Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance Selects EagleEye Analytics

Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (OKFB; Oklahoma City) has selected the Talon predictive analytics suite from Columbia, S.C.-based EagleEye Analytics to aid in its rating.

Talon is a web-based system that uses advanced machine learning technologies, according to a statement from the companies. The web enablement was a major factor in its selection by OKFB, according to VP of actuarial and product development Dave Perkins.

"We looked at some large multivariate software providers, and even licensed one of the products," he says in a statement." The programs were complicated, difficult to run. Training was extremely expensive and after a failed attempt at getting the software to produce results specific to our company, we placed it on the shelf and finally abandoned it altogether.

"Talon displayed results in a format that was easy to understand and apply to our existing rating," he added.

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