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Former Verisk CEO Scott Stephenson Joins ZestyAI's Board of Directors as Insurance Accelerates into the AI Era
ZestyAI, the Risk and Decision Intelligence Platform for the insurance industry, today announced that Scott Stephenson, former Chairman, President, and CEO of Verisk Analytics, has joined its Board of Directors, bringing one of the principal architects of the insurance industry's data modernization to the company at a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence in the industry.
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