2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (482+ words) Carbon Underwriting has named Phil Wooldridge (pictured, left) head of US casualty and deputy active underwriter, effective September 28. Wooldridge joins from Gallagher Re, where he was head of reinsurance for program solutions, with prior roles as head of London US…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (251+ words) Saudi Arabia has shut down the pipeline that has kept its oil flowing since the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed earlier this year. For the marine and energy insurance markets, that's the story, not the oil price. To most readers,…...

2+ day, 10+ 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…...

2+ day, 19+ 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…...

2+ day, 19+ 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…...

2+ day, 11+ 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…...

2+ day, 20+ 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…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (559+ words) The World Life Insurance Report 2027 surveyed 6,175 consumers and 198 insurance executives across 18 global markets. Its conclusion is that the industry's problem is not a lack of demand. It is a failure to convert that demand into sales, and then to sustain…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (958+ words) Corgi has named Erin Gambrel (pictured, center) vice president of financial services, tasked with driving retail investor growth and brand reach for the company's ETF lineup. Gambrel joins from Investing Authority, where she oversaw retail trading campaigns reaching more than…...

3+ day, 1+ 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…...