Vara Kumar

Vara Kumar is the co-founder and head of R&D and solutions at Whatfix.

Kumar co-founded Whatfix with Khadim Batti in 2014 with the vision of empowering individuals and organizations to work symbiotically with technology to maximize their potential.

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Digital Adoption Platforms Transform Operations

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Digital adoption platforms are revolutionizing insurance operations, driving efficiency and transforming employee training.

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Simplifying Policy Applications With Insurtech

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Solutions that help explain the process and catch and correct errors before they happen increase productivity and improve the applications' success rate.

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Tackling Turnover Amid the Great Resignation

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Digital Adoption Platforms can help new employees get up to speed quickly and can upskill existing workers to fill gaps caused by turnover.

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Why Tesla Insurance Will Flop

By Paul Carroll

Even as the decision to bring underwriting in-house is generating enthusiasm, a host of issues means Tesla Insurance will flounder.

What Does AI Say About AI in Insurance?

"Generative AI isn’t just regurgitating pre-programmed responses anymore; it’s starting to think. Sort of....It’s not perfect, but it’s getting there—fast."

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AI Expands Life Insurance Industry Value

AI presents life insurers with transformative opportunities while challenging traditional approaches to customer trust and operations.

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Multi-Agent Systems Reshape Human-Machine Collaboration

Multi-agent systems and human-machine collaboration reshape how we work, pushing boundaries between human expertise and AI capabilities.

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Insurers Must Evolve to Survive Climate Crisis

As climate risks intensify, insurers must evolve from damage compensation to prevention or face industry-wide collapse.

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Cancer Breakthroughs: Insurance Impact?

Munich Re explores exciting breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and what they mean for life and living benefits insurance. 

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Managing Divestitures of Entangled Business Assets

Strategic divestiture of entangled assets requires careful planning to minimize disruption and maximize retained value.

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