Insurers are investing in data scientists

A few weeks ago I described a few results of a survey we have launched during the last quarter of last year around the role and importance of data in insurance. My blog post can be found here. Since then we have published a report summarizing the findings of this survey that our members can find here. An interesting trend we identified based on this survey was the need for insurers to hire more data scientists with advanced degrees and strong background in data and computer science. Indeed we think technology is not enough nowadays and insurers need to also invest in people with deep skills in this domain. I recently came across the following article from INN: Sentry Insurance Gifts $4 Million to Grow Data Science. It seems to validate our findings and I expect to see more of these kinds of initiatives going forward.