Sirens wailed on an otherwise clear morning as a dozen driverless shuttles eased to a halt within minutes of each other, not from collision or congestion but from a silent software flag that froze their systems mid-route and left dispatchers guessing whether they faced a bug, a missed patch, or
Abigail Kai sits down with Simon Glairy, a veteran of insurance coverage and Insurtech who has spent decades untangling legacy umbrella forms, aggregate limits, and environmental liabilities. In this conversation, Simon unpacks what the Ninth Circuit’s April 23, 2026 decision really does to
Balance sheets keep telling a blunt story that marketing decks do not: despite a torrent of pilots, platforms, and proofs of concept, technology has not rewritten insurance economics, and performance still hinges on underwriting discipline and claims control more than on shiny interfaces or bots.
A forklift, a falling plant rack, and a recorded stipulation created a chain reaction that now tests how far vendor coverage can stretch when a retailer’s own employee is declared solely at fault, and the result could ripple through supplier deals and additional insured endorsements for years. This
Few insurance fights turn on a handful of days as sharply as the dispute over whether a midterm Employment Practices Liability (EPL) limit increase can shelter a fast‑evolving discrimination claim when the critical acts straddle an endorsement’s effective date and its unforgiving prior‑acts
A single memory from a six-week job half a century ago can feel decisive to a dying patient, yet in court it can evaporate under the heat of documents, site visits, and science. That is the tension that played out when Zurich Insurance faced a mesothelioma claim brought under the Third Parties
