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Artificial intelligence in insurance and reinsurance news

Read all of our news on the growing use of artificial intelligence technologies in the insurance and reinsurance industry.

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to enhance risk modelling and data analytics capabilities for insurers and reinsurers, while also offering new ways to deliver insurance and reinsurance products and support customers as well.

How artificial intelligence will impact re/insurance customers: SCOR’s Jennifer Coleman

4th April 2018

Despite all the potential benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), most re/insurers are not yet at a stage where they can harness the full potential of it within their business models. Even in its fledgling stages of innovation, AI has altered and improved the customer experience, driving efficiencies in underwriting, claims processing, ... Read the full article

Cape Analytics expands AI-driven property data coverage to national U.S market

4th April 2018

Cape Analytics, a re/insurance data analytics provider, has announced that its property data coverage has been launched across the entire continental U.S, and claims it is the first national coverage to provide instant, imagery derived property information. The expanded coverage will allow U.S re/insurers to instantaneously access data on over 70 ... Read the full article

Artificial Intelligence risks may outweigh benefits, reports Allianz

29th March 2018

In a new report, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), a division of global insurer Allianz, has claimed that the advantages offered by increasingly integrated Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in the re/insurance industry may be outweighed by the potential threats they bring. AGCS claims that increased vulnerability to malicious cyber-attacks and ... Read the full article

Why AI is a game changer for reinsurance: Denis Kessler

22nd March 2018

As the Digital Revolution automates physical labour and drives the computerization of cognitive tasks through the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SCOR, Denis Kessler, commented in a recent report that AI and data collection will completely alter asymmetries in insurance transactions and refocus ... Read the full article

Big data, cyber security, and AI top InsurTech trends: Survey

15th March 2018

Top insurance trends where InsurTech is expected to make its mark in the next three years were identified in an Infosys market survey as big data for customer insight and wallet share, cyber security for data protection and compliance, artificial intelligence (AI) for underwriting and automation, and technology for business ... Read the full article

AI can deliver more efficient client value: Dan Glaser, MMC

19th February 2018

Marsh & McLennan (MMC) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dan Glaser discussed the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in both disrupting and advancing the re/insurance industry, noting its potential to improve data use and drive more efficient value to customers, in a recent interview with A.M. BestTV. Commenting on how ... Read the full article

Munich Re utilises Starmind’s AI to transform knowledge management

13th February 2018

Global reinsurance giant Munich Re is working with Starmind to transform and improve the reinsurer's knowledge management through advanced technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Starmind's technology is designed to expand human ingenuity by applying neuroscientific principles to AI, and reinsurer Munich Re is looking to transform its knowledge management via a ... Read the full article

CLARA raises $11.5mn Series A funding for AI insurtech claims solutions

5th January 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) and data science company, CLARA Analytics, has announced a $11.5 million Series A funding round led by OAK HC/FT, a venture growth-equity fund investing in Healthcare Information & Services and Financial Services Technology. CLARA builds AI-based solutions that are focused on claims operations for both the property & casualty and ... Read the full article

76% expect London re/insurance market to be disrupted in coming decade

23rd November 2017

Barbican Insurance Group, the London-based specialty re/insurance player, is to research and explore trends that will influence and drive the future of the London insurance and reinsurance market. Barbican and Gracechurch Consulting conducted a survey on the future of the London Market focused on innovation and modernisation. The findings show that 76% ... Read the full article

AI could “fundamentally close a lot of the protection gap,” Swiss Re CEO Mumenthaler

12th September 2017

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, Christian Mumenthaler, believes advanced technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), can help to close the global protection gap. Addressing an audience during the PwC breakfast at the 2017 meeting of the reinsurance industry in Monte-Carlo, Mumenthaler spoke about the increased digitisation ... Read the full article