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Colville Wood & David Fearne: Cognizant: The power and surprises of generative AI in practice (283)

Jan 10, 2024

Colville Wood and David Fearne from Cognizant discuss the practical applications and benefits of generative AI in the insurance industry. They explore how generative AI can automate manual tasks, optimize processes, and provide valuable insights for underwriters. The key to successful implementation is finding balance between AI and humans. They also touch on data privacy and security considerations. Overall, generative AI has the potential to streamline workflows and improve operations in the insurance industry.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Generative AI: Solving Insurance Problems

01:31 • 5min

Understanding the Four Cognitive Architectures for Enterprise Use Cases

06:26 • 3min

Applying Generative AI in Customer Experience and Organizational Processes

09:03 • 20min

Exploring Constant's Approach to Generative AI

29:02 • 2min

Cognizant is a global professional services company helping companies across different industries with generative AI.

Henry Gale is joined this week by Colville Wood, Chief Technology Officer for Insurance (UK&I and EMEA) and David Fearne, Global Director of Generative AI at Cognizant. The discussion covers how Generative AI has the potential to automate manual tasks, optimize processes, and provide valuable insights for underwriters in the insurance industry. Cognizant encourages companies to start exploring the possibilities of generative AI and see how it can improve their operations.

Key talking points include:

Generative AI in the workplace - accelerator and assistant
Data, privacy and security considerations
Helping underwriters do their work better
The key to successful implementation is balance

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

Identify how Generative AI can help streamline workflows in insurance, particularly for underwriters
Summarise what you need to take into consideration before implementing Generative AI into the workplace
Specify examples where insurers could implement Generative AI to accelerate their processes

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