Blockchain and artificial intelligence will reshape much of the insurance industry, but there should also be far more gender and race diversity across the sector. Those were two of the points raised during a discussion on --technology shaping industry-- at ILS Convergence 2018. Kara Swisher, an American technology journalist and cofounder of Recode, the technology news website, said the likes of artificial intelligence would significantly impact the insurance and reinsurance landscape. So every part of your business is going to be affected by AI, or whatever. Every part of your business could be replaced and affected,-- she told delegates at the two-day conference.