Rick Smith

Rick Smith is a speaker, serial entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is perhaps best known as the founder of World 50, the world's premier global senior executive networking organization. World 50 contributors include Robert Redford, Bono, Alan Greenspan, President George W. Bush, Francis Ford Coppola and more than 100 other iconic leaders. More than half of the Fortune Global 1000 are World 50 customers.

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After the initial wave of AI efforts and then the generative AI phenomenon that began two years ago, you'll hear a lot in 2025 about AI that can act as our agents.

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Insurers must balance sophisticated fraud prevention with seamless customer experiences in an AI-driven landscape. Here's how. 

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