Managing Director of Insurance at Cloudera, Monique Hesseling, spoke at the New York AI Summit.
Cloudera was an official sponsor of the Summit.
Monique's session addressed the topic The Potential, the Possible and the Pragmatic of #AI in Insurance and looked at opportunities for applying artificial intelligence (AI) across the insurance spectrum - from sales and marketing initiatives, to improved underwriting and claims processing.
Monique also spoke about how advancing organizations from traditional and proven methodologies, to the potential offered by artificial intelligence, requires both maturing the technology and an organizational shift.
Questioning what it takes to move from experimentation to production, Monica reviewed evolutions to date including:
- AI project goals - improved risk assessment, personalization, cost reduction, etc
- tools for Success - Data, Skill sets, Sponsor
- sample Success - Example case studies
- gotchas - Lesson learned, best practices and what to avoid
Showcasing the latest advancements in AI
The New York AI Summit showcased latest advancements in AI tools and techniques and their application in insurance from the world's leading innovators across industry, academia and startups.
The events brought the latest technology advancements as well as practical examples to apply AI to solve challenges in business and society.
The mix of academia and industry enabled attendees to meet with AI pioneers at the forefront of research, as well as explore real-world case studies to discover the business value of AI.
Industry expertise and insight
Monique brings insight and expertise in both business leadership and data strategy to her role at Cloudera, where she works with insurance clients to optimize their use of data, analytics, and machine learning across the enterprise. Her career has primarily been in business leadership and data and analytics roles in insurance, working for companies including AON, Chubb, Mutual of Omaha, and Zurich Financial Services.
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