Most Popular Data Driven Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Data Driven Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Suit Says OnStar, LexisNexis Shared Driving Data With Insurers, Spiking Rates

Mar 15 2024 // Do motorist-assistance systems like GM’s OnStar feed data to auto insurers, resulting in higher premiums for some drivers? A south Florida man says indeed, they do, and has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit...

#2 3 Emerging Risks: AI-Driven Civil Unrest, Heavy EVs, Solar Panel Safety

Feb 23 2024 // Technology is poised to take over traditional markets and is rapidly creating new ones. For example, this trend is evidenced by the adoption of electric vehicles, demand for solar energy, and the blistering pace of...

#3 Artificial Intelligence Not Main Cause of Recent Insurance Layoffs: AM Best

Nov 15 2023 // AM Best does not believe artificial intelligence is the main cause of recent insurance industry layoffs. In commentary released today, the credit rating agency wrote that “it is too soon to cite AI as the leading...

#4 What’s to Come in 2024: Hard Market, AI Expansion, More Catastrophes, Network Consolidation

Feb 5 2024 // No one can predict the future, but insurance professionals are likely the best qualified when it comes to predicting risk. For this special report, Insurance Journal asked industry thought leaders their predictions for the...

#5 ‘Great Resignation’ Enters Third Year as Workers Embrace AI, Upskilling, PwC Says

Jun 26 2024 // The proportion of workers who expect to switch employers in the next 12 months is higher than that from the “Great Resignation” period of 2022, a PwC survey of the global workforce found. Around 28% of more...

#6 Thanks to AI, Industry Will Soon See Big Jump in Parametric Insurance, Consultant Says

Jun 18 2024 // Insurance agents must now embrace the use of artificial intelligence, but they won’t be replaced by it. And the use of parametric policies will soon increase sharply across property insurance lines because that...

#7 Insurer Mapfre Faces Class Actions Over Data Breach

Sep 13 2023 // Two proposed class actions have been filed in federal court in Massachusetts against Mapfre U.S.A. Corp. and its affiliate Commerce Insurance Co. over a recent data breach that one of the lawsuits contends may have exposed...

#8 US, Britain, Other Countries Ink Agreement to Make AI ‘Secure by Design’

Nov 28 2023 // The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described as the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue...

#9 Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order Regulating Artificial Intelligence

Oct 30 2023 // President Joe Biden is directing the US government to take a sweeping approach to artificial intelligence regulation, his most significant action yet to rein in an emerging technology that has sparked both concern and...

#10 Underwriters’ Dilemma: Is AI a Cyber or Tech E&O Risk?

Mar 19 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...

#11 Where the AI Risks Are: Swiss Re’s Top 10 Ranking by Industry

May 29 2024 // The insurance industry came in sixth in a ranking of 10 major industries based on current AI risk, and seventh based on future risk, with health care replacing IT as the most exposed sector in the next 10 years. The...

#12 Report: Top AI Trends for Insurers in 2024 Include Claims, Other Insurance Processes

Feb 5 2024 // Insurers are prepared for artificial intelligence to move beyond task automation and machine learning to advanced uses in 2024, a new report examining the industry and how it’s using AI shows. The report from...

#13 What’s to Come in 2024: AI Expansion, More Catastrophes, Network Consolidation

Feb 13 2024 // No one can predict the future, but insurance professionals are likely the best qualified when it comes to predicting risk. For this special report, Insurance Journal magazine asked industry thought leaders their...

#14 Pennsylvania Issues Its ‘Expectations’ for Insurance Carriers Regarding Their Use of AI

Apr 10 2024 // Pennsylvania has issued guidance for insurance companies’ use of artificial intelligence systems (AIS) based on a model adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The Pennsylvania...

#15 US Treasury Drops Plan to Collect Insurer Data on Climate Risks

Mar 8 2024 // The US government is stepping away from its effort to collect data on home insurance prices and availability at the Zip code level as premiums soar and climate risks to property intensify. Instead, it will join in a...

#16 AI Firms Face Growing List of Lawsuits. Here’s What to Watch

Mar 4 2024 // Artificial intelligence firms are facing increasing pressure from some of the world’s most formidable names in technology and media, as new tools spark fresh questions over the risks posed by chatbots that threaten...

#17 NAIC Releases Highly Anticipated Draft Model Bulletin on Insurers’ AI Use

Jul 28 2023 // On July 17, 2023, the Innovation, Cybersecurity and Technology (H) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released for comment a highly anticipated model bulletin (Model Bulletin) on...

#18 CEO Viewpoint: Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI in Insurance

Apr 24 2024 // Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a lot of interest from insurers and reinsurers because of its potential to revolutionize innovation, cut costs and improve the customer experience. Generative AI (or...

#19 Is Trampoline Job Landscape Work? AI Says Yes. 11th Circuit Says It’s Not Covered

May 30 2024 // Is the installation of an in-ground trampoline considered landscaping work, covered by a landscaper’s liability insurance policy? Artificial intelligence programs suggest that it is. But human judges with the 11th...

#20 New York Proposes Guidance Governing Insurers’ Use of AI

Jan 17 2024 // New York State is proposing guidance for insurance carriers to prevent unfair discrimination in their use of artificial intelligence and external data sources in underwriting and pricing. A circular letter from...