Akur8, a next-generation insurance pricing and reserving solution, has been selected by Branch, an innovative insurance company leveraging data, technology, and automation, to transform its actuarial workflows.
Branch will adopt Akur8’s platform to accelerate model development, improve pricing accuracy, and enhance transparency across its home and auto insurance offerings, building on its mission to deliver more affordable and reliable coverage to its members.
The move allows Branch to bring greater consistency and efficiency to its pricing processes, enabling actuaries to focus on strategic decision-making rather than manual modelling tasks. By integrating Akur8’s AI-powered solution, Branch strengthens its commitment to fair, competitive insurance while streamlining operations across its pricing teams.
Akur8’s platform enables insurers to build, test, and deploy pricing models using fully transparent AI. Its capabilities enhance model performance, improve pricing precision, and maintain regulatory compliance, all within a unified actuarial ecosystem that reduces IT bottlenecks and accelerates time to market.
The platform empowers actuaries to explore variable interactions, visualise complex risk patterns, and make faster, data-driven decisions with confidence. This helps Branch continuously refine its insurance offerings to better support its members.
“Teaming with Akur8 helps us deliver on our mission by enhancing the sophistication and efficiency of our pricing, enabling us to offer more affordable coverage and protect more people,” said Branch Co-Founder and CTO Joseph Emison. “What impressed us most about Akur8 was the ease and speed of the platform. It makes model building simple, and it was amazing to see how quickly the models came together from scratch. On day one, Akur8 grouped our mileage variable exactly the way our own analysis suggested, which gave us real confidence in the process. With Akur8, our team can focus on what matters: building insurance that truly supports our members.”
“At Akur8, our vision is to transform insurance pricing with technology that is fast, transparent, and built for actuaries,” stated Akur8 CEO Samuel Falmagne. “Branch’s adoption of our platform is a powerful example of how insurers can combine actuarial rigor with AI innovation to deliver fair, competitive rates and better serve their members.”
“Branch’s approach to insurance is inspiring. It’s human-centered, tech-forward, and values-driven. We’re honored to support their pricing journey and proud to play a part in helping them expand affordable, transparent insurance options to more people across the U.S.” noted Akur8 Chief Client Officer Brune de Linares.
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