Joe Curry of Apollo 1971 on applying data science and AI inside insurance operations

About this episode

Joe Curry discusses the application of data science and AI in insurance operations, highlighting its value, risks, and regulatory challenges.

This high-performing replay from Unstructured Unlocked features Joe Curry, Head of Data Science at Apollo 1971, and remains highly relevant for insurance teams navigating AI today. In this conversation, Michelle Gouveia and Chris Wells sat down with Joe to unpack how data science is actually being applied inside insurance operations today. They explore where AI delivers real value, where it creates risk, and how regulatory expectations shape what insurers can put into production. The episode also explores emerging challenges like ensuring advanced mobility and why explainable, auditable data science matters more than ever.

People in this episode

Hosts: Michelle Gouveia, Chris Wells

Guest: Joe Curry

Topics covered

• data science
• AI in insurance
• insurance operations
• regulatory expectations
• advanced mobility
• explainable data science

Keywords

• data science
• AI
• insurance
• regulatory expectations
• advanced mobility
• explainable AI
• auditable data

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apollo 1971, Indico Data

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