--- title: "Profiles in Risk – E470: Generative AI to the Underwriters’ Rescue; Alex Schmelkin (CEO) & Jane Tran (COO) of SixFold - InsNerds.com" description: "We have heard about AI for years (decades?). But it wasn't until ChatGPT lurched onto the world stage earlier this year that AI was on everyone's mind. Text based AI tools are becoming common technological staples right up there with search. The new word that can out of the ChatGPT launch was the word \"generative\"." --- [Insurance Nerds - Insuring Tomorrow ](https://insnerds.com/insights) # [Profiles in Risk – E470: Generative AI to the Underwriters’ Rescue; Alex Schmelkin (CEO) & Jane Tran (COO) of SixFold - InsNerds.com](https://insnerds.com/insights/profiles-in-risk-e470-generative-ai-to-the-underwriters-rescue-alex-schmelkin-ceo-jane-tran-coo-of-sixfold) Written by [Nicholas Lamparelli](https://insnerds.com/insights/author/nicholas-lamparelli) | Oct 16, 2023 4:00:00 AM # Profiles in Risk – E470: Generative AI to the Underwriters’ Rescue; Alex Schmelkin (CEO) & Jane Tran (COO) of SixFold by Nicholas Lamparelli We have heard about AI for years (decades?). But it wasn’t until ChatGPT lurched onto the world stage earlier this year that AI was on everyone’s mind. Text based AI tools are becoming common technological staples right up there with search. The new word that can out of the ChatGPT launch was the word “generative”. The generative in generative AI refers to new technology where the AI can take a small training set of data and synthetically create new data from which it can continue its training. So it can train faster on less data. We are now seeing more AI technologies being marketed inside the insurance ecosystem. It started in claims, with fraud detection and is now knocking at the door of underwriting. In this episode of Profiles in Risk, Tony chats with Alex Schmelkin, CEO and Jane Tran, COO at Sixfold, the first generative AI for insurance underwriting! They help insurance underwriters be more efficient, find more capacity and be more accurate in their jobs. CONNECT WITH ALEX – [LINKEDIN](https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmelkin/) CONNECT WITH JANE – [LINKEDIN](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-tran-xyz/) SIXFOLD [HOMEPAGE](https://www.sixfold.ai/) ### About Nicholas Lamparelli Nick Lamparelli is a 20+ year veteran of the insurance wars. He has a unique vantage point on the insurance industry. From selling home & auto insurance, helping companies with commercial insurance, to being an underwriter with an excess & surplus lines wholesaler to catastrophe modeling Nick has wide experience in the industry. Over past 10 years, Nick has been focused on the insurance analytics of natural catastrophes and big data. Nick serves as our Chief Evangelist. - ##### [ Nicholas Lamparelli](https://insnerds.com/author/nick-lamparelli/) + posts Nick Lamparelli is a 20+ year veteran of the insurance wars. He has a unique vantage point on the insurance industry. From selling home & auto insurance, helping companies with commercial insurance, to being an underwriter with an excess & surplus lines wholesaler to catastrophe modeling Nick has wide experience in the industry. Over past 10 years, Nick has been focused on the insurance analytics of natural catastrophes and big data. 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