AI replaces insurance agents? Sumitomo Life hands contracts to AI

📡 Nikkei Asia · 1 min read ·
Sumitomo Life, a major Japanese insurer, will use artificial intelligence to write custom insurance contracts, the company announced. The AI system will design policies tailored to each customer, replacing a process that until now required human agents to draft terms by hand. Sumitomo Life says the technology will cut the time needed to prepare a contract and reduce errors. Details on cost and launch date were not disclosed.