From underwriting to claims management, artificial intelligence will transform the insurance industry - Watson Blog

Insurance is a $1.2 trillion industry in the U.S. alone, employing 2.9 million people. Historically, the insurance industry hasn’t felt the effects of digital disruption, due to a strict regulatory environment, the scale required to create a risk portfolio, and the time needed to establish trust with customers. But in a recent IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) survey, insurance executives identified changing market forces (such as increased competition and changing customer preferences) as the top driver affecting their enterprise. The core function of the insurance industry, risk management, has gotten more complex as customer data continues to compound. Insurance companies collect data scattered across siloed business units in paper or various unstructured digital formats. In this data-rich environment, underwriting and claims management workers don’t have immediate access to the information needed for informed internal and external decision-making, leading to burnout and costly mistakes. In fact, knowledge workers spend 30% of their time finding information required to…