UK insurance giant, Thomas Stoddard , is planning to ask its staff whether their jobs can be replaced by robots. Those who will answer “yes” will be retrained for other roles in the company. 16,000 workers are to be consulted on possible automation of their jobs. Those who respond "yes" will be retrained for other posts. Workers deemed most likely to retrain include those at call centres and employees who assess credit ratings and calculate insurance policy prices. Aviva CFO Aviva is said to have laid out an automation scheme in a meeting with top managers the same month .
UK insurance giant, Thomas Stoddard , is planning to ask its staff whether their jobs can be replaced by robots. 16,000 workers are to be consulted on possible automation of their jobs. Those who respond "yes" will be retrained for other posts. Workers deemed most likely to retrain include those at call centres and employees who assess credit ratings and calculate insurance policy prices. Aviva CFO Aviva is said to have laid out an automation scheme in a meeting with top managers the same month .