# How Portage Mutual uses Akur8

As published on [akur8.com](https://www.akur8.com/news/portage-mutual-selects-akur8-for-ai-driven-pricing-modernization-across-canada), June 2026. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-09.

- Company: [Portage Mutual](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/portage-mutual.md)
- Tool: [Akur8](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/akur8.md)
- Industry: [Insurance & InsurTech](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/insurance-insurtech.md)
- Teams: Actuarial

## What the story says

Portage Mutual's actuarial teams use Akur8's pricing platform to build pricing models for its personal lines portfolio, starting with Home and Auto. The platform is intended to give faster model development and transparent, explainable outputs.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Akur8 and Portage Mutual, not ours.

> Sophisticated models that previously took days to build can now be completed in hours, particularly for geospatial analysis.

> From the very first weeks of our pilot, Akur8 proved to be a genuine game-changer for our actuarial teams. Sophisticated models that previously took days to build can now be completed in hours, particularly for geospatial analysis. We also gained strong confidence in Akur8's rating capabilities across both our Home and Auto portfolios. We are excited about what this partnership will deliver for our pricing operations and, ultimately, for the policyholders we serve across Canada.
>
> Ryan Cheung, Director of Actuarial Pricing

Source: [akur8.com](https://www.akur8.com/news/portage-mutual-selects-akur8-for-ai-driven-pricing-modernization-across-canada), captured 2026-10-09.

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-09.

- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Portage Mutual.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: Portage Mutual uses Akur8. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-09.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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