For at least the last half-decade, financial concerns have topped the list of concerns for nearly all industries. Rising costs, revenue pressures, and financial sustainability dominated risk conversations across law firms, tech companies, healthcare, and more. But 2025 marked a major shift in the legal profession’s risk landscape specifically, with a dramatic reordering of priorities that reveals an industry operating from a different foundation. ...
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has made some serious moves to tackle the state’s insurance crisis head on, last year launching its Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS). With the SIS came a set of initiatives to help insurers offer affordable, long-term property insurance across California, where coverage has become concerningly scarce over the last decade. This shortage has been largely due to overwhelmingly destructive wildfires occurring on average every other year. ...
A climate nonprofit plans to revive a key federal database tracking billion-dollar weather and climate disasters that the Trump Administration stopped updating in May, Bloomberg reported. ...
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Antarctica is one of the most remote and isolated places on Earth. As the coldest and windiest continent on the planet according to the United States Antarctic Program, Antarctica does not have permanent countries, cities or residents. The extreme weather conditions make getting to and living on the continent very challenging. ...
Yesterday’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula sent tsunami waves across the Pacific, placing Hawaii under evacuation orders, triggering advisories along the U.S. West Coast, and emphasizing a critical truth about natural catastrophes: They don’t respect borders and tend not to give warnings. ...
The legal industry has officially entered its AI era. In just one year, AI in legal practice skyrocketed from 22% to 80%, marking the most dramatic technology shift the profession has witnessed in decades. ...
In the context of fractious global trade dynamics, businesses have no choice but to adapt their strategies for planning, pricing and protection. The interconnected nature of the global economy means that instability in one sector often has ripple effects across others. ...
This post is part of a series sponsored by Cotality. ...
As property/casualty insurers increase their focus on predicting and preventing costly damage that drives up claims and premiums, telematics technology has come to play an increasing role. From video doorbells that reduce theft and vandalism to “smart plumbing” solutions that detect leaks and shut off water before in-home flooding can occur, these technologies clearly offer value to homeowners and insurers. ...