AI is transforming the insurance industry, affecting claims, fraud detection, underwriting, and more. Insurers must balance AI's potential with data accuracy, ethics, and human expertise.
The marine insurance industry faces myriad challenges including geopolitical tensions, uncertain macroeconomic conditions, ESG issues and a shortage of talent. Inland marine insurers are being further impacted by increased reinsurance costs and severe weather conditions, and as a result are increasingly turning to technology to improve the underwriting process.
In her 20-year underwriting career, Markel International's head of media and entertainment Pippa Stone has seen major changes in the way content is produced and consumed.