Technology
Tackling turbulence for pet insurers
The pet insurance market is not short on options - the issue consumers have is understanding the many different choices. With better data though Sara Costantini, CRIF’s regional director for the UK and Ireland, suggests insurers would be better equipped to tailor solutions to meet policyholder needs.
How an AI-assisted motor claims handler cared for me
Editor’s View: Emma Ann Hughes shares how a recent call to her motor insurer highlighted why humans will always be needed to care for policyholders in their hour of need.
Q&A: Cameron Shearer, Superscript
Frances Stebbing speaks to Cameron Shearer, CEO of Superscript, about what new entrants in the insurtech space need to do to stay ahead, and how the company’s technology has contributed to driving profitable growth for the year ahead.
Could Jaguar Land Rover issues derail OEM insurance ambitions?
Following customer concerns over Jaguar Land Rover’s embedded scheme, Tom Luckham contemplates whether the original equipment manufacturer-led car insurance revolution is still a distant dream?
Q&A: Roi Amir, Sprout AI
Frances Stebbing speaks to Roi Amir, CEO of Sprout AI about how insurers can rebuild policy holders trust in artificial intelligence and why insurers need to bring customers along for the digital transformation journey.
Using AI to monitor claim health
Wayne Calderbank, group data and performance director at Claims Consortium Group, says artificial intelligence is enabling the monitoring of sentiment within the claims journey and ensuring potential problems can be identified and addressed.
60 Seconds With... LexisNexis’ Tom Lawrie-Fussey
Tom Lawrie-Fussey, senior director of product management at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, couldn’t live without cars and loves to listen to The Police through a decent sound system.
Insurers' struggle to fill job vacancies laid bare
Data analysis: The extent to which insurance is an experienced employee’s, rather than an employer’s, is laid bare by recruitment adverts posted at the start of this year.
What the future holds for AI regulation
Striking the right balance between regulatory intervention and industry autonomy is crucial to realising the full benefits of artificial intelligence while ensuring ethical, accountable, and inclusive practices within the insurance sector, argues Nutan…
Video Q&A: Insurants’ Ben Platts on the benefits of document ingestion
Ben Platts, Insurants’ chief operating officer, spoke with Insurance Post content director Jonathan Swift about the challenges insurance companies face in comparing and extracting data in policy documents.
British Insurance Awards 2024 shortlist revealed
The shortlist of the 30th British Insurance Awards, which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on 3 July, is announced today.
MIB to roll out ANPR-linked ‘scalpel’ approach to tackling uninsured driving
The Motor Insurers’ Bureau is to roll out new technology that will act more like a ‘scalpel’ than the present ‘lucky dip’ approach to catching uninsured drivers.
Time to make it easier to pay for insurance
Andrea Dunlop, non-executive director of Access PaySuite, points out if you want brand loyalty and repeat custom, then you need to make it easier for customers to pay for insurance.
How Blueprint Two will transform insurance
Post Podcast: Insurance has moved from parchment, to paper, to PDFs in the last few hundred years and Blueprint Two will hopefully help the sector transition towards frictionless processing, according to Rob Myers, operations director of the Lloyd’s…
British Insurance Technology Awards shortlist 2024 announced
Today Insurance Post can reveal the shortlist for the 2024 British Insurance Technology Awards.
Tech transformations wont work ‘if the tail is wagging the dog’
Two years on from being brought in to oversee Direct Line’s online transformation, the insurer’s chief information officer Ash Jokhoo has outlined how work to develop an end-to-end digital claims process is going.
Zurich reveals it has found more than 160 use cases for AI
Zurich has deployed more than 160 artificial intelligence-powered solutions across its business around the world, the insurer’s group chief information and digital office Ericson Chan has said.
Insurtechs partner up to tackle ‘unaffordable’ SME cover
Blip’s CEO shares how the business has partnered with Wakam to “disrupt the status quo” and provide competitively priced and easy to understand small business insurance.
Big Interview: R;pple Suicide Prevention’s Alice Hendy
Tom Luckham sits down with R;pple Suicide Prevention founder and CEO Alice Hendy MBE to discuss her career so far, mental health in insurance, and of course, West Ham United.
R;pple to expand suicide prevention tool to other harmful searches
R;pple, a tool that picks up on harmful searches related to suicide, will expand its reach to other harmful searches, co-founder and CEO Alice Hendy told Insurance Post.
And the insurance Oscar goes to...
Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, Alex Nicoll, UK head of media and entertainment at Sedgwick, considers how the ceremony will shine a spotlight on the incredible potential of virtual production and serve as a reminder of the…