AI Adoption Guide for Underwriting Teams
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Over the past few years, we've worked with more than 50 underwriting teams to bring AI into their day-to-day operations. So we've put together a 5-stage guide that covers what successful AI adoption actually looks like, from picking the right starting point to building trust and scaling across your team .
Sixfold, the AI underwriting platform used by leading life, health, and P&C insurers, has announced the release of its new AI Adoption Guide to help insurers accelerate transition from pilot to deployment, sharing lessons from working with more than 50 underwriting teams across the globe.
Sixfold unveils AI adoption guide for insurers
Drawing on lessons from more than 50 underwriting teams worldwide, the AI Adoption Guide outlines a five-stage model to accelerate adoption : identify a real, felt pain point; build trust through evidence; make usage effortless; leverage peer influence; and sustain growth.
Why underwriting teams are adopting AI now Underwriters don't spend much of their day underwriting . Accenture's long-running property and casualty (P&C) survey found the average underwriter spends about 40% of their time on administrative work and 30% on negotiation and sales support, leaving only 30% for actual risk analysis. That's roughly 70% of expert capacity going to rekeying, chasing ...
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In many ways, insurance and underwriting is a prime candidate for AI disruption. AI is facilitated by massive amounts of data, which the insurance industry has in spades. At the same time, many insurers struggle to make use of their treasure troves of data. Even if an organisation's drive to become AI -enabled is strong, there are significant barriers to overcome.