Disruptors in force at Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards
The annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards give valuable insights into how carriers are using digital technology to disrupt their traditional markets. This year around 50 insurers and...
View ArticleInsurtechs star at Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards
The decision to highlight innovative insurtech firms at this year’s Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards has been a huge success. More than 80 start-ups submitted entries. Many of these...
View ArticleWhy insurers need to rescue underwriters from siloed data
In 2008, Accenture published the results of the first P&C Underwriting Survey in partnership with The Institutes. As the longest-running longitudinal underwriting survey in the insurance industry,...
View ArticleWhat quantum computing means for insurance
Insurance underwriting is fundamentally a data-driven practice. With an increasingly interconnected world producing far more data than an individual human can process, computers and AI have come in to...
View ArticleResilience inspires optimism in the insurance industry
Despite continuing market volatility and uncertainty, we are fundamentally optimistic about the future of the insurance industry, which has demonstrated resilience through the pandemic and in the face...
View ArticleHow to address the urgent insurance workforce gap with technology
The insurance industry is experiencing a growing talent shortage. While this challenge has been anticipated, much of the discussion on solutions is often generalized to the entire workforce. But not...
View ArticleBringing insurance industry innovation to AWS re:Invent
A year ago at re:Invent, Accenture and AWS announced a joint investment to accelerate cloud migration and industry differentiation for our clients. Increasing demand in commercial underwriting made...
View Article3 life insurance underwriting predictions for 2023
As the insurance industry continues to navigate the pace of change, complexity and uncertainty in our world, consumers continue to respond, expecting companies to be more responsive to their needs....
View ArticleInsurance News: Generative AI experience, efficiency and risk
Every day we see headlines about generative AI. For the insurance industry, this technology offers acceleration in many areas in which AI-led transformation is already underway. But, like any emerging...
View ArticleInsurance News: The heat is on—from climate change to claims
From catastrophic events linked to climate change to social unrest, the insurance industry is seeing big claims. While some risks are more easily predicted than others, new data sources may help...
View ArticleInsurance News: When states are the insurers of last resort
The insurance industry and public sector both play a critical role in helping to mitigate risk for customers and constituents. But, as costs to insure property and long-term care in the U.S. rise,...
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