insurance

July 31, 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Omnichannel Insurance Makes its Debut at PegaWorld

We recently attended PegaWorld in National Harbor, Maryland, on June 8-10. The conference focused on how businesses today must adapt to technological innovation and utilize new solutions that deliver business agility and empower organizations so they can rapidly close execution gaps and seize new op…

July 10, 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Video Killed The Radio Star, But Can It Save The Insurance Agent?

On August 1, 1981, the world was introduced to Music Television as the first MTV music video, “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by The Buggles debuted. Today, music videos have grown from a pioneering use of video content to help convey the message of a song, to an automatic accompaniment to newly rele…

June 18, 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Tech Innovation Emerges within Carriers’ Legacy Environments

Solution architectures are typically derived from open-ended questions designed to discover customer needs. However, Cisco approaches customers with insights-based assertions that rest on the belief that true innovation emerges from disruptive ideas that make customers aware of unknown needs. Accord…

What the Internet of Everything Means for Insurance

Moving to one-to-one relationships: It’s incredible to think about the impact and influence. Cisco predicts $14.4 trillion of value will be “at stake” over the next decade, driven by “connecting the unconnected” through the Internet of Everything (IoE). IoE triggers a 19 trillion dollar global…

April 30, 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Turn Big Data into Insights and Opportunities with Data Virtualization

IoE and the Insurance Impact The Internet of Everything (IoE) and its impact on financial services and more specifically, insurance, is at its infancy. Many other industries are already taking advantage of data coming from historically non-communicative devices to make changes to processes, automate…

March 17, 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Mayday for Insurance and Financial Services

According to Wikipedia, “mayday” is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications. It derives from the French expression “venez m’aider“, meaning “come to help me.” Most recently, the term has been used to…

February 18, 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

The New Price of Attracting and Retaining Insurance Customers

The insurance industry is facing a massive evolutionary shift driven by competition and changes in consumer preferences. The competitive battle is easy to see, as insurers delve out billions in advertising and marketing expenditures in an effort to attract and retain customers, while maintaining top…

January 15, 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Emerging Insurance Practices: Cloud Computing

The insurance industry is continuously looking for the simplest, most efficient method of providing consumers with the best service, while at the same time trying to reduce overall operating expenses. While insurance providers explore the right options for their business, one thing is certain, cloud…

July 16, 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Understanding Today’s Customer: How Data Mining Can Help Insurers Increase Customer Satisfaction

Imagine a customer calling their insurance provider and reaching a representative that has never spoken with them and is unfamiliar with the customer’s claims history or company policies. That doesn’t sound like a good experience. Now imagine after a quick verification from the customer, the same re…