The emergence of big data, artificial intelligence and analytics has led to a massive transformation in the financial services sector; the insurance industry included. As these new technologies continue gaining acceptance in different sectors, established insurance firms have not been left behind as they continue investing in digitization of their processes and products. Accordingly, the number of InsurTech companies has been increasing over time as new companies make their way into this sector.

Since time immemorial, farmers across the world have depended mainly on rain-fed agriculture in their activities. This has significantly affected production due to climate change and unpredictable environmental or weather patterns. Consequently, the sector which was the backbone of many countries has continually experienced dwindling fortunes not only for the farmers but also for the economies which depended on agriculture as the main contributor to the GDP. Technology is beginning to offer solutions to many problems that have haunted the agriculture sector.

One of our favorite authors, Kristie Leonard is making her new high-tech thriller The Connected Agenda, available to our readers in serial format. The story involves artificial intelligence, chatbots, big data, and all the topics we discuss on Big Data Analytics Tech Brief - but in a more entertaining way. Follow Kay Whatley as she uses her cyber skills to defeat threats to her friends and discovers her family's link to the Austrailian hacker gang from the 1980s - The Realm. The first episode is available now and Kristie will post a new free episode every week for the next few months.