Company
Date Published
Author
Silvio Sola
Word count
1415
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The insurance industry is undergoing a digital transformation wave, with technology changing the way organizations operate and measure risk. Underwriting processes are being revolutionized by new technological advancements in IoT, Manufacturing, and Automotive space, enabling personalized underwriting paradigms and real-time data-driven decisions. Automation and Machine Learning algorithms can streamline new cases, reduce manual procedures, and help underwriters focus on high-value activities. Triaging times can be drastically reduced using AI/ML, and risk assessment processes can be made more effective by leveraging rule-based expert systems and ML algorithms to fine-tune underwriting rules and predict the risk of new cases and scenarios. By embracing digital transformation, insurers can gain a significant competitive advantage in the coming decade.