California homeowners and regulators have a new fear about wildfires ravaging the state: that insurers will drop coverage. Massive, out-of-season fires in northern and southern California are causing billions of dollars in claims and challenging expectations of when and where to expect blazes.

The best way to defeat or at least largely mitigate hackers is with a dynamic defense system. When combined effectively, anti-virus software, NGFWs and the products and services from cybersecurity companies like CyberArk and FireEye can provide an organization with a resilient cybersecurity framework.

Deluged with phone calls from policyholders after Hurricane Irma, state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is planning to create a self-service online portal in time for the 2018 hurricane season.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a new concept for most people. The term, and the industry, have gained relevance through wearables like FitBit, and IoT’s presence in the home is slowly starting to become more mainstream (though the concept has been around for decades, especially in the industrial space).

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., a global provider of technology-enabled risk and benefits solutions, announced on Wednesday it has signed an agreement to acquire Cunningham Lindsey, a global loss adjusting, claims management and risk solutions firm.

Monica Kuzyk, president of the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association (CIAA), talked to Canadian Underwriter Monday about the most significant issues facing Canadian insurance adjusters going into 2018.

The increasing pace of cyber-related events and crimes has led state regulators to survey the growing risks and take action. In New York, the Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) enacted cybersecurity rules effective March 1, 2017.

As car damage from 2017 storms in Florida and Texas threatens to set records, does it matter if your insurance company has to please stockholders and not just policyholders?

We live in a time of rapid technological change, and industries of all kinds are being disrupted across the globe. The exponential growth of new technologies has enormous potential to transform the way we do business and it’s having a major impact on the insurance industry.

Chat windows, faster policy statements, intuitive agent portals and robotic technologies are among the new generation of weapons insurers intend to use to compete with “born-digital” companies.

The plaintiff’s bar is relentless, and its growing crop of young lawyers continues to bring down large verdicts. It’s imperative that claims organizations develop and retain top talent to match the very capable lawyers on the other side.

Uber Technologies Inc. was sued for negligence hours after it disclosed that customers and drivers’ personal data was hacked over a year ago.

The California insurance commissioner says that people who lost their homes in last month’s Northern California wildfires have up to 24 months to collect insurance payments.

The promise of artificial intelligence in the insurance industry is threefold: To help insurers get deeper insights into their business and make better decisions. To automate insurer processes and decision-making for increased efficiency and reduced cost.

Technological automation is going to significantly change the composition of Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry, reducing the workforce by up to 30% to 40% between the next five to 10 years, predicts RSA Canada president and CEO Martin Thompson.