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How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The Way You Buy Travel Insurance

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way you buy travel insurance. From shopping for a policy to filing a claim, there’s no part that hasn’t been touched by AI.

“AI is revolutionizing travel insurance,” says Greg Jung, chief growth officer for Seven Corners. “It’s making it more efficient and tailored to individual needs.”

Words like “efficient” and “tailored” are rare in the one-size-fits-all, bureaucratic travel insurance industry. For years, consumers had limited choices. And when they filed a claim, it took close to forever to get an answer, much less get paid.

AI in Insurance: A catalyst for change

The insurance sector is built on the ability to manage risk and forecast the future. While many organizations are already transforming to meet the expected demands of both regulatory requirements and consumer needs, new and emerging technologies could offer a host of potential benefits to those that are willing to embrace change. Integrating these technologies could further enable precise predictions, manage customer interactions and expand the personalized service and product lines with unprecedented accuracy and speed. So, how prepared is the insurance industry to harness the latest technologies to help shape the future?

Driving Innovation: How Generative AI is Revolutionizing in Car Insurance

In the ever-evolving landscape of car insurance, customer service plays a pivotal role in shaping the overall experience for policyholders. With the advent of generative AI, the dynamics of customer interactions are undergoing a profound transformation, particularly in the realm of car insurance. This article delves into the impact of generative AI on customer service in car insurance and highlights Comparaencasa’s pioneering efforts in Latin America as a prime example of leveraging this technology for enhanced customer experiences.

Transportation insurance company partners with Gradient AI

The trucking industry has witnessed a surge in claim verdicts in recent years, according to research from the American Transportation Research Institute. Factors contributing to this escalation include an increase in injury and fatality crashes involving commercial trucks, as well as the impact of social inflation, which leads to claims exceeding overall economic inflation. In response to these challenges, insurers serving the trucking sector, including ATTIC, have been actively seeking new strategies to handle claims effectively and anticipate outcomes.

AI Is Helping Insurance Companies With Underwriting and Due Diligence

The insurance industry has had a rough few years. It has been slammed with claims from a series of major hurricanes (so much so that a growing number of insurers are withdrawing from the Florida market) and wildfires. Valuations of vehicles have soared. And the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in life insurance companies paying out over $90 billion in 2020 alone.

Four Trending Priorities For Insurtechs In 2023

The use of AI and ML is nothing new and has been part of the industry for a while now. In 2023, it will continue to be an essential piece fueling company growth, especially with generative AI improving automation and streamlining efforts for financial services. While still in its early stages of innovation and some time away from not needing human annotation and editing, generative AI is a technology that I am watching for in 2023 and beyond, with the end game of providing the best customer experience.

How AI Will Reshape the Insurance Industry

AI will change how insurers market to customers, detect fraud, assess claims and more. According to research firm IDC, the use of AI solutions in the insurance market will grow 32 percent by 2026. Insurance firms can use AI-based tools to make their operations more automated and accurate, says Doug McElhaney, a partner at McKinsey who specializes in AI and has written about AI in insurance. “If you can imbue AI into especially something that’s a bit subjective, it can really increase the accuracy of how you’re approaching this decision, giving you insight that you didn’t have before,” he says.

How AI Is Transforming the Insurance Industry

AI and machine learning offer the AI-first insurers a competitive edge over their rivals. Here is an overview of the latest advancements in the AI insurance space and their real-world applications. Instead of manually re-typing information, insurance agents can be empowered with automated systems, accurately capturing and reconciling data from paper-based forms, and augmenting it with inputs from other sources.

How AI Is Changing The Game In Insurance

The insurance industry is one of the largest in the world and has been around for hundreds of years, making it ripe for transformation by newcomers in the space. Over the past five to ten years, technology has pushed the frontier of what’s possible, making way for a new breed of digital-first insurance companies to come to life. The use of technology, data, artificial intelligence (AI), and modern design has created a powerful combination, changing what was once a very policy-centric industry to one that’s customer-centric.

How AI Adoption Can Impact The Insurance Industry

An insurance company’s profits depend not just on pricing but also on limiting the payouts. And so, health and life insurance companies have a huge incentive to prevent illness. With the help of AI, they are shifting their focus to proactive care in diverse ways. They are launching health apps and medical-grade sensors (utilizing IoT, or the Internet of Things) to help people stay healthy and bundling life insurance policies with health platforms.

How to ensure your customers love your insurance self-service portal

By now you know that providing access to a portal reaps many benefits for your business and the customer, but the experience your customers have via your portal will go a long way to determining if they remain customers in the long run. For younger audiences in particular, feel-good moments with brands are important – they want to spend their hard earned money with businesses that they feel understand them and make their lives easier.

Top-5 trends shaping the future of insurance in 2022

Today consumers become more demanding of the quality of services. Insurers that have successfully implemented AI into their systems admit the expectations from the investments are proved. The key to the use of AI is the rapid processing of huge amounts of data to offer the end-user a personalized offer, keeping in mind his habits and needs. In the coming years, the capabilities of AI will be expanded: it will be able to identify, predict and evaluate the occurrence of risks, and change the existing underwriting structure fundamentally.

6 Must-have features for an insurance customer self-service portal

A self-service portal should be designed to accommodate the demands of today’s tech-savvy, time-constrained policyholder accessing your website using a desktop, laptop, smartphone, or another mobile device. They expect an intuitive and easy-to-use platform that seamlessly generates quotes, submits claims, answers questions regarding specific policies, and pays bills.

Insurance 2030—The impact of AI on the future of insurance

AI’s underlying technologies are already being deployed in our businesses, homes, and vehicles, as well as on our person. The disruption from COVID-19 changed the timelines for the adoption of AI by significantly accelerating digitization for insurers. Virtually overnight, organizations had to adjust to accommodate remote workforces, expand their digital capabilities to support distribution, and upgrade their online channels. While most organizations likely didn’t invest heavily in AI during the pandemic, the increased emphasis on digital technologies and a greater willingness to embrace change will put them in a better position to incorporate AI into their operations.