The Data Science & Analytics Lab

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The Data Science & Analytics Lab
We re-envision insurance in light of technical, societal, and consumer changes

Investing in innovation

We`re a passionate, diverse team that focuses on creating real impact. We re-envision insurance in light of technical, societal and consumer changes. Our past successes include a diverse mix of technical and business challenges:

Industry first

We were the first in the US insurance industry to build a real-time streaming environment to collect IoT data from 10,000+ connected smoke detectors.

Deep learning

We designed and developed a capability to use deep learning to automatically extract residential property attributes from satellite, aerial, and terrestrial imagery. Arturo spun out to be a global player in the application of this technology to the insurance industry.

Agents of change

As the first team to operate in the cloud at scale, we’re an agent of change within American Family Mutual Insurance.

Our Commitment to Inclusivity

We’re proud to carry AmFam’s commitment to diversity and social justice into everything we do. We serve our customers with distinction, build an inclusive workforce, and live out our values every day.

Commitment inclusivity CEO
“Embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into our strategic plan was critically important. It’s evident in our culture statement. It’s evident in our values. And we’ve placed it front and center as one of our strategic goals.”
Bill Westrate
CEO

What we do

 Re-envision insurance

  • Chase lasting, large-scale opportunities core to AmFam’s strategic objectives
  • Evaluate, understand, and utilize new information sources
  • Find innovative ways to better leverage existing data
  • Work with the latest technologies and open source tools

New business and strategic partnership assessment

  • Help assess startup investments being considered by our venture team
  • Facilitate the technical evaluation of companies being considered for acquisition
  • Provide unique scientific expertise to new businesses and strategic partnerships

Key partnerships

Our culture

Our culture always learning

Join our team make an impact

DSAL makes its home where start-up culture is
backed by large company resources.