With rising inflation and interest rates, geopolitical tensions, climate change uncertainty, and growing competition, U.S. insurance carriers face several challenges to delivering consistent, high-quality insurance services and products to the marketplace.

California is not the only U.S. state struggling with insurance availability and affordability, but -- as described in a new Triple-I Issues Brief -- its problems are exacerbated by a three-decades-old legislative measure that severely constrains insurers’ ability to profitably insure property in the state.

Some Canadian auto insurers may be experiencing fewer losses than their U.S. counterparts, a new report from ratings agency Fitch suggested.

Allstate (ALL.N) agreed to pay $90 million to settle a class action lawsuit by shareholders who accused the insurer of defrauding them by concealing that it lowered underwriting standards to boost growth.

In 2030, the world will look, feel and function in new ways. But how will the insurance value chain be affected by the new technology, ideas and regulations that will exist in seven years?

Tropical Storm Bret has formed in the central tropical Atlantic -- two months ahead of schedule for that part of the ocean. Fortunately, the technology and expertise were in place to anticipate this second named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.

Unlocking the full potential of Predict & Prevent strategies takes teamwork. We need insurers, tech innovators, policymakers, customers and others working together to create, test and launch solutions that stop losses in their tracks. It’s an exciting idea, but how do we make it happen?

To bolster innovation, insurers are turning to a technology that, in its short lifetime, has already created massive changes in business and the world. Generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence that can create content, rather than simply analyzing existing data, has been at the core of experiments in trying to optimize insurer processes, predict risk and develop customized policies for individual customers.

The U.S private insurance industry saw a $26.9 billion net underwriting loss in 2022, more than six times the $3.8 billion loss in 2021 and the largest underwriting loss since 2011, according to preliminary estimates from Verisk Analytics Inc. and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

The record global natural catastrophe losses between 2017-22 are a ‘wake-up call’ for the industry to ‘better assess, manage, and transfer’ the risks of future climate-related events, saids Mohsen Rahnama, CEO of Moody’s RMS.