Race as a Control Variable

One way to minimize proxy discrimination in multivariate pricing models is to introduce a "control variable" representing a protected class to the analysis. Birny Birnbaum explained the approach ...

About Archipelago

Archipelago co-founder Hemant Shah described the company as a risk data platform that uses artificial intelligence to digitize risk for large owners of commercial property. By doing so, the goal is ...

What Is Slice Mind?

Engineers and algorithms take the place of people for the digital insurers that use the Insurance Cloud Services platform available from Slice Labs Inc. But even carriers that don't currently use ICS ...

Designing Blockchain at AAIS

AAIS has developed openIDL, an open blockchain network that streamlines regulatory reporting and provides new insights for insurers. I interviewed Joan Zerkovich, VP of Operations at AAIS, about her ...

Design Thinking Basics

Design thinking is a methodology used by designers to solve complex business problems and find desirable practical solutions always with the focus on the benefit to the end user. Design thinking is ...