{"slug":"how-mapfre-insurance-modernized-fraud-claims-with-amazon-emr-serverless","url":"https://findausecase.com/use-cases/how-mapfre-insurance-modernized-fraud-claims-with-amazon-emr-serverless","title":"How Mapfre Insurance modernized fraud claims with Amazon EMR Serverless","description":"Mapfre Insurance, the number one auto and home insurer in Massachusetts, modernized fraud detection by combining graph-based features from Neo4j with machine learning models deployed on AWS, using Amazon EMR Serverless, Apache Iceberg tables on Amazon S3, AWS Glue Data Catalog, AWS Lake Formation, and Amazon MWAA for orchestration. Fraud predictions integrate directly with Guidewire Claims via AWS Lambda, automatically creating claim activities showing the top model drivers for adjusters. The initiative, covering Massachusetts Auto insurance and later expanded to Home insurance, has delivered more than $5 million in Net Present Value, with detection accuracy improved 50-135 percent compared to baseline methods.","company":"Mapfre Insurance","industry":"Insurance","country":"United States","aiCapabilities":["Machine Learning"],"technology":["Amazon EMR Serverless","Apache Iceberg","AWS Glue Data Catalog","AWS Lake Formation","Amazon MWAA","Neo4j","Guidewire Claims","AWS Lambda"],"deployment":"Public Cloud","problemStatement":"Traditional fraud detection approaches at Mapfre Insurance relied on rules-based controls, manual investigation triggers, historical claim patterns, and structured-data-only analysis, which struggled to detect sophisticated fraud rings or hidden relationships across claimants, policies, vehicles, providers, addresses, and prior suspicious activities.","solutionApproach":"In collaboration with AWS and Neo4j, Mapfre Insurance combined graph-based features from Neo4j with machine learning models deployed on AWS, using Amazon EMR Serverless for processing, Apache Iceberg tables on Amazon S3 with AWS Glue Data Catalog and AWS Lake Formation for governance, and Amazon MWAA for orchestration. Fraud predictions integrate directly with Guidewire Claims via an AWS Lambda function, automatically creating claim activities that show the top three model drivers for adjusters.","businessValue":"The initiative, covering Massachusetts Auto insurance and later expanded to Home insurance, has delivered more than $5 million in Net Present Value, with realized savings outperforming projections, and detection accuracy improved 50-135 percent compared to baseline methods.","evidence":{"band":"high"},"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/how-mapfre-usa-modernized-fraud-claims-with-amazon-emr-serverless","dates":{"publishedAt":"2026-08-16T09:14:25.077Z","publishedAtSource":"ledger","updatedAt":"2026-08-26T00:53:42.754Z"},"license":"Open for reading and citing with a link to https://findausecase.com/use-cases/how-mapfre-insurance-modernized-fraud-claims-with-amazon-emr-serverless. Bulk republication requires permission."}