TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Amid explosive development of artificial intelligence, Florida lawmakers Tuesday began drilling into questions about the technology’s use in the insurance industry.

A panel of insurance and tech officials told the House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee that insurers are using artificial intelligence in a variety of ways, including in claims handling, and tried to dispel concerns that the technology could be misused.

Paul Martin, vice president of state affairs for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, told lawmakers that AI is a “tool” whose use is governed by already-existing insurance laws.

“If a practice is prohibited for a human to do on behalf of an insurance company, it is prohibited for AI to do,” Martin said. “Artificial intelligence is not

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