Catastrophe seasons, rate filings, and partner launches do not slow down for release calendars, and that harsh timing has put property and casualty platforms under pressure that exposes brittle testing habits while rewarding carriers that treat quality as a continuous capability rather than a
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.
Relentless premium spikes have forced homeowners to budget for insurance like a second mortgage, with Colorado’s costs rising faster than almost anywhere and availability anxieties creeping into day-to-day decisions about where families can safely live and invest. That pressure set the stage for a
Escalating premiums, shrinking carrier appetites, and sharpened underwriting have turned homeowners insurance from a back-end checkbox into a front-line variable that nudges interest rates, shifts debt-to-income math, and can collapse an otherwise sound purchase minutes before a closing is set to
