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AI got you into this " but humans will get you out
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (621+ words) It's 3am. Your systems are down, your data is gone and somewhere on the dark web a countdown clock is ticking. You contact your insurer - and get put through to an automated system. It's a living nightmare - for all too many…...
The $7 trillion question: who's equipped to insure the AI age?
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (14+ words) Insurance Business...
Intact brings in banking technology veteran to lead specialty lines AI push
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (442+ words) The technology investment Intact Insurance has been building across its global specialty lines division now has a dedicated executive at its head. The company has appointed Rory Meleniclis as chief information officer for its global specialty lines business. He will…...
Canadian insurance is behind on AI " but the disruption to brokers isn't waiting
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (712+ words) Canadian insurance is trailing other industries and other countries on AI deployment, and most carriers have yet to move past early experimentation, but the competitive threat to brokers is already materializing, according to Duncan Meadows (pictured), partner, insurance business transformation…...
Insurance moves: AAI, Alliant, and Corgi
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (448+ words) Three appointments signal where the US insurance industry is investing in 2026: agency network scale, regional benefits capacity, and actuarial discipline inside AI-native carriers. AAI president and chief executive Chris Fernandez said Morello's track record of execution made him a strong…...
Ransomware groups are coming for law firms
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (199+ words) That deterioration tracks a broader shift in Australia's domestic threat environment. The ASD's Australian Cyber Security Centre responded to over 1, 200 cyber security incidents in FY2024-25 " an 11% increase from the prior year " with ransomware continuing to be the most disruptive cybercrime threat....
Clyde & Co finds AI adoption outpacing governance frameworks
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (192+ words) APRA member Therese Mc Carthy Hockey said: "What we've observed from our supervisory engagement is that while AI adoption is continuing apace, the systems and processes required to safely govern its use aren't keeping up. Likewise, the speed at which…...
Winners shine as industry turns out in force
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (733+ words) Jump to winners |Jump to methodology |Jump to sponsors Insurance is serious work, but the industry sure knows how to celebrate wins and have a good time. This year's MC, radio and television personality Ed Kavalee, kept the night rolling…...
Digital risk isn't getting simpler " and Aaron Belair is cutting through the noise
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (726+ words) If the digital risk landscape feels like it's shifting faster than ever, you're not imagining it. A web of interconnected exposures is evolving in real time. Some are familiar, like ransomware. Others, such as AI-enabled fraud and third-party vulnerabilities, are…...
Data centers are rewriting construction insurance: Aon
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (223+ words) Williams' first piece of advice is blunt: do not let clients concentrate everything in one place. Rather than insure a single US$3040 billion campus, he argues, developers should consider building six US$5 billion sites, physically separated and individually fire-protected, to…...