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Artificial intelligence in insurance and reinsurance news
Read all of our news on the growing use of artificial intelligence technologies in the insurance and reinsurance industry.
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to enhance risk modelling and data analytics capabilities for insurers and reinsurers, while also offering new ways to deliver insurance and reinsurance products and support customers as well.
In addition to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance underwriting and operations, insurance and reinsurance market participants are also increasingly focusing on product development to provide risk transfer protection to support the AI and tech data centre build-out, seeing this as a significant and growing opportunity.
SCOR supports major new AI infrastructure insurance facility as lead insurer
16th January 2026
Global reinsurer SCOR has joined a consortium of more than 10 leading re/insurers to back a recently launched insurance facility designed to support artificial intelligence (AI) and data centre infrastructure. Introduced by Advanced Technology Assurance (ATA), and valued at up to $750 million, this facility is described as the first ... Read the full article
Travelers teams up with Anthropic to enhance AI capabilities for engineers and analysts
15th January 2026
Insurance and risk management firm Travelers Companies, Inc., and AI research company Anthropic announced a collaboration to expand Travelers’ AI-enabled engineering and analytics capabilities. About 10,000 of Travelers’ engineers, data scientists, analysts, and product owners will use Anthropic’s personalised AI assistants to support and accelerate software, analytics, and machine learning model ... Read the full article
FM expands capacity to strengthen support for data centres and digital infrastructure
14th January 2026
FM, a commercial property insurer, has announced a major increase in capacity to support its global FM Intellium clients and the data and power generation sectors, providing unmatched coverage limits and risk management expertise. Building on nearly 200 years of engineering experience and partnerships with businesses worldwide, FM can now offer ... Read the full article
Geopolitical divides and tech challenges top 2026 risk agenda: Marsh & Zurich
14th January 2026
Commenting on the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2026, Marsh and Zurich have highlighted deepening geopolitical divides, alongside mounting technological and societal challenges, as key forces shaping the business landscape in the year ahead. As strategic partners of the World Economic Forum and members of its Global Risks Advisory Board, ... Read the full article
Aon lifts Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program to $2.5bn
14th January 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has expanded its proprietary Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP) by $1 billion, or 67% taking total capacity to $2.5 billion, driven by greater investment in cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital infrastructure. Aon launched the proprietary multi-line insurance facility last year ... Read the full article
AI-driven disruption to reallocate rather than increase insurance demand: Swiss Re Institute
13th January 2026
As the artificial intelligence (AI) boom expands new insurable asset classes and increases exposure to new liability and cyber risks, Swiss Re Institute, part of the global reinsurer, expects AI-driven disruption to reallocate rather than add demand for insurance. New research from Swiss Re Institute explores the rise of AI and ... Read the full article
ATA introduces $750m insurance facility to support global AI infrastructure
13th January 2026
Advanced Technology Assurance Limited (ATA), a specialist re/insurance company, has introduced a new insurance facility valued at up to $750 million to support the global expansion of AI infrastructure, a sector expected to attract nearly $7 trillion in investment by 2030. The ATA Global Data Centre & AI Infrastructure Insurance facility ... Read the full article
Corgi secures $108m to expand AI-native insurance platform for startups
13th January 2026
Corgi, a technology-driven insurance company, has secured $108 million in total financing from a group of investors that includes Y Combinator, Kindred Ventures, Contrary, Oliver Jung, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Seven Stars, Leblon Capital (Andrej Henkler, Fadwa Ouardani), Fellows Fund, Alumni Ventures, Quadri Ventures, Vocal Ventures, Phosphor Capital, SV Angel, ... Read the full article
2026 the year of AI disillusionment: CyberCube
12th January 2026
CyberCube has forecast that 2026 will usher in a phase of AI disillusionment, as boardroom optimism and conference hype collide with the constraints of legacy systems, fragmented data, and regulatory caution, though those that apply AI with discipline and focus will still reap rewards. "As the cyber insurance ecosystem continues to ... Read the full article
Allianz partners with Anthropic to accelerate adoption of responsible AI
12th January 2026
Allianz SE, a holding company of the Allianz Group, has announced a global partnership with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence (AI) research and development company, to accelerate responsible AI in insurance. The collaboration focuses on three key projects within Allianz Group designed to empower Allianz employees and accelerate operations, while setting new ... Read the full article
2026 to mark a decisive shift toward operationalised AI: Xceedance
5th January 2026
In 2026, insurers will move from experimenting with AI to scaling it with human oversight, stronger governance, and decisions driven by real-time data for underwriting, Travis MacMillian, president of the Americas at Xceedance, has suggested. Xceedance said 2026 will represent a decisive shift toward operationalised AI, real-time risk intelligence, and participatory ... Read the full article
Model Context Protocol introduces a new phase of AI-driven cyber risk: KYND
29th December 2025
As Model Context Protocol (MCP) usage accelerates, KYND is calling on the insurance industry to rethink its approach to cyber exposure and to increase technical awareness of MCP, as it introduces a new class of systemic risk that is easy for cyber insurers to miss. Cyber risk specialist KYND has released ... Read the full article
Zurich North America enhances underwriting efficiency with Convr AI
24th December 2025
Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, is expanding its relationship with Convr AI to improve underwriting efficiency and better serve its customers through Convr's AI-powered underwriting workbench. Founded in 2016, Convr AI is a modularised artificial intelligence (AI) underwriting, data, and intelligent document automation workbench company serving commercial ... Read the full article
Skyward Specialty to advance AI-powered underwriting with Sixfold partnership
23rd December 2025
Skyward Specialty, a property and casualty insurer, has partnered with AI underwriting company Sixfold to accelerate the company’s progress toward fully AI-powered underwriting across its US-based P&C lines. This collaboration reinforces Skyward Specialty’s long-standing commitment to becoming a more data-driven insight-rish and operationally efficient underwriting organisation. Sixfold’s AI platform is designed to ... Read the full article
Insurance must evolve as data centres face rising risks: Beazley’s Tim Turner
12th December 2025
Tim Turner, Group Head of MAP (Marine, Accident & Political) Risks at Beazley, stated that data centres are increasingly targets for protest and disruption, highlighting the need for insurance to evolve into a strategic enabler that helps organisations protect assets, maintain operations, and seize opportunities amid uncertainty. Turner noted that geopolitical ... Read the full article
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