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News and analysis on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the insurance and reinsurance industry.
Increasingly, the insurance and reinsurance market is adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance its operations and make them more efficient, as well as in developing innovative new products and operating models for underwriting insurance and reinsurance risks.
Canopius to integrate Arturo’s deep-learning property analytics
12th August 2019
Specialty insurer and reinsurer Canopius AG has entered into a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) and deep-learning property analytics start-up, Arturo. According to an announcement on the new arrangement, Arturo's deep-learning property analysis capability will be integrated into Canopius. The integration is expected to provide the re/insurer with physical property characteristic and ... Read the full article
CLARA names new CEO as Lakshmikanthan becomes Chief Product Officer
2nd August 2019
CLARA analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence-driven (AI) technology in the commercial insurance space, has revealed Gary Hagmueller as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as founder Jayant Lakshmikanthan transitions to the role of Chief Product Officer. Hagmueller brings more than two decades of industry experience to the role and has ... Read the full article
Beazley to partner with obstetrics AI firm PeriGen
24th July 2019
Specialist insurer Beazley is partnering with PeriGen, a developer of artificial intelligence-driven systems for obstetrics. The agreement will provide Beazley’s US healthcare clients with an early warning system for labor and delivery. PeriWatch Vigilance works alongside any existing electronic fetal monitor and assess long-term trends in fetal heart rate, contractions, maternal vitals ... Read the full article
Aon targets reduced workers’ comp claim costs via AI
24th July 2019
Global insurance and reinsurance brokerage Aon has taken steps to reduce workers' compensation litigation costs via the expansion of its strategic relationship with CLARA analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the commercial insurance space. Aon's Casualty Laser Diagnostic tool reveals that attorney involvement on a workers' comp claim ... Read the full article
Convex partners with Cytora on AI-powered commercial underwriting
15th July 2019
Convex Group Limited, the international specialty re/insurer set up by Stephan Catlin, has partnered with insurtech firm Cytora to develop artificial intelligence (AI) powered solutions for commercial insurance. Using Cytora’s AI-driven platform, Convex hopes to enhance its commercial underwriting process, using data to achieve a more accurate view of risk ... Read the full article
Munich Re backs French satellite imagery home insurer, Luko
18th June 2019
Global reinsurance giant Munich Re has partnered with French InsurTech Luko on the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI) driven satellite imagery home insurance. Luko describes itself as France's first neo insurance, and since the AI powered InsurTech launched roughly one year ago, it's already attracted 10,000 customers in France and, ... Read the full article
AI will help automate bespoke policies: Lloyd’s Trevor Maynard
17th June 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) will create some “interesting possibilities” in terms of automating how the insurance market delivers bespoke products, according to Trevor Maynard, Head of Innovation at Lloyd’s. Speaking at the MMC Rising Professionals’ Global Forum in London last week, Maynard addressed the “wave of technology” currently sweeping across the market, ... Read the full article
Swiss Re partners with Tencent’s WeBank to research AI use in reinsurance
24th May 2019
Swiss Re’s Beijing arm has partnered with WeBank, an online lender owned by Chinese investment comglomerate Tencent, to research the potential application of new artificial intelligence (AI) models in reinsurance, according to Shine. The parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on federated learning, a new encrypted and distributed ... Read the full article
AI insurtech omni:us adds Joost Heideman as strategic advisor
26th March 2019
omni:us, an insurance-focused artificial intelligence (AI) solutions business, has appointed Joost Heideman as strategic advisor to help drive its global expansion plans. Heideman has more than 25 years experience in the insurance industry and was until January 2019 Chief Executive Officer of Dutch mutual insurance company Univé. In his new role, Heideman ... Read the full article
AI technologies the “future of employment” for re/insurers, says Quantemplate CEO
6th March 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies should not just be viewed as a short-sighted cost cutting tool, but rather as the “future of employment” for re/insurance companies, according to David Lundgren, CEO of financial tech firm Quantemplate. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Lundgren noted that efficiency and cost ... Read the full article
Allianz to automate legal proceedings for injury claims using AI
28th January 2019
Allianz Insurance has launched a new digital proposition, called Defendant Hub, that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automate Ministry of Justice Stage 3 injury claims. Developed in partnership with UK law firm Keoghs, Defendant Hub will provide Allianz’s injury claims handlers with an end-to-end solution for Stage 3 claims. This is ... Read the full article
AXA XL partnership to utilise AI for faster assessment of property site surveys
10th January 2019
AXA XL’s risk management solutions business is attempting to utilise the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the assessment of property site surveys. By partnering with Expert System, an Italian software company, AXA XL Risk Consulting is hoping to exploit cognitive computing to drastically improve the rate at which its team ... Read the full article
QBE to enhance underwriting decisions using Cytora’s risk rating tech
7th January 2019
Global re/insurer QBE Insurance Group has adopted Risk Engine technology from artificial intelligence (AI) company Cytora to enhance underwriting decisions across its commercial portfolio. QBE explained that its partnership with Cytora will enable UK customers to purchase cover more efficiently, using Cytora’s predictive insights to recommend and tailor products to better ... Read the full article
IAG partnership to develop ethical AI-based systems
17th December 2018
Australian primary insurer, Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG), has partnered with The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Data61 group and The University of Sydney on the creation of an independent, not-for-profit organisation founded to research the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI). The Gradient Institute’s goal is to develop ethical ... Read the full article
Tokio Marine co-leads $90mn funding for Metromile start-up
24th July 2018
Tokio Marine Holdings and Intact Financial, a North American property and casualty (P&C) insurer, have co-led a $90 million Series E funding drive for Metromile Inc., a San Francisco based car insurance start-up that utilises a pay-per-mile model and fully automated claims experience. Metromile said it plans to use the funds ... Read the full article
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