QBE invests in artificial intelligence

The deal will drive operational efficiency to the business, says insurance chief

QBE invests in artificial intelligence

Insurance News

By Mina Martin

QBE Ventures has closed an investment into HyperScience, a machine-learning company that builds enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to reduce companies' dependency on costly, slow, and error-prone manual data-entry operations, QBE Insurance Group has announced.

The company enables financial services companies to facilitate straight-through processing, even for handwritten and low-resolution documents, achieve faster customer response times, and unlock data that has historically been trapped in static and unsearchable documents, by automating the transformation of human-readable content into machine-readable data with great speed and accuracy.

QBE has also entered into a multi-year commercial use agreement to roll out HyperScience solutions across QBE globally.

“This is a practical use of artificial intelligence that will, in a short time, add tangible value to our business,” said David McMillan, group chief operations officer at QBE Insurance Group. “From driving operational efficiency to unlocking a wealth of new data and insights, HyperScience has delivered a platform that will support QBE’s objectives of delivering 'brilliant basics' in underwriting, pricing and claims.”

“QBE Ventures backs companies which are working on technically-challenging and industry-changing ideas,” said Ted Stuckey, managing director of QBE Ventures. “We are excited to work with the HyperScience team to help build a future in which humans and machines benefit from working side-by-side, excelling at what each does best.”

 

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