State regulators are accelerating enforcement on AI use in insurance, exposing carriers to fines and legal risk when decision models lack transparency.

Utilities across the West are increasingly cutting power during high-risk weather, reshaping wildfire prevention strategies and claims exposure for insurers.

As federal agencies scale back climate and weather programs, nonprofit groups are stepping in to preserve datasets critical to catastrophe modeling, insurance claims analysis, and risk mitigation.

Appeals court says fraud claims may rely on public records without violating California’s public disclosure bar.

Claims teams can no longer rely solely on autonomous AI; embedding expert oversight improves accuracy, compliance and defensibility.

Spears Manufacturing claims Liberty Mutual ignored defense duties in two major construction defect lawsuits, raising concerns about insurer obligations in property damage cases.

Biogenic building materials, mobile nuclear reactors, and AI-powered farms introduce new risks and opportunities for claims adjusters.

The FTC and seven states allege Live Nation and Ticketmaster enabled brokers to bypass ticket limits, reaping billions in fees while fans paid inflated resale prices.

A new study on golden retrievers reveals how wildfire smoke impacts pet and human health, with implications for insurance costs, coverage, and long-term risk management.

California’s insurance commissioner accuses the FAIR Plan of violating claims laws and misleading regulators over wildfire smoke damage coverage, sparking a rare enforcement case.

Insurance industry sees auto physical damage profitability recover, while casualty sectors grapple with increased medical inflation and social verdicts.

Researchers are diving into hailstorms across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to better understand one of the U.S.’s costliest but most overlooked weather risks.

Starting July 2026, Colorado will let insurers use advanced risk models for wildfire coverage, aiming to price policies more accurately amid rising climate threats.

Despite record-setting accuracy in 2024 hurricane forecasts, funding and staff cuts at NOAA threaten future storm tracking capabilities and public safety nationwide.

National Weather Service balloon launch reductions, blamed on Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff cuts, threaten forecast accuracy during severe weather season, raising concerns for claims adjusters.