What Is Benchmarking? “Benchmarking is the practice of measuring a system’s performance against a standard.” – International Risk Management Institute, 2022 Benchmarking is a term used in various industries to set the precedent of how good (or bad) a company is performing against industry standards. Benchmarking allows industries to set guidelines to track goals, paceRead more
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Digital transformation, digitalization, digital maturity; these are all labels for the change from manual, cumbersome and time-consuming processes to digital, automated and efficient operation. It is based around the use of digital components, such as cloud services, Software as a Services, Infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, artificial intelligence and machine learning replacingRead more
Artificial Intelligence: An answer for Insurance Claim Management? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is much more than a buzz word in the insurance industry. AI has promoted changes across the industry in various practices: Chatbots. Claim Management. Evidence Gathering for Auto and Health Insurance via wearables. Telematic Devices. Massive Data Production and Analysis, and more. Changes brought by AI are not only being adopted in the industry, but they are also changing insurance permanently. But before digging deeper into this subject, let usRead more
Recently, Sonoma County in California has decided to enter a contract with a South Korean technology firm, Alchera. This partnership will give the county an extra set of eyes to help alert for danger of wildfires embodied by drones. When they spot a fire or signs of one, the drones will alert first responders. The two-year contract was funded through 3 MillonRead more
After the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent move from offices to virtual work environments, employers have started paying serious attention to cyber security. According to the Report “Cost of a Data Breach” from IBM, during 2020 the average cost of a data breach was 3.86 million dollars. More specifically, in the health care industry theRead more
As discussed in part 1, cyber insurance can protect your business against cyberattacks. In the second part of the series, the focus will be on how costs are calculated in cyber insurance. How to Calculate the Cost of Cyber Insurance A study performed by AdvisorSmith Solution Inc found that the average cost of a cyber liability policy in 2020 was around $1,500 perRead more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the insurance industry is a form of technology that allows computer systems to accomplish tasks without human intervention. These task involve Gathering information; Analyzing data by running models for example of projected sales. Finally, Automatically making decisions, which is essentially automating a task. AI is turning the insurance industry around. The uses of AIRead more
