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I work in property insurance, and I'm curious as to how lemonade got their product past state regulators if it's truly some whiz-bang AI or machine learning stu
by rent_seeker 10y ago
I work in property insurance, and I'm curious as to how lemonade got their product past state regulators if it's truly some whiz-bang AI or machine learning stuff driving their model. Most states want to be able to review and understand filings, and a black box isn't conducive to that. Maybe they're using it for feature selection?
Edit: Found one of their filings on SERFF public filing access. Lookup WESA-130711665 on https://filingaccess.serff.com/sfa/home/NY https://filingaccess.serff.com/sfa/home/NY if you're interested. 'Rate Support.pdf' has the meat.
It doesn't look like anything special, honestly. They admit most of it is copied from the largest insurers in the state, and they use a proprietary credit model from Transunion. This makes sense given that they don't have any data to train it on since they're, you know, new.
- phonon 10y agoThe AI stuff they are claiming is to reduce their LAE. (Claimbot type stuff.) Their rates (and forms) are nothing special--ISO rates + Transunion score. The only thing unusual in their pricing is they allow you to choose low coverage amounts + don't charge installment or credit card fees. So you can buy a decent policy at $5 a month. I am skeptical that will ever be net profitable though....