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Insurance IT leaders herald new era for digital customer experience

CIO

The insurance industry is undergoing a sea change, with IT playing a crucial role in rolling out digital customer experiences for policyholders and agents, as in-person meetings all but vanish in the post-pandemic era. IT as industry differentiator Insurers and financial services firms like MassMutual, of Springfield, Mass.,

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Insurify, a ‘virtual insurance agent,’ raises $100M Series B

TechCrunch

How many of us have not switched insurance carriers because we don’t want to deal with the hassle of comparison shopping? Insurify has built a machine learning-based virtual insurance agent that integrates with more than 100 carriers to digitize — and personalize — the insurance shopping experience.

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Aflac virtualizes the customer enrollment experience

CIO

The traditional in-person process of insurance agents meeting with prospective customers to discuss policies, sign paperwork, and load it into the company’s client/server system came to a complete halt. Because we are an insurance company, what we are is a promise on a piece of paper,” says then-CIO Richard Gilbert. “We

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5 Use Cases of Intelligent Process Automation in Insurance

Newgen Software

Despite providing financial protection and peace of mind, the insurance sector has long been criticized for its slow processing times, susceptibility to human error, and overall inefficiency. Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) helps insurers meet these expectations and address the sector’s long-standing challenges.

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Insurance Executive Search: Navigating the Landscape of Risk and Reward

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Evolving Role of Insurance Executives in Today’s Risk Landscape The role of insurance executives has significantly changed today’s risk landscape. Insurance executives must possess diverse skills and qualities to excel in this dynamic environment.

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Goodyear Ventures, Porsche Ventures invest in virtual sensing company Tactile Mobility

TechCrunch

On Wednesday, Tactile announced a $27 million Series C raise which it will use to further develop its virtual sensors, expand its product offerings and bolster its cloud platform — all of which will require up to 20 new hires in R&D this year, according to Shahar Bin-Nun, CEO of Tactile Mobility. .

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All about Machine Learning

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

In our third episode of Breaking 404 , we caught up with Srivatsan Ramanujam, Director of Software Engineering: Machine Learning, Salesforce to discuss everything about Machine Learning and the best practices for ML engineers to excel in their careers. Again, focus on Data Science and Machine Learning.