Mark McLaughlin, global insurance director, IBM, said insurers will benefit from developments in data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and industry platforms.
Charles Dugas, director of insurance solutions, Element AI, said insurers that want to implement an artificial intelligence program must work from a digital, modernized technology platform with access to data sources and computing power.
Lorie Graham, chief risk officer and senior insurance manager, American Agricultural Insurance, said cannabis growers and distributors face a range of challenges including overlapping jurisdictions that disagree on its legality.
A panel of cyberrisk experts gathered by A.M. BestTV at the Meeting of Reinsurance Officials in Montreal said insurers are using data to create and price cyber products, and that clients care about much more than financial indemnity.
Chris Duffield, senior vice president, Swiss Re Canada, said some mutual insurers may be able to better negotiate changes to the insurance environment because of their focus on their policyholders and corporate values.
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