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Mills makes the underwriter a supervisor. Who supervises the supervisor?
On 6 July the FCA published the Mills Review. Underwriting is named among the functions where AI could be embedded by 2030.
The Senior Managers Regime assumes a person can explain the decision. Model drift makes that harder.
BoE / FCA, 2024
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The follow market already belongs to the algorithm
Lloyd’s told Parliament that Ki, its first fully digital syndicate, cut quote-to-bind from days to seconds. The lead underwriter still sets the terms. That is exactly why leads should read this.
Source: Lloyd’s written evidence to Parliament, AIFS0036
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