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US insurance broker stocks pummeled on AI disruption fear
Insurify’s app uses ChatGPT to compare auto insurance rates using...
Retail vehicle sales jump 17.61% in Jan as rural demand surges
In the passenger vehicle category, rural markets outperformed urban...
2024 Cat bonds issuance set to exceed 2023 record
A fresh analysis by Swiss Re shows issuance of the bonds was well over $12 billion in the first half of 2024, putting it on track to exceed the $15.6 billion issued throughout 2023 Investors can face huge losses if a pre-defined catastrophe hits, but enormous gains if...
EV Battery Fires: South Korean blaze puts spotlight on safety concerns
Auto experts say EV battery fires burn differently than fires in internal combustion engines, often lasting longer and being harder to extinguish as they have a tendency to reignite South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer...
Floods threaten Europe as searing heat gives way to storms
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, including heat waves, violent storms and wildfires. Countries around the Mediterranean Sea — which reached a record average temperature of 28.16C (82.7F) on Tuesday — are some of the...
HDFC ERGO onboards Xceedance to implement SaaS core insurance delivery systems
The project involves implementing Duck Creek's comprehensive suite of cloud-native core insurance delivery applications, including policy, claims, billing, data insights, and other solutions, along with developing a front-end interface on a no-code platform GURGAON:...
Google to expand AI initiatives in India, targeting language barriers, agricultural efficiency
Abhishek Bapna, Director of Product Management at Google DeepMind, emphasized that Google's agricultural initiatives are driven by two major goals: improving livelihoods and addressing climate change through necessary interventions. Banks and insurance companies could...
MCA notifies new accounting standard, Ind AS 117, for insurance industry
The insurance regulator IRDAI can now announce the date of adoption of the new standards by the Indian insurance industry. The new framework would require domestic insurers to further bolster their disclosure needs, leading to greater transparency and informed...
Domestic PV wholesales dips 2.5 pc at 3,41,510 units in July: SIAM
"Though three-wheeler and two-wheeler segments are performing well, there has been some de-growth of passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles in July 2024, compared to July 2023," SIAM President Vinod Aggarwal said in a statement. New Delhi: Passenger vehicle...
Flight and voice data boxes extracted from crashed Brazilian plane
The airline VoePass, which operates a small fleet of planes made by ATR, said the flight Friday was traveling from the state of Parana to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport when it crashed in a residential area, killing 58 passengers and four crew members...
Hiscox unveils GenAI-enhanced lead underwriting platform
By combining Hiscox AI Laboratories with Google Cloud’s generative AI, Hiscox now has the ability to remove manual elements of the underwriting process. Risks that are in scope are assessed using Google Cloud’s Gemini large language model, and the process generates an...
Legacy tech hindering pricing and profitability, says report
While the buzz around AI is inescapable and the potential benefits undeniable, its true value can only be fully harnessed when insurers get their own houses in order. The reality is the sector’s current pricing infrastructure doesn’t have the capacity to support this...