Insurance

Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss.

Insurers Face a New Risk From Autonomous Robots
Insurers Face a New Risk From Autonomous Robots
June 23, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Physical artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t follow a script. Unlike traditional machines that execute fixed commands, physical AI systems use sensors, software and AI models to...

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State Farm Bets on AI to Take Back Number One
State Farm Bets on AI to Take Back Number One
June 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

State Farm is rebuilding its agent model around artificial intelligence after losing a title it held since World War II. CEO Jon Farney told the...

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Hormuz Disruption Opens New Test for Crypto in Global Trade
Hormuz Disruption Opens New Test for Crypto in Global Trade
May 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

There are few economic bottlenecks more consequential than the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly a fifth of global oil consumption passes through the narrow waterway connecting...

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Less Than a Quarter of Consumers Get Instant Insurance Payouts
Less Than a Quarter of Consumers Get Instant Insurance Payouts
May 07, 2026  |  Insurance

Insurance carriers are learning that the claims experience no longer ends when a claim is approved. In fact, the experience ends when the money arrives,...

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Big Insurance Backs Away From AI Risk and Startups Rush In
Big Insurance Backs Away From AI Risk and Startups Rush In
May 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A company deploys an artificial intelligence (AI) agent. The agent makes a mistake. The insurance policy does not cover it. That outcome is no longer...

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Lemonade and Porch Show AI Is Rewriting Insurance Math
Lemonade and Porch Show AI Is Rewriting Insurance Math
May 01, 2026  |  Earnings

Earnings from Porch Group and Lemonade show artificial intelligence (AI) moving into core insurance functions, with measurable effects on claims handling, underwriting and distribution. As...

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Insurance Quoting Enters the AI Conversation Layer
Insurance Quoting Enters the AI Conversation Layer
April 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Getting a price on small business insurance has always meant answering a long list of questions across multiple touchpoints before reaching anyone who could give...

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The AI Leapfrog Coming for Insurance Underwriting
The AI Leapfrog Coming for Insurance Underwriting
April 24, 2026  |  Insurance

Watch more: Digital Shift With Crystal Venture Partners’ Jonathan Crystal In the late 1680s, a man named Edward Lloyd opened a coffeehouse on Tower Street...

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Activist Hedge Fund TCIM Pushes Voya Toward Sale
Activist Hedge Fund TCIM Pushes Voya Toward Sale
April 23, 2026  |  Business

Asset manager Voya Financial is being pressured by hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management (TCIM) to sell all or part of its pension and insurance...

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