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Clearing the Path for Human Expertise: How Tokio Marine HCC is Automating Underwriting, Not the Underwriter

Underwriting is the beating heart of the insurance business. But for a company that has evolved into one of the largest specialty insurers in the world, how it assesses risk across …

‘Leaders’ Return to IDP Magic Quadrant

As agentic AI-based systems that automate business processes proliferate, intelligent document processing (IDP) is taking on an increasingly prominent role. Enterprise AI agents frequently need to extract and interpret information contained …

Anthropic Launches Blueprint for Building Commerce Agents

Frontier AI lab Anthropic said it has released a blueprint both shoppers and merchants can use to build agents that help them transact business. The blueprint includes harnesses, development patterns and …

Agentic Commerce Could Perform 120 Billion Transactions Annually by 2031

The number of transactions conducted via agentic commerce could grow from approximately 620 million in 2026 to 120 billion annually by 2031, according to new research from Juniper Research. While much …

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Clearing the Path for Human Expertise: How Tokio Marine HCC is Automating Underwriting, Not the Underwriter

Clearing the Path for Human Expertise: How Tokio Marine HCC is Automating Underwriting, Not the Underwriter

Underwriting is the beating heart of the insurance business. But for a company that has evolved into one of the largest specialty insurers in the world, how it assesses risk across …

IDP Magic Quadrant

‘Leaders’ Return to IDP Magic Quadrant

As agentic AI-based systems that automate business processes proliferate, intelligent document processing (IDP) is taking on an increasingly prominent role. Enterprise AI agents frequently need to extract and interpret information contained …

Anthropic Launches Blueprint for Building Commerce Agents

Anthropic Launches Blueprint for Building Commerce Agents

Frontier AI lab Anthropic said it has released a blueprint both shoppers and merchants can use to build agents that help them transact business. The blueprint includes harnesses, development patterns and …

Agentic Commerce Could Perform 120 Billion Transactions Annually by 2031

Agentic Commerce Could Perform 120 Billion Transactions Annually by 2031

The number of transactions conducted via agentic commerce could grow from approximately 620 million in 2026 to 120 billion annually by 2031, according to new research from Juniper Research. While much …

Workday Launches AI Research Team to Address Enterprise AI Challenges

Workday Launches AI Research Team to Address Enterprise AI Challenges

Workday, an enterprise HR, finance and IT platform, has launched a dedicated AI research team focused on technical challenges associated with deploying artificial intelligence in enterprise environments. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based company …

Report: Lack of Visibility into Costs Cause Many Leaders to Scale Back AI Investments

Report: Lack of Visibility into Costs Cause Many Leaders to Scale Back AI Investments

AI continues to experience a backlash in the public discourse and reports also continue of businesses scaling back on their AI efforts as costs surge. A recent survey from KPMG found …