TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Chisel AI, a technology provider for the global insurance industry, today announced the appointment of Jason McDermott to President and CEO, who will also be joining the board of directors effective immediately. As CEO, Jason will oversee all company operations. McDermott succeeds founder and former CEO Ron Glozman who has stepped away from the company to pursue other ventures but remains a significant shareholder.
"On behalf of the board, it's my pleasure to confirm Jason McDermott as CEO," said Brian McLoughlin, Partner and Co-Founder of MTech Capital. "A seasoned software industry leader, Jason is the right person to helm the company as it scales, bringing a mature vision, proven operational prowess, passion, and stability. Chisel AI is uniquely positioned to help insurance organizations and BPOs accelerate profitable growth through intelligent AI-powered automation, and I look forward to working with Jason and the leadership team as they execute their growth strategy."
McDermott, who joined Chisel AI in 2018 as Chief Revenue Officer, brings a wealth of experience from his 30 years in the technology industry, helping early-stage companies scale by realizing their value through strategy, leadership, and innovation. Prior to Chisel AI, he served as Vice President of Sales at TECSYS Inc. Earlier in his career, Jason served as Vice President, Finance Solutions for NexJ Systems, and led the financial services delivery practice for insurance and finance industry leader Janna Systems, which was purchased for $1.4 billion in 2000.
"I am excited to serve Chisel AI in the role of President and CEO as we gear up for the next stage of growth. As we look to the future, we're thrilled with the traction we're seeing in the market as insurance companies seek to automate core underwriting and placement processes like submission intake and policy checking," said Jason McDermott. "I'm proud of the accomplishments our incredible team have achieved so far, and I couldn't be more excited for the tremendous opportunity in front of us. We are in a strong position to capitalize on the market opportunity for our AI, machine learning, and natural language understanding solutions that help insurance carriers and brokers achieve revenue growth by placing coverage faster and delivering a better digital customer experience."
Chisel AI was recently named a "Company to Watch in 2021" for Data Extraction and Ingestion in an InsTech London Report that identifies ingestion and data extraction as one of the major themes that will drive change in insurance in the next decade.
About Chisel AI
Chisel AI's purpose-built solution for commercial insurance reads and extracts unstructured data trapped in digital insurance documents. Our advanced AI platform and intelligent workflows automate high volume, repetitive manual underwriting and brokering processes, enabling insurance carriers and brokers to double their business, reduce operating costs, and deliver a better digital customer experience without adding staff. Our customers include some of the world's largest commercial lines insurance carriers and brokers. Chisel AI was named to the 2020 INSURTECH100 list of the world's most innovative insurtech companies and won Gold at the 2019 Zurich Innovation World Championship. For more information, visit http://www.chisel.ai.
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