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Insurers are being asked to grow and defend their business, accelerate time to market, and provide full regulatory transparency, all while reducing costs. For most P&C insurers, the myriad of processes to turn data into business information is an obstacle to delivering this business value.
Hear directly from insurance executives who are unlocking the potential of their insurance business information to improve combined ratios through a single view to the business. Also hear from those who have aligned individual performance with their company objectives by supporting timely, confident day to day decision making.
Featured speakers:
· John Law, COO, Tennessee Farmers Mutual
· Sandeep Bajaj, VP IT, Everest Insurance
· Moderated by Ara Trembly, Founder, Ara Trembly, The Insurance Tech Consultant
What do Agents & Brokers really want and expect from a carrier system that purports to provide ease of doing business?
How many times have you heard carriers and vendors discussing how to achieve true Ease of Doing Business? But have you seen many real solutions in action?
Enough talking; register to see how we do it!
Join us as we present key findings from The Financial Insights-CIAB survey:
· Hear what agents and brokers are saying they want from Ease of Doing Business systems, and how effectively their insurance companies are delivering these capabilities.
· Learn about the key challenges agents face when they don’t have a truly effective system.
· Learn about the type of capabilities insurance companies are deploying to make it easier for agents to bring business in the door.
The innate complexity of insurance processes and products require that carriers streamline their operations for greater transparency, speed and agility. Processing and settling claims impacts every aspect of a carrier’s business, from customer satisfaction & retention and regulatory compliance to profitability and cost containment. While the adoption of SOA and business rules has gained momentum in the insurance industry, an overwhelming number of carriers are still struggling with legacy modernization issues, overcoming process silos and building an architectural foundation that delivers the desired results across the enterprise.
As the regulatory environment heats up, much is expected to change. Understanding the foundation and impact of these changes is critical for insurers in planning their business. Attend this web seminar to gain insight into regulatory trends from 2008, as well as emerging issues for 2009. Learn how various states are expected to approach the issues and what key areas insurers need to consider.
Hear from representatives from various state departments of insurance on the development of key regulatory changes in their states and what they will mean for the industry. Topics such as credit scoring, genetic discrimination, non-insurance benefits in life policies, total loss and more will be covered.
This virtual roundtable provided attendees with a forum to contribute ideas and gain direct feedback from insurance colleagues and industry leaders regarding solutions to the Underwriting process and beyond. While current market conditions may imply a strategy of "reduction in force" and "net zero spending", agile technology and optimization will enable cost cutting and improved processing with a leaner staff. Listen to this archived event now.
In today’s turbulent financial times, companies are scrambling to undertake cost-saving initiatives. But have you considered how your direct mail operations can impact your company’s bottom line?
Find out how more and more carriers are beginning to leverage the latest mail technologies to provide enormous cost savings, achieve postal compliance and reach customers more effectively.
Billing is not often mentioned as a key differentiator when insurance executives are scrutinizing their operations, yet it is a frequent customer touch point. A poor experience can both damage a carrier’s reputation and negatively impact customer retention. And because billing processes and systems interface with so much of a carrier’s operations; inefficient or critically flawed processes & systems can lead to greater overhead costs, higher DPO, reduced cash flow, and compliance fees.
In this session, we will explore the benefits carriers can obtain throughout the financial supply chain by redesigning their billing processes and replacing their billing systems with modern technology and vendor based package solutions.
Knowing your reinsurance exposure is the key to protecting your enterprise and reducing your risk. In this economic climate, with increasing catastrophic events and a higher focus on regulation, carriers need to ensure that they have the right strategy in place to administer their financial obligations and reduce their risk.
An insurer’s ability to ingrain compliance into corporate culture can greatly reduce noncompliance risks. It’s not just about staying out of trouble and avoiding exorbitant fines. It’s about your reputation, brand building, and the bottom line.
Listen to this archived web seminar to hear from leading insurers that have gone from operational compliance to corporate culture and have built some of the most respected programs in the industry in the process. Learn from industry experts how you can apply best practices to improve your compliance culture today, starting with operations.
In the current challenging economic environment, insurance companies are pressured to find ways to retain their current market share or grow while maintaining their profitability. In this session we will describe how predictive modeling applications can be leveraged in making better-informed decisions that result in enhancing an insurance company’s top and bottom line performance.
In today’s competitive market, insurers face the tough challenge of growing premium volume and market share while managing underwriting risk.
Employing catastrophe modeling at the point of underwriting is a highly effective mechanism for achieving these objectives, but such modeling capabilities have historically been out of the reach of carriers with smaller portfolios because of the costs associated with maintaining the systems in-house. Attend this archived web seminar to learn how smaller carriers can profitably grow their business and reduce their combined ratio by increasing the precision at which risks are selected and priced through an on-demand underwriting platform.
What does Underwriting 2.0 mean to you? For some carriers, it means a more streamlined underwriting process, a leaner and meaner way of doing business.
For others, it means making it as easy as possible for agents to work with them, to speed the flow of new business in this soft market cycle. Maybe it’s about quality, making the whole process more consistent. Or taking on only those risks that make business sense.
Or maybe it’s a combination of the above.
Now’s your chance to hear a lively discussion on Underwriting 2.0 and what it means for the carrier and the agent. Join our panel of experts – including real-world practitioners who have transformed their underwriting with a new generation of web-based technology.
Are you ready for the coming auto insurance revolution?
Low mileage driver interest in pay-only-as-you-drive insurance (PAYD) is growing fast, for many reasons. It will save most drivers money on their premiums. And it is environmentally responsible - a green product that creates incentives for driving less, resulting in less pollution, oil dependence and infrastructure cost. So why are some U.S. insurers moving fast while others are slow to act?
Get answers to these questions and more, with this on-demand web seminar.
Like it or not, International Accounting Standards are coming, and they will impact everyone in the accounting profession. This one hour seminar will present an overview of the convergence of U.S. GAAP Accounting with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It will explore the SEC’s role in this movement and the timeframe over which these changes may take place. It will also present the implications that this movement toward international standards may have on Insurance Statutory Accounting.
Industry experts discuss the background on the issue of data quality, and The Ernst & Young 2008 Catastrophe Exposure Data Quality Survey results.
The quality of underwriting continues to be the primary factor behind insurers’ financial performance and shareholder value. Yet, the underwriting cycle continues to be time-consuming, cumbersome and error-prone. Inefficient underwriting processes impede new business acquisition, drive up expenses and impact the customer experience.
Attend this web seminar to learn how Accenture, Pitney Bowes, Group 1 Software and Pitney Bowes MapInfo are helping insurers utilize new technologies to increase the speed and accuracy of underwriting decisions while revolutionizing the underwriting process to maximize efficiency, increase profitability and fuel growth.
The insurance industry is going through a period of rapid change with a consequence that the demands on actuarial software are also rapidly evolving. Regulatory and rating agency demands along with competitive pressures are pushing actuarial software available today to the limit. SunGard is innovating to give customers the power, control and performance, necessary to meet these demands by taking actuarial software to the next level.’