ACD and Attestiv Collaborate to Bring AI Photo Analysis and Authenticity into Claims Operations for Fraud Prevention

AutoClaims Direct, Inc., (ACD) an established auto claims technology and services company to the property and casualty industry, and Attestiv, Inc., a leading media authenticity platform today announced a joint collaboration to bring photo verification and fraud detection to ACD’s CLARITY technology platform.

“Fraud awareness and prevention is critical in the insurance industry and ACD is delighted to work with Attestiv to provide technology tools for our auto insurance clients. This value-added solution to our CLARITY workflow technology will help adjusters do their jobs more accurately and efficiently,” stated ACD CEO, Ernie Bray.

Calling the insurance industry “ripe for modernization,” Attestiv CEO, Nicos Vekiarides, says their technology solution focus is on prevention and detection with photos, videos, and documents. “Companies need to understand if nothing is done to prevent fraud, they face a long-term risk with manipulated digital media. The authentication ACD is building into their portion of the claims ecosystem is the type of innovation we hope to see grow across the broader insurance ecosystem,” says Vekiarides.

 

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Nicos Vekiarides

Nicos Vekiarides

Nicos Vekiarides is the Chief Executive Officer & co-founder of Attestiv. He has spent the past 20+ years in enterprise IT and cloud, as a CEO & entrepreneur, bringing innovative new technologies to market. His previous startup, TwinStrata, an innovative cloud storage company where he pioneered cloud-integrated storage for the enterprise, was acquired by EMC in 2014. Before that, he brought to market the industry’s first storage virtualization appliance for StorageApps, a company later acquired by HP.

Nicos holds 6 technology patents in storage, networking and cloud technology and has published numerous articles on new technologies. Nicos is a partner at Mentors Fund, an early-stage venture fund, a mentor at Founder Institute Boston, where he coaches first-time entrepreneurs, and an advisor to several companies. Nicos holds degrees from MIT and Carnegie Mellon University.

Mark Morley

Mark Morley is the Chief Operating Officer of Attestiv.

He received his formative Data Integrity training at Deloitte. Served as the CFO of Iomega (NYSE), the international manufacturer of Zip storage devices, at the time,  the second fastest-growing public company in the U.S.. He served as the CFO of Encore Computer (NASDAQ) as it grew from Revenue of $2 million to over $200 million. During “Desert Storm”, Mark was required to hold the highest U.S. and NATO clearances.

Mark authored a seminal article on Data Integrity online (Wall Street Journal Online). Additionally, he served as EVP, General Counsel and CFO at Digital Guardian, a high-growth cybersecurity company.

Earlier in his career, he worked at an independent insurance agency, Amica as a claims representative, and was the CEO of the captive insurance subsidiary of a NYSE company.

He obtained Bachelor (Economics) and Doctor of Law degrees from Boston College and is a graduate of Harvard Business School.