AI will amplify rather than replace underwriting expertise
Allison Hamilton, head of US customer success at Cytora, argues the industry’s future will depend not on replacing experienced underwriters with artificial intelligence, but on helping them adapt and use technology to enhance their judgement.
For much of the last two years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in insurance has been dominated by one question: will technology replace underwriters?
It is an understandable concern
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