Équité Association launches insurance crime detection platform

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Équité Association launches insurance crime detection platform

It uses predictive analytics and machine learning

Technology

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Mika Pangilinan

Équité Association has launched a national insurance crime detection platform that uses predictive analytics and machine learning to detect and thwart insurance fraud.

The platform, called EQ Insights, leverages a “consortium-based approach,” said Équité. It comes as bad actors exploit newer technologies to commit insurance-related crimes, which cost Canadians an estimated $3 billion to $5 billion annually.

“By coming together to share intelligence and merging analytics with member investigations, we can start to move the industry to a ‘predict and prevent’ model and, ultimately, make a meaningful reduction of these crimes in Canada,” said CEO and president Terri O’Brien.

Équité counts Canada’s top P&C insurers among its members, including Desjardins, Northbridge, iA Financial, Intact, Beneva, and Co-operators.

By utilizing the ÉQ Insights platform, Équité and its members can curb the rise of insurance-related offenses that often finance other organized criminal activities such as drug and gun trafficking within communities.

According to its survey, 84% of Canadians are concerned about the growing prevalence of auto thefts across the country, while 69% admitted to being worried about their safety and the safety of their families in light of rising auto theft cases.

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