Valen Analytics News
How to Fuel Growth Without a New Business Penalty: Put Down the Predictive Model Shotgun
This is the third in a series of articles by Valen Analytics looking at the hurdles that insurers must overcome to effectively implement and gain value from data analytics programs. When the ...
4 Ways Execs Can Increase Underwriters’ Embrace of Predictive Analytics
This is the second in a series of articles by Valen Analytics looking at the hurdles that insurers must overcome to effectively implement and gain value from data analytics programs. After deciding ...
How to Identify and Overcome Bias in a Predictive Model
This is the first in a series of articles by Valen Analytics looking at the hurdles that insurers must overcome to effectively implement and gain value from data analytics programs. Becoming a ...
Legacy Liability: What’s Holding Insurers Back
Legacy technologies came in for a beating at the InsureTech Connect conference in October. These outdated systems are draining resources and not getting the job done. They are also an impediment to ...
The Importance of Soft Skills in Data Science
When most insurers think of data science in their industry, naturally it is mostly about numbers and turning abstract data into correlations that become actionable business intelligence. However, ...
Repairing the Tumultuous Commercial Auto Line of Insurance
There is little uncertainty that commercial auto is in a time of turbulence. Between the enormous claims payouts, increasing claim frequency and escalating issues with driving behavior, something ...
Valen Analytics Sold to Much-Larger Insurity for Undisclosed Price
Valen Analytics has been acquired by Insurity, a Connecticut-based company that supplies software, data processing and analytics for property/casualty insurers. Neither side disclosed financial ...
Actuaries, Underwriters Still at Odds as Predictive Analytics Usage Grows
While recent survey results show less conflict between actuaries and underwriters over insurance pricing this year than last, and underwriters warming up to the use of predictive analytics, issues ...