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How to tackle increasing AI fraud in insurance using blockchain

AI is reshaping industries, including the insurance industry. While insurers are adopting AI for automation and underwriting, fraudsters are using the same technology to create deepfakes: fake photos, videos, or documents convincing enough to fool even experienced claim adjusters. Sutirna Chakraborty of the IFoA's Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party explores how blockchain can tackle it.

IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party 12/01/26

Data science

Ethical conflicts: when do the ends justify the means?

Murray Lidgitt of the IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party explores the ethical considerations that actuaries face

IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party 18/11/24

Data science

Designing reward functions: reinforcement learning

Disha Dagli, of the IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party, sets out some of the considerations for reinforcement learning and reward functions

IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party 19/12/24

Data science

What impact will AI have on risk pooling?

Nick Reilly, of the IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party, delves into some considerations for risk pooling in the age of AI

IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party 06/01/25

Data science

Your chatbot, your responsibility?

Hazel Davis, of the IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party, unpacks some of the issues for companies using chatbots.

IFoA’s Professionalism, Regulation and Ethics Working Party 13/02/25

IFoA

AI

Did I write this blog post?

Let’s begin with a straightforward question: Did I write this blog post? Yes. And also, perhaps not entirely.

Geraldine Finucane 15/07/26