5 Deep Learning Use Cases for the Insurance Industry

Can You Get Business Insurance without a Business License?

Article | March 16, 2020

Opening a business brings many questions, and the very fact that you’re interested in learning more about insurance for your company demonstrates your responsibility as an entrepreneur. In most cases, you don’t need to have your business license yet to purchase insurance for your company, which means you can get started on this critical task right away. However, you should know there are certain types of insurance you may be required to carry in order to get or maintain your business license. There are also other types you should obtain to protect you from the consequences of lawsuits or unexpected events down the road.

Claims - the final frontier for insurtechs

Article | March 4, 2020

What is the insurtech difference when it comes to claims? Jonathan Swift mulls on how the Next Generation is starting to figure this out “The claims experience is really critical to our brand and making sure that customers are saying Digital Risks is who I am insured with. Whilst others struggle with that, we want to be a case that if you have a claim it is Digital Risks who you are dealing with.” This sentiment is interesting because there has perhaps been an – incorrect – assumption that insurtechs are really only focused on acquiring customers by making it as simple as possible.

How AI is bringing the insurance industry into the future

Article | March 12, 2020

Technology is advancing every day, and it’s disrupting industries from retail to manufacturing to insurance. It has become increasingly apparent that AI, blockchain and machine learning have the power to transform the future of business and the way people work and live. These new technologies are already being applied in the insurance industry. Some insurance companies are using AI and machine learning to automate certain parts of the claims handling process and improve customer service. Blockchain is being used to detect fraud and prevent risk.

7 Business Models of the Future for Insurers

Article | March 18, 2020

The insurance industry continues to be an enabler of innovation. Since its creation three centuries ago, it has become an essential part of the global economy — providing security and resilience to businesses and individuals alike. But the fundamentals of how it operates have barely changed. As we enter a new decade, the industry must reflect the reality of the needs of today’s businesses and society. Large commercial insurers and reinsurers, in particular, have an increasingly urgent imperative to realign their organizations and modify their offerings to include stronger preventive services against new and evolving threats, including climate change and cyber risk. There is a huge opportunity. Our latest NextWave Insurance report reveals that, should the industry act now, an unprecedented growth and profitability spike is within reach. By 2030, we project that large commercial insurers and reinsurers could experience: