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Insurance is the industry most affected by disruptive change, according to PwC

Insurance is the industry most affected by disruptive change - based on the percentage of CEOs who are 'extremely concerned' about the threats to growth from over-regulation, the speed of technological change, changing customer behaviour, and competition from new market entrants, shows the 20th edition of the PwC Global CEO Survey.

Reducing the loss ratio by effectively detecting insurance fraud

Insurance fraud is a serious issue for the entire insurance sector. Payment of fraudulent claims has a negative effect on the loss ratio and on insurance premiums, which results into a competitive disadvantage. Moreover, investigating 'false positives' takes a huge amount of time and unnecessary costs. Fraudsters are getting smarter in their attempts to evade the insurer's radar. As a consequence, money flows to the wrong people and thus combined ratios are under pressure. Insurance companies must detect insurance fraud before claims are paid. The best way to reduce the loss ratio is to increase the chances of fraud detection at claims and limit false positives to a minimum. 

Innovation - the right response to the technological challenge

The driverless revolution in the auto industry is already buzzing along city streets around the world, in a variety of tests and trials—and not just for cars, but for 18-wheel delivery trucks loaded with beer. Yet the excitement surrounding the emergence of autonomous vehicles tends to overshadow another tech revolution underway: the addition of dynamic cognition layers that will enable cars to care for human comfort, information and entertainment preferences in new and unimagined ways, say the Watson IoT team.

Jeroen MORRENHOF
CEO
FRISS

Fraudsters are getting smarter in their attempts to evade the insurer's radar. As a consequence, money flows to the wrong people and thus combined ratios are under pressure. Insurance companies must detect insurance fraud before claims are paid. The best way to reduce the loss ratio is to increase the chances of fraud detection at claims and limit false positives to a minimum.

Requirements Engineering and Legacy Systems

In order to remain competitive in the market, for example by a fast introduction of new insurance products, the legacy systems have to be modernized or replaced sooner or later. For this task, three alternatives were introduced with their advantages and disadvantages. All alternatives rely on a successful IT-Project.
In order to help them to succeed in time, budget, and scope, the professional application of different Requirements Engineering techniques are a key success factor.

Professional Requirements Engineering as a Key Factor for Successful Software Projects

In order to help your IT projects to succeed in time, budget, and scope, Requirements Engineering is a key success factor. Professional RE employed in a project or compa-ny-wide relies on trained Requirements Engineers. With increasing degree of maturity the use of IT tools built for Requirements Engineering become a critical factor in order to fully profit from automation aspects to save further costs and time.