Doctors won't be spared, as cutting-edge robotics will do some jobs more precise than they can. An ... [ ] older doctor with shaky hands and less-than-perfect eyesight will easily be replaced by a robot who doesn't take off Wednesday to golf. Just because you turn the page on the calendar, it doesn't mean that things will be radically different. History shows that most major events unfold slowly and then happen all of a sudden. The start of 2020 will continue the current trends that we are witnessing right now.

"Insurance is an elevator asset industry. The assets ride up in the elevator in the morning and ride down at the end of the day." A new report from research firm Autonomous has found that artificial intelligence (AI) is set to take over 2.5 million financial jobs by 2033 – and a whopping 885,000 of jobs under threat are in the insurance industry. Technological innovation brings change and efficiencies that often impact industries from a human capital standpoint. But those efficiencies can also have a positive impact on the workforce, and subsequently on the end-consumer.