Data science

Insurer chose data analytics and management company to fill data operations gaps

Success depends on people, culture and processes.

The company is looking for people with skills in software engineering, data science and cybersecurity.

MetLife has hired Carolina Stein, who will be based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sears Merritt will lead technology-focused strategies to accelerate digital transformation at the company.

Some consumers don’t seem to be crying out for usage-based insurance and evidence shows some of the models in use are only mildly predictive at best. Why is that? Why is it that auto insurance companies have not found a way to significantly improve on the traditional metrics of age, zip code and the like despite all the technological advances of the last few decades?

Inside the near-term tech plans for the multiline insurer.

Ppooling the same type of transactional data from multiple insurers can help paint a much clearer picture.

Toronto-based company recently raised $3.5 million in seed funding for commercial insurance platform.

The data types that firms perceive as adding the most value to the business include pre-fill data from third-party vendors, images from cameras and smartphones, PDFs of all sorts of data, and customer segmentation.

Productizing and monetizing insights into actions across the enterprise are the dividing lines between data science and traditional IT and actuarial organizations.

Ali Shahkaram has been with the company since 2012.

Data analytics will become more embedded in day-to-day processes specifically to provide analytics and AI insights within the flow of business.

The fastest growing job roles will be data scientist, machine learning design/development/engineer and data engineer.

Brexit, climate change, an economic slowdown and technology are among the factors that could have the greatest impact on jobs in the 2020s, a new study says.

America’s high-tech workers may still gravitate to the obvious spots. But behind them are plenty of regional college towns attracting workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Technology can’t stand on its own, says Greg Firestone, VP of data science. Here’s how he gets the business to buy in.

Organizations that excel at scaling technology innovation generate double the revenue growth, according to a new report from IT services and consulting firm Accenture.

Personal lines company aims to offer bundled home and auto quickly and easily via digital.