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Blog: As Amazon ramps up drone deliveries, brokers should take note
The recent expansion of Amazon’s drone delivery trials to new territories will naturally lead to changes in this growing insurance market. This blog highlights why Amazon’s foray into drone deliveries is creating an insurance market brokers should not ignore.
How AI can mitigate increasing cost of extreme weather
Izik Lavy, CEO and co-founder of GeoX, discusses how insurers are using AI and aerial imagery to battle the extreme weather ushered in by the climate crisis.
Why cyber insurance’s evolution requires an AI injection
The frequency and intensity of cyberattacks are changing rules and throwing the insurance market into chaos. In this article, Hartmut Mai, president at Cyberwrite, argues AI is required to produce cyber insurance suitable for today’s business needs.
Why cannabis farms are a growing problem for property insurers
This article explores why the illegal cultivation of cannabis is a growing problem for both residential and commercial landlords as well as the wider community.
Trade voice: MGAA’s Mike Keating on why collaboration is key to delivering claims outcomes
In this article, Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, examines why more than half of MGAs think improvements to claims processes are needed.
AI shouldn’t spell the end of human insurer judgement
Artificial intelligence excels at prediction, but it does not possess judgement. This article explains the ways human judgement will become more common as AI systems proliferate, and why business leaders need to be aware that humans will still be essential to manage risk.
Get ready for the reality of virtual production risks
This article explains how insurance policy wordings are having to adapt to the risks associated with virtual reality production.
Why customer satisfaction in general insurance is plummeting
The article looks into the latest Institute of Customer Service report, in which customer satisfaction in general insurance providers over the last 12 months has plummeted at the fastest rate since 2008.
How insurtech is transforming fleet risk calculations
The fundamental challenge for insurers has always been how to calculate risk accurately. This article explains how a first notification of risk approach allows insurers and fleet managers to be notified of potential risks well before any incident has taken place.
Using algorithms to underwrite commercial and specialty market risks
In this content, Harry Curtis examines the applications of algorithmic underwriting in commercial and specialty insurance, what role the approach leaves for human underwriters, and what challenges it presents.