AI for insurance companies 2026

4. Insurance companies sit on decades of claims, customer, policy and product data. But having more data is not the same as being ready for AI. In this podcast highlight, Mark Duffy from Cognizant and Mark Blake from Stibo Systems discuss “Frankenstein data” and why fragmented, siloed and poorly governed information is slowing down AI transformation in insurance. The conversation explains why insurers need trusted, governed and unified data before they can scale AI, support explainability, strengthen defensibility and stay regulatory-ready. Watch the full episode with host and analyst Scott Taylor on EM360Tech: https://em360tech.com/podcasts/frankenstein-data-slowing-down-ai-transformation-insurance-enterprises Topics covered: 1. Insurance AI readiness 2. Frankenstein data 3. Master data management 5. Data governance 6. AI in insurance 7. Claims data 8. Explainable AI 9. Regulatory readiness #InsuranceAI #DataGovernance #EnterpriseAI