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Lloyd’s Uses Insurable Value Data to Predict France Will Win 2018 World Cup

Jun 12 2018 // Lloyd’s World Cup Group Infographic Analyzing the collective insurable value of soccer players, Lloyd’s of London* predicts that France will be the winner of the 2018 World Cup, which will be held in Russia...

How Data Privacy Laws Could Hamper Insurance Underwriting

May 24 2018 // Complying with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation is leading insurers and reinsurers to dilute the types of data they gather—something that could diminish underwriting quality, A.M. Best...

EU’s Data Privacy Law Places AI Use in Insurance Under Closer Scrutiny

May 22 2018 // Regulators are beginning to teach robots who’s the boss. After spending billions of dollars on cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies, Europe’s banks and insurers face tougher scrutiny of the tools...

Europe’s New Data Privacy Law Boosts Cyber Insurance Sales

May 22 2018 // Data privacy rules coming into force this week are giving Europe’s fledgling cyber insurance market a boost as they make companies more aware of the risks caused by customer information breaches. Europe’s...

Why Insurance Industry Should Embrace, Not Fear, Artificial Intelligence

May 22 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Artificial intelligence isn’t the cold, job killing disruptor many fear it to be – at least it won’t be for many years to come, says Jeff Somers, president of...

Insurers Urge Focus on Safety and Data Sharing in Autonomous Vehicles

May 18 2018 // While automated driving systems hold great promise to save lives and reduce crashes, the focus must remain on validating the safety of the technology every step of the way, according to the National Association of Mutual...

How Insurer Execs, Workers View Artificial Intelligence and Future Work

May 11 2018 // Insurers can seize major growth opportunities by redesigning work, bringing in new talent, and pivoting their existing workforces to work with artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new repot by Accenture. The...

White House Hosts Meeting on Future of Artificial Intelligence

May 10 2018 // The White House plans to convene a meeting on Thursday on the future of artificial intelligence in U.S. industry with major companies including Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Oracle Corp....

Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers

May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...

QBE Invests in HyperScience Artificial Intelligence for Office Work

May 3 2018 // QBE Insurance Group Limited (QBE) through its QBE Ventures, has closed an investment into HyperScience, a machine learning company focused on building artificial intelligence products for automating office work. In...

Experts Warn on Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence

Apr 27 2018 // The world must prepare for potential malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI) by rogue states, criminals and terrorists, according to a report by a group of 26 security experts. Forecasting rapid growth in cybercrime...

Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers

Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...

U.K. Insurance Exec Denies Misuse of His Firms’ Data to Influence Brexit Vote

Apr 17 2018 // A prominent campaigner to leave the European Union, Arron Banks, denied allegations on Tuesday by a former employee of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica that he had misused personal data for political...

How Predictive Analytics Boost Commercial Insurance Profits, Smooth Cycles

Apr 5 2018 // The increasing use of predictive analytics among commercial lines insurers has helped improve their bottom lines and led to more balanced underwriting cycles, A.M. Best says in a report. “Underwriting cycles have...

Why ‘Big Data’ Will Force Insurance Companies to Think Hard About Race

Mar 27 2018 // The controversy surrounding the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica’s use of personal data harvested from social media accounts without the users’ permission is among the first of what likely will be...

Taming Technochauvinism and Accepting Computers Don’t Always Get Things Right

Mar 27 2018 // An algorithm can predict which passengers survived the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 and can do so with 97 percent accuracy—a result that both demonstrates the power of artificial intelligence and, more subtly,...

Analytics and Automation Reshaping the HR Process

Mar 19 2018 // Advancements in technology are driving continued evolution throughout the insurance industry. From insurtech and telematics to artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization, the industry continues to face increased...

Large Commercial Insurance Brokers Investing in AI, Analytics: Novarica

Mar 14 2018 // Large commercial brokers transacting business with multiple carriers and distributors are seeking to differentiate themselves in a competitive marketplace through improved technology such as artificial intelligenceI,...

Private Equity Firm Blackstone Eyes Insurance Data Analytics Business

Mar 12 2018 // Blackstone Group LP has bigger plans for insurance companies than just managing their money. The world’s largest private equity firm is expanding into a lucrative business dominated by BlackRock Inc.: portfolio risk...

Artificial Intelligence Raises Real Risks from Malicious Hackers, Rogue States

Feb 21 2018 // Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are raising risks that malicious users will soon exploit the technology to mount automated hacking attacks, cause driverless car crashes or turn commercial drones into targeted...