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The risks and limitations of AI in insurance

IBM Big Data Hub

In my previous post , I described the different capabilities of both discriminative and generative AI, and sketched a world of opportunities where AI changes the way that insurers and insured would interact. Technological risk—data confidentiality The chief technological risk is the matter of data confidentiality.

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Mitigating the impact of climate change in insurance and other financial services  

IBM Big Data Hub

According to Berenberg analysts , individual insurance companies faced total claims estimates of up to approximately USD 300 million. For other financial services firms outside of the insurance sector, property accepted as loan security might face climate-related risks as well. As a result, their market would shrink.

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How Insurance Companies Use Data To Measure Risk And Choose Rates

Smart Data Collective

The auto insurance industry has always relied on data analysis to inform their policies and determine individual rates. The good news is that this new data can help lower your insurance rate. Here is the type of data insurance companies use to measure a client’s potential risk and determine rates. Demographics.

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How Insurers Evaluate Data and Incorporate it Into their Business Model

Smart Data Collective

One of the industries most affected by data technology has been the insurance sector. In order to appreciate the role of big data in insurance, it is necessary to look at its historical context. Insurance may sound like a boring business, but in reality, it is the most interesting part of the economy. Insurance and data.

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4 Ways to Better Manage and Govern Financial Services and Insurance Models

Domino Data Lab

The financial services industries are starting to realize the full import of the fact that, like household chores like dishwashing and garden work, ML models are never really done. Rather, AI and ML models need to be monitored for validity, and often, they also need to be re-explained and re-documented for regulators.

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Insurance Claims Modeling With GLM: A Modern Approach

Dataiku

Estimating risk is the essential ingredient to determine the price of an insurance policy. The estimated risk of an insurance policy is the minimum price an insurer should quote to be breakeven, therefore evaluating this risk with precision and confidence is the foundation of a robust quoting system.

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Is Artificial Intelligence relevant to insurance?

IBM Big Data Hub

In this first of two posts, I investigate the anatomy of artificial intelligence and its impact on insurance. The early versions of AI were capable of predictive modelling (e.g., The four categories of predictive modelling, robotics, speech and image recognition are collectively known as algorithm-based AI or Discriminative AI.