic and the Casualty Risk Diagnostic, designed to help organizations evaluate exposure, prioritize action and make more confident decisions on risk, resilience and insurance strategy. Read more.

Worldwide AI Spending Surges By Half: Gartner
Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total USD 2.7 trillion in 2026, a 49.5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Read more.

WTW Launches AI Portfolio Management Assistant
WTW is pleased to introduce Radar AI Assistant, a new natural language capability within Radar Vision, its AI-driven performance and experience monitoring tool built for insurers, which provides real-time, actionable insights for competitive advantage. Read more.

Applied Systems Brings Native AI To Applied Epic
Applied Systems® is pleased to announce the launch of Epic Conductor™, a new AI platform built natively into Applied Epic®, capable of automating operational policy, financial, and submission management workflows to drive significant cost savings and top line premium growth. Read more.

Mosaic Launches AI-Enabled “HALO” Digital Underwriting System
Mosaic Insurance is pleased to announce the launch of HALO, a digital underwriting system designed to quickly bring complex specialty products to the small and midsize enterprise market. The AI-powered initiative combines broker trading activity, underwriting decisions, and portfolio outcomes in a single operating environment. Read more.

Humania Taps Curant For AI Claims Management
Humania Assurance is pleased to announce that in a continuation of its digital transformation it has integrated artificial intelligence into its claims management through the deployment of the Curant platform. Read more.

Trigent Unveils AI Solutions For Claims, Underwriting, Policy Review
Trigent is pleased to announce the launch of three specialized AI insurance solutions, built using Trigent's enterprise-grade AI validation workbench, designed to eliminate operational friction across insurance workflows. Read more.

MindBridge Platform Advances Financial Oversight For The Agentic Era
MindBridge Analytics Inc. is pleased to announce the next evolution of its platform, unveiling new capabilities designed to strengthen financial oversight as AI and automation take on more work across finance and audit. Read more.

Willis Provides ‘A Single Trusted View’ Of Risk & Insurance Data To Drive Greater Value
Willis is pleased to announce the launch of RiskIQ Nexus, a new risk intelligence platform designed to help organizations bring risk and insurance data together in one place. Read more.

Local Cyber Policies Essential In A Connected World: Zurich
Cyber threats don't recognize borders, but insurance policies often do, and ensuring comprehensive protection against cyber risks requires more than a blanket global policy. Understanding the importance of local policies, tailored specifically for cyber liability within international insurance programs, can be the key to robust coverage and swift response during a cyber incident. Read more.

Accenture Edge, AWS Partner To Help Mid-Market Organizations Harness AI
Accenture, through its newly launched Accenture Edge business, is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help mid-market companies accelerate technology transformation and drive measurable business impact, built on AWS cloud infrastructure, security and AI services. Read more.

Allianz, Waymo Announce European Collaboration For Autonomous Vehicle Safety, Insurance
Allianz Partners and Waymo are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration in Europe to develop an integrated ecosystem across insurance, claims, and safety research solutions supporting Waymo's service expansion, with phased commercial deployment beginning in Germany and plans to expand into additional markets over time. Read more.

Continuous Work Redesign Doubles Probability Of Sustaining AI-Driven Work Transformation
Organizations that establish continuous work redesign as a core capability will be twice as likely to sustain AI-driven work transformation by 2028, according to Gartner, Inc. Read more.

Payments Revenue At Risk For Banks As Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits Go Mainstream
The global payments industry is approaching a tipping point: as stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and central bank digital currencies move from experimentation to commercialization, traditional payments revenue pools face mounting pressure. Read more.

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From Doug Telematics, Agentic Systems & Auto Insurance Innovations are driving change in both vehicles and drivers. Auto insurance will respond. Consider three areas: Operating Expenses: In one future scenario, prominent industry experts explicitly predict that agentic AI networks will evolve to functionally operate as entirely autonomous insurance entities, brokers, or managing general agents. Although theoretically expenses could be dramatically reduced, they will not disappear. Whether it is an agentic system for one line of business or a function across several lines of business, many considerations remain, from licensing to compliance, ownership, assignment of responsibility, and more. Driver Behaviour: Evidence proves that telematics programs, when paired with real-time feedback or financial incentives, significantly reduce both the frequency and severity of car accidents and insurance claims. Perhaps two-thirds of commercial drivers participate in such a program, while for personal drivers, participation is less than 15%. For drivers not involved, auto insurance does not change very much. Autonomous vehicles: A comprehensive IIHS study found that Waymo driverless vehicles had a 68% lower overall crash involvement rate per mile traveled than human drivers across major urban testing. Moreover, other human drivers are at fault in roughly 85-90% of multi-party collisions. Conclusion: The forces of change will impact those in the insurance business. How and when the changes will unfold remains to be seen, but they could be dramatic. Doug Grant, CIP Partner Insurance-Canada.ca