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AI and APIs: Essential Tools for Zurich Insurance Group’s Digital Leap

Jul 2 2024 // Executive Summary: For a multinational insurance company like Zurich Insurance Group, which can find itself delivering large, complex policies in multiple languages to a single international customer, there’s a...

Minimizing AI Cyberattacks

Jul 1 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by TSIB. We are seeing an explosion of technology as our devices become more powerful and less expensive. Companies are taking advantage of our voracious appetite for all things...

AI, Economy, Geopolitical Conflicts Lead to Highest Level of Corporate Risk in 12 Years: Report

Jul 1 2024 // Economic volatility, geopolitical upheaval and artificial intelligence (AI) have driven the corporate threat level to its highest in 12 years, according to Clyde & Co’s 2024 Corporate Risk Radar. The survey of...

Big Data, AI and the Rate-Making Revolution Can Mean Intellectual Property Trouble for Rating Organizations

Jul 1 2024 // The insurance industry has increasingly relied upon the use of big data to enhance its operations and core functionalities, and one way this trend has manifested is in the realms of property and casualty business, where...

The Role of Data Analytics in Marketing for Insurance

Jul 1 2024 // The strategic application of data analytics has become a cornerstone of success in the insurance industry. Data analytics and predictive modeling offer insurance entities a powerful means to identify profitable market...

Thanks to AI, Industry Could Soon See Big Rise in Parametric Insurance. Are Agents Ready?

Jul 1 2024 // Insurance agents must now embrace the use of artificial intelligence, but they won’t be replaced by it. And the use of parametric policies will soon increase sharply across property insurance lines because that...

‘Great Resignation’ Enters Third Year as Workers Embrace AI, Upskilling, PwC Says

Jun 26 2024 // The proportion of workers who expect to switch employers in the next 12 months is higher than that from the “Great Resignation” period of 2022, a PwC survey of the global workforce found. Around 28% of more...

Music Labels Sue AI Companies Suno, Udio for Copyright Infringement

Jun 25 2024 // Major record labels Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Records sued artificial intelligence companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the labels’...

AI Chatbots, Gen AI Set to Revolutionize Insurance Claims Processing: Survey

Jun 20 2024 // A majority of global insurers are actively endorsing the application of AI chatbots and generative AI in claims resolution processes, underwriting and customer fulfilment, according to a survey conducted by Gallagher...

Thanks to AI, Industry Will Soon See Big Jump in Parametric Insurance, Consultant Says

Jun 18 2024 // Insurance agents must now embrace the use of artificial intelligence, but they won’t be replaced by it. And the use of parametric policies will soon increase sharply across property insurance lines because that...

Where the AI Risks Are: Swiss Re’s Top 10 Ranking by Industry

Jun 17 2024 // The insurance industry came in sixth in a ranking of 10 major industries based on current AI risk, and seventh based on future risk, with healthcare replacing IT as the most exposed sector in the next 10 years. The...

SEC Charges AI-Based Startup With ‘Old School Fraud Using New School Buzzwords’

Jun 14 2024 // The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week charged Ilit Raz, CEO and founder of the failed artificial intelligence recruitment startup Joonko, with defrauding investors of at least $21 million. According to the...

Survey: US Business Owners Seek More Insurance Coverage as AI, Election Risks Loom

Jun 13 2024 // Artificial intelligence and U.S. election have emerged as significant risks to businesses this year with an overwhelming 80% of owners worried their insurance will not cover a specific loss, a survey by insurance brokerage...

Viewpoint: Why Insurers Should Have Confidence in Machine Learning Capability

Jun 12 2024 // Executive Summary: While insurance leaders plan to use machine learning capability in their pricing and underwriting processes, only a small proportion actually have embraced the technology. They need to take the next step...

Growing Reliance on Big Tech for AI Carries New Risks, Banks Say

Jun 7 2024 // The boom in artificial intelligence will increase banks’ dependence on big U.S. tech firms, creating new risks for the industry, European banking executives said. Excitement around using artificial intelligence (AI)...

Tech Update: USI’s Tech-Enabled Risk Control Platform; Baldwin Group Starts API-Connected Cyber Placements; AI-Based Workers Comp Fraud Detection at CLARA

Jun 6 2024 // USI Insurance Services (USI) announced the launch of PATH (patent pending), a proprietary technology-enabled risk control platform for clients. The new platform leverages industry-specific benchmark data to generate...

Exploring AI: Fascination with AI, Not Fear Will Drive Success for Independent Agents

Jun 3 2024 // I remember watching Michael Crighton’s “Westworld” in 1973. Two vivid impressions from that experience remain. The first was my date breaking my glasses when she screamed and threw her arms open during a...

Nationwide’s Kandhari Talks Building a Bionic Workforce With AI

May 31 2024 // Nationwide’s Chetan Kandhari said the company is working to build a bionic workforce. Maybe that brings to mind robots, futuristic technology and sci-fi imagery, but Kandhari said no one should fear robots replacing...

How AI Can Reshape Claims Management

May 30 2024 // How can artificial intelligence change property and casualty insurance claim processing? Two industry experts answered that question from a few angles during Carrier Management’s annual InsurTech Summit. Frank...

Is Trampoline Job Landscape Work? AI Says Yes. 11th Circuit Says It’s Not Covered

May 30 2024 // Is the installation of an in-ground trampoline considered landscaping work, covered by a landscaper’s liability insurance policy? Artificial intelligence programs suggest that it is. But human judges with the 11th...