Gia Snape
Gia Snape

Insurance Business America

Gia Snape

Editor - North America Insurance

4+ years experience324,988 Total views on Insurance Business America in 2025

Gia's specialty topics

Artificial intelligence (AI) and technology adoption Specialty insurance trends Broker leader insights M&A Natural catastrophe risk

Gia is Editor – North America Insurance at Insurance Business, where she covers the latest developments, trends, and analysis in the US and the global insurance markets.

With over a decade of experience in broadcast journalism, Gia brings rigorous storytelling and investigative instincts to insurance media. Prior to joining KM International (Key Media) in 2022, she served as a TV news producer in Singapore, producing global news and business programming for international audiences.

An award-winning insurance journalist, Gia has been recognized at both the BIBA Journalist and Media Awards and the WTW Media Awards. 

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I cover the property and casualty insurance industry at a time of significant transformation. Risks are becoming more complex and interconnected, attracting and retaining talent is increasingly challenging, and AI and emerging technologies are reshaping operations while creating new pressures for brokers. My aim is to report on these changes with clarity and depth, helping readers understand and navigate the rapidly evolving world of risk and insurance.”

Awards and recognition

  • Winner — WTW Insurance & Risk Technology Journalist of the Year 2026
  • Winner — WTW Insurance & Risk Technology Journalist of the Year 2025
  • Highly Commended — WTW Insurance & Risk Technology Journalist of the Year 2024

Featured content from Gia

The soft market is testing a generation of agents and brokers for the first time How Anthropic’s Mythos is fueling cyber risk aggregation fears How generative AI is fueling the next wave of commercial auto litigation

Previous experience

  • CNA — News producer
  • ANC — News writer & producer

Education

  • MA in Journalism, Asian Center for Journalism

Read the latest stories by Gia

The AI bottleneck brokers can’t solve alone
Industry leaders say that AI is making individual brokers and insurers faster, but fragmented adoption threatens to limit the benefit for clients
The AI bottleneck brokers can’t solve alone
Who gains from AI? Dive In opens with insurance talent question unresolved
The last edition puts uneven technology access and adoption under the microscope
Who gains from AI? Dive In opens with insurance talent question unresolved
"There's a log jam": Why brokerage M&A’s biggest buyers could be pulling back
Fewer buyers, rising leverage and weak integration put pressure on deals throughout the market
"There's a log jam": Why brokerage M&A’s biggest buyers could be pulling back
US-Canada tariff war escalates as Ottawa hits back with US$20 billion tariffs
New duties could reshape property, cargo and trade credit exposures
US-Canada tariff war escalates as Ottawa hits back with US$20 billion tariffs
Cadillac F1 owner denies sale talk as insurance probe widens
Federal scrutiny of Walter-controlled insurers has triggered a US$6.5 billion asset reshuffle and negative ratings actions
Cadillac F1 owner denies sale talk as insurance probe widens
Why your agentic AI pilots fail to deliver returns
It's not the model that's holding firms back from compounding value, says WTW's insurance innovation head
Why your agentic AI pilots fail to deliver returns
Super El Niño set to shuffle global catastrophe risk
Atlantic hurricane threat eases as Pacific, wildfire and flood exposures increase
Super El Niño set to shuffle global catastrophe risk
Global data center boom colliding with mounting natural hazards, supply chain risks: FM
Catastrophe exposure and global uncertainty put pressure on developers and their insurers
Global data center boom colliding with mounting natural hazards, supply chain risks: FM
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