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AM Best Associate Director Discusses How Technology Is Shaping Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprise Segment on Insurtech Podcast

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best’s Dawn Walker appears as a guest in a series of episodes of the Five[Minutes] podcast, which focuses on the insurance and insurtech industries, to discuss the state of the Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprise (DUAE) segment.

During the episodes, Walker, associate director, Industry Relations – DUAE, talks about how predictive models and AI are shaping the DUAE market, as well as how managing general agents and other similar entities are bringing value across the insurance ecosystem and AM Best’s role in assessing DUAEs through its Best’s Performance Assessments. Walker joined AM Best in 2022 with an extensive background in risk management. The episodes are available here; Miguel Edwards, founder and CEO of FiveM Consulting, hosts.

To access the latest Best’s Market Segment Report on the DUAE segment, please visit http://www3.ambest.com/bestweek/purchase.asp?record_code=343051.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

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