Transformation

AI efficiency gains mean nothing if insurers target headcount before examining the work

AI efficiency gains mean nothing if insurers target headcount before examining the work

Deloitte Canada's Sonia Sood says the insurers most likely to get AI transformation right are those that start from the work itself - and that has direct implications for the broker partnerships that depend on insurer capacity

Branislav Urosevic Aug 19, 2026
Gallagher Re creates digital risk unit as AI reshapes accumulation

Gallagher Re creates digital risk unit as AI reshapes accumulation

The CrowdStrike outage caused up to US$5.4 billion in economic damage to Fortune 500 companies - a fraction of which was insured. This unit is designed to close that gap

Recent graduates are more open to AI for insurance research, but trust still lags

Recent graduates are more open to AI for insurance research, but trust still lags

Securian Canada's Nigel Branker says trust in AI-generated insurance advice doubles once recent grads have actually used it before

AI job elimination fears are 'a bit of a myth,' Deloitte's Sood says

AI job elimination fears are 'a bit of a myth,' Deloitte's Sood says

Deloitte says Canada's insurance sector will be far more cautious on AI-driven layoffs than its European peers

Data centre fire losses expose risks brokers cannot afford to miss

Data centre fire losses expose risks brokers cannot afford to miss

Allianz Commercial analysis finds fire drives over half of US$800mn in losses as AI infrastructure scales across North America

OpenAI's AI models teamed up to hack their way online. Then Meta admitted a breach of its own

OpenAI's AI models teamed up to hack their way online. Then Meta admitted a breach of its own

For cyber and PI underwriters, three separate incidents in days is hard to write off as a one-off

Why your agentic AI pilots fail to deliver returns

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

Moody's: retail P&C distribution faces the fastest AI disruption of any financial services segment

Moody's: retail P&C distribution faces the fastest AI disruption of any financial services segment

The rating agency gives most firms 12 to 18 months to adapt under its base case - with a clear checklist for what actually protects distribution businesses from the fallout

The IT leader who didn’t choose insurance - but is transforming it anyway

The IT leader who didn’t choose insurance - but is transforming it anyway

Red River Mutual’s VP of Technology, Arun Abraham, on cloud foundations, broker empowerment, and why a good AI strategy starts with forgetting the word AI altogether

IB TALK

Tariffs, resilience, and housing demand are the forces reshaping construction risk

Navacord's Robert Beeston breaks down how these pressures are colliding to change how construction risk gets priced and placed

How trucking risk is evolving in Canada – from cargo theft to driver training to broker liability

NFP's Randy Ramkissoon says one GPS tracker isn't enough anymore – thieves know where to look, and the claims are getting more severe

Canadian businesses know their nat cat exposure – they just don't know what it means

BFL Canada's Hector Plascencia says the gap between identifying a risk and actually understanding its business impact is where most organizations fall short

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