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The UK spends £1.5 billion each year maintaining its 100,000 bridges and structures across the road and rail networks. The average age of these structures has now surpassed 50 years, a point at which they begin to enter a phase of accelerated...
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Today, women are significantly underrepresented in Defence & National Security. This piece shares insights from some of the women at Mind Foundry about the challenges they've faced, their advice to others, and why correcting this imbalance can help...
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2024 has been a significant year for AI in insurance. New products and technologies are being developed and deployed, but regulations like the Consumer Duty are becoming clearer and more impactful. At 2024’s Insurance Post AI Summit, Mind Foundry...
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Building a performant model in insurance is one thing. Building, deploying, maintaining, and governing hundreds of models in production is another challenge entirely. AI is already integral to insurance and has been the driving force behind much of...
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AI adoption has accelerated in insurance in recent years, with 77% of insurers indicating they are at some stage of adopting AI in their value chain. At the same time, AI regulations worldwide are becoming more defined, and these regulations will...
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AI's potential to drastically enhance the insurance industry is extraordinary and undeniable, with McKinsey estimating AI could add up to $1.1 trillion in annual value for the global insurance industry. But just as AI's potential is beyond question,...
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In the insurance industry, understanding and trusting the decision-making process of predictive models is essential. Historically, insurers used simple models that were easily explainable to regulators, but in recent years, as many models have...
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On July 31st 2024, the Consumer Duty came into effect for both open and closed products, with far-reaching implications for any organisation offering a financial service or product in the UK. This includes the insurance industry, and insurers must...
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Fraud is one of the most pervasive threats in the insurance industry. Insurance fraud is estimated to cost insurers £1.1 billion in the UK alone. As the cost of living has placed more people under significant financial pressure, authorities warn of...
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The complexity of modern pricing models, coupled with the regulatory changes that are due to come into effect this year, means that insurers need to start implementing proper AI governance. However, scaling this governance to span a business that...
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Insurance is an incredibly competitive industry. The sheer number of customers, competitors, and small margins make for an adversarial landscape. Pricing is like a microcosm of the insurance industry, with every insurer jostling for the attention of...
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As an industry driven by data and complex algorithms, the insurance sector stands at a crossroads where transparency and explainability in pricing models are becoming more than just best practices—they're becoming imperatives. As the tools and...
