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Transcript of Capturing the insurance customer of tomorrow
Three key questions to guide success
Capturing the insurance customer of tomorrow
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Today’s insurance customer
More empowered More social Higher expectations
Significantly different buying habits
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Impact of new customer profile
Accenture Research
Loyalty has declined
Likelihood of switching providers has risen
Huge switching economy has emerged
• Only 29% of customers highly satisfied with providers
• Only 15% sure to buy more from incumbent providers
• $470 billion of personal-lines life and P&C premiums in play worldwide in 2014
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Winners in the new switching economy
Companies that exploit digital technologies and convert innovation into:
Customer insight Mass personalization Hyperscale
Interconnectedness Operational efficiency Agility
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Stark choice for insurers
Embrace digital technology and customer-centricity
Move out of distribution to focus on manufacturing
Maintain the status quo—the least likely option to succeed
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Formidable challenges lie ahead
Three key questions can guide insurers to success as they adapt to changing customers, an evolving competitive landscape and transformative technologies:
How far and how fast should they proceed to customer-centricity?
What does it taketo become a Digital Transformer?
What role can they play in a larger service ecosystem?
Q.1 Q.2 Q.3
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QUESTION 1: HOW FAR AND HOW FAST SHOULD INSURERS PROCEED TO CUSTOMER-CENTRICITY?
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How far and how fast should insurers proceed to customer-centricity?
of P&C insurance customers believe most carriers’ products and services are the same
Q.1
A 7% increase in one year
Helps explain why price is the main reason customers switch carriers48% included pricing in top three reasons they switch
21%
Value for money ranked second 38% included it in top three reasons they switch
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How far and how fast should insurers proceed to customer-centricity?
Digital Transformers—a minority of insurers— put customers at the center of their business
Q.1
Only 56% of Digital Followers have taken the same measures
82% of Digital Transformers:– Invest in digital channels & technology for customer-centricity– Provide tailored offerings
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How far and how fast should insurers proceed to customer-centricity?
Most carriers know they need to improve:
Q.1
• Look at partnering with companies outside the insurance industry• Form or join an ecosystem• Offer a broader range of products & services
• Customer understanding & segmentation• Tailored propositions to various segments• Strength of their multi-channel capabilities
To provide what customers value they should:
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How far and how fast should insurers proceed to customer-centricity?Q.1
But only 27% of consumers have a high estimation of insurers’ trustworthiness
• Build customer trust by:– Providing added value– Communicating regularly
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QUESTION 2: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME A DIGITAL TRANSFORMER?
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What does it take to become a Digital Transformer?Q.2
ANSWER:
A holistic approach to digital transformation that looks:
• Beyond insurance
• Outside of the enterprise
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What does it take to become a Digital Transformer?Q.2
23%
47%
15%
of customers would buy insurance online
want more online interactions with insurers
Are satisfied with their provider’s digital experience
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What does it take to become a Digital Transformer?Q.2
83%
59%
57%
of insurers believe digital technologies will transform their customer interactions
expect challenges from online service providers
expect challenges from aggregators
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What does it take to become a digital transformer?Q.2
The sweet spot where customer
and business value intersect
Where Digital Transformers
focus their digital
investments
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What does it take to become a Digital Transformer?Q.2
Three characteristics of a Digital Transformer
VIEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AS A CATALYST FOR TRANSFORMATION• Not only for doing the same things better• An avenue to new sources of customer value
CREATE DIGITAL VALUE PROPOSITIONS• Often part of a larger ecosystem• Used to strengthen various relationships
ESTABLISH A HOLISTIC BUSINESS STRATEGY • Digital strategy spans the insurance value chain• All digital technology explored to emulate successful online giants
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QUESTION 3: What role can you play in a larger service ecosystem?
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What role can you play in a larger service ecosystem?Q.3
Create an ecosystem?
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Take a supporting role?
Insurer is better placed to secure a leading role for itself
A supporting role in an established, stronger ecosystem might yield better results for the insurer and its customers
But the more sophisticated an insurer’s digital capabilities are, the stronger its position will be in any ecosystem
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• 49% of P&C customers worldwide purchased coverage online
– 41% used mobile devices
• 59% of emerging-market customers purchased online
– 69% used mobile devices
• 72% of insurers have formed or plan a new distribution partnership soon
What role can you play in a larger service ecosystem?Q.3
Three factors reinforce an insurer’s ecosystem role
1. Improving distribution capabilities
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• Create customized offerings
• Provide seamless, omni-channel marketing, sales & service experiences
• Tie it all together with digital technology
• 61% of insurers exploring possibilities within an ecosystem
What role can you play in a larger service ecosystem?Q.3
Three factors reinforce an insurer’s ecosystem role
2. Offering adjacent non-insurance products & services
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• A skilled insurance workforce, aware of customer needs, drives satisfaction
• Digital technology already meets simple customer needs
• The bar is higher for meeting more complex customer needs
• 43% of insurers have acquired or plan acquisitions to build new digital capabilities
What role can you play in a larger service ecosystem?Q.3
Three factors reinforce an insurer’s ecosystem role
3. Introducing new skills
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