Sarah Russell
General Manager at Bellwether, a climate-focused moonshot from Google X. Focuses on building a prediction engine for the Earth and its application to wildfire risk and insurance analytics.
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Apr 6, 2025 • 40min
Sarah Russell, General Manager: Bellwether: The first prediction engine for the Earth and everything on it (349)
Sarah Russell, General Manager at Bellwether and an innovator from Google X, dives deep into creating a pioneering wildfire prediction engine. She explains how machine learning beats traditional physics-based models, revolutionizing insurance analytics. Sarah highlights the ability to identify overlooked low-risk zones, delivering 10% improvements in loss ratios for insurers. She emphasizes the importance of explainable AI to build trust and outlines future developments like agentic AI. This discussion reveals how technology can reshape wildfire risk assessment and insurance workflows.
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Apr 1, 2025 • 37min
The Future of Insurance – Sarah Russell, Managing Director of Bellwether at Alphabet x
Sarah Russell, founder and managing director of Project Bellwether at Alphabet X, merges technology with climate insight. She discusses the pressing risks of climate change, highlighting wildfires and their ramifications for insurance. Innovative tools like Bellwether Predict and Bellwether Rapid Response leverage machine learning for disaster readiness and damage assessment. Russell emphasizes the insurance sector's role in adapting to natural disasters, advocating for collaboration and advanced analytics to rethink risk management in a rapidly changing world.
