Insurance Unlocked: The AI Opportunity
Insurance Unlocked is Moody’s new webinar series offering investors focused insights into the key forces shaping the global insurance sector.
In this second edition, analysts from Moody’s, Moody’s Ratings, and our AI teams explore the implications of artificial intelligence for financial institutions, particularly insurers, highlighting both emerging opportunities and potential risks. The discussion will examine how AI adoption may influence insurers’ business models and credit quality, as well as the potential for disruption across the industry. Key topics include agentic AI solutions, Moody’s proprietary AI capabilities, the evolving insurance landscape, developments in decentralized finance, and the transformation of cyber risk.
The session will conclude with a live Q&A, providing participants the opportunity to engage directly with Moody’s insurance analysts.
Discussion topics include:
- Moody's Ratings takeaways: artificial intelligence and the insurance industry, credit implications, opportunities and risks, areas of disruption
- Moody's operational use cases, data challenges, and cost of AI
- Going forward: insuring the AI economy and potential for the insurance industry
Speakers
Brandan Holmes
Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions
Moody's Ratings
Louis Nonchez
Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Financial Institutions
Moody's Ratings
Alain Maure
Senior Director - Sales Manager
Moody's Analytics
Salman Siddiqui
Associate Managing Director, Financial Institutions
Moody's Ratings
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Brandan is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in the EMEA Insurance Team, with analytical responsibility for a range of (re)insurance ratings across the EMEA region.
Brandan joined Moody’s New York office in 2010, as an analyst responsible for a diverse portfolio of US insurance and reinsurance companies. Prior to joining Moody’s, he was Assured Guaranty Ltd., responsible for accounting policy and transaction advisory services. Brandan started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in South Africa, later transferring to the New York office where he was a manager in the Assurance practice, primarily responsible for the audits of life insurance companies. Brandan holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Pretoria and a MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and a Certified Public Accountant (NY).
Salman Siddiqui is an Associate Managing Director, leading teams responsible for credit ratings of insurance companies across the EMEA region at Moody’s Ratings.
With an extensive background in the insurance industry, Salman previously lead initiatives in Moody’s Insurance Solutions business, focusing on IFRS 17, climate and sustainability, and casualty underwriting.
Before joining Moody’s, Salman held a leadership role at AM Best Europe, overseeing teams responsible for credit ratings on insurance companies in the UK, Switzerland and the Middle East.
Earlier in his career, Salman was part of KPMG UK, where he was involved in audit and advisory engagements for insurance companies.
Salman is a graduate from the University of Essex, with a degree in finance and accounting, and is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) from ICAEW.