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Insurance CEOs Talk Gen AI, Growth, Workforce Strategies
A much higher percentage of insurance chief executives say that generative AI is a top investment priority for their firms than peers in other industries, according to a survey report published by ...
Insurers Brace for SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Rules
For U.S. property/casualty insurance carriers, the landmark proposal by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) ...
U.K. Regulator Fines Big Four, Puts KPMG Under Increased Scrutiny
The U.K. accounting watchdog is ramping up misconduct fines after being called useless and toothless by lawmakers irate at the failure of the accounting industry to prevent several high-profile ...
Europe’s Fledgling Cyber Insurance Market Stands to Gain From New Privacy Rules
Data privacy rules coming into force this week are giving Europe's fledgling cyber insurance market a boost as they make companies more aware of the risks caused by customer information breaches. ...
Most Insurers Envision at Least One Acquisition in 2017: KPMG Survey
A large majority of insurers plan to pursue acquisitions or divestitures through 2017, according to a new KPMG report, indicating that late-2015 and 2016 deal-making wasn't a fluke. About 84 percent ...
Will GoFundMe Disrupt the Insurance Industry?
Insurers eyeing disruption from the newest cohort of peer-to-peer insurers, including names like Lemonade and Friendsurance, may have be overlooking the biggest potential disrupters of them ...
InsurTech Momentum Builds as VC Investments Top $1B for 2016
Even though venture capital investments in VC-backed fintech companies fell more than 50 percent globally during the second quarter of 2016, interest in InsurTech continues to pick up steam, a new ...
With Insurance Industry Transformation, the Struggle Is Real: KPMG
The talk is out there: Insurance industry leaders have often spoken of transforming operations to embrace disruptive advances including big data, other new technology and related customer service ...