Industry Trends

Insurance technology, carrier strategy, MGA operations, and market structure analysis.

Everything Scarce in Insurance Is Becoming Abundant. Except Three Things.

How information, technology, and capital stopped being scarce, and who owns the scarcities that remain.

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Insuring AI Liability Without Measuring the Risks

The first cohort of AI liability writers is live. The measurement infrastructure underneath them is not. A map...

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The MGA Assembly Line

12.5% of US P&C premium now flows through MGAs and programs. $125 billion. Carriers are receding, providing just...

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What RPA Should Have Taught Carriers About AI

Almost all P&C carriers are using AI somewhere. Only 10% have scaled it beyond pilots. The structural problems...

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The Cheap-Good-Fast Triangle of Insurance

Insurance distribution chose cheap and fast. The side that fell away was good. Most bank programs have never...

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Hurricanes vs. Hackers

Cyber catastrophe bonds have crossed $1.2 billion. The capital markets are betting on a risk they cannot fully...

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Buy or Cede

Zurich paid $10.9B for Beazley. Allianz handed its cyber book to Coalition. Two opposite strategies, one admission: we...

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The Counterparty Question: AI-Native Insurance Carriers

AI-native carriers raise $260M and quote in minutes. When a bank needs to file a claim, who pays?...

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Premiums Down, Claims Up

US cyber premiums fell 7% while claims rose 40%. For community banks at renewal, a lower premium is...

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