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

Isaias hits Category 3 as Gulf oil shut-ins reach 63% and diesel stocks sit at a record seasonal low
Chevron’s Pascagoula refinery is inside the hurricane warning area, and brokers are putting early insured losses at $3 billion to $5 billion
Isaias hits Category 3 as Gulf oil shut-ins reach 63% and diesel stocks sit at a record seasonal low
AI shopping agents are coming for personal lines. Is small commercial next?
Conning analyst suggests the simplest small commercial accounts could be vulnerable, although business owners are proving surprisingly reluctant to give up human advice
AI shopping agents are coming for personal lines. Is small commercial next?
After months of calm, Isaias puts hurricane coverage back under scrutiny
The first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 could test whether rising premiums and months of calm pushed policyholders toward bigger coverage gaps
After months of calm, Isaias puts hurricane coverage back under scrutiny
Aviva formally launches US specialty insurance business
Property underwriting will begin in Q4 2026 as insurer builds out surplus lines platform
Aviva formally launches US specialty insurance business
Does AI need its own insurance market? Brokers are already finding out
Dedicated AI policies are gaining ground, but much of the exposure still cuts across cyber, E&O, D&O and traditional casualty
Does AI need its own insurance market? Brokers are already finding out
Florida declares state of emergency as possibility of record-breaking hurricane announced
Isaias could become the Atlantic’s first hurricane of the year just days before a 121-year record is broken
Florida declares state of emergency as possibility of record-breaking hurricane announced
Workers’ comp’s pricing correction has a patient zero: California
Rising rates and deteriorating accident-year results could make California an early warning for the broader US market
Workers’ comp’s pricing correction has a patient zero: California
The next catastrophe capacity crunch may be adjusters, not insurance
Catastrophe claims could lose some 40% of deployable resources by 2027, says senior Sedgwick executive, just as insurers face a broader spread of severe events
The next catastrophe capacity crunch may be adjusters, not insurance
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