Smarter Underwriting: New Strategies for Cost Control and Pricing Precision Using Decision Management
[ Source: FICO ]
January 2009-
Today insurance carriers are extending the efficiencies achieved through back office automation to point-of-sale (POS) decision making across all channels, including self-service websites, in-house sales and agent/distributor networks. New Decision Management solutions not only facilitate straight-through-processing, by improving the quality of inbound data, they also increase the accuracy, objectivity and consistency of underwriting and application decisions, even when business volume is rising rapidly. In addition, by providing deeper insights into loss risk, Decision Management enables ....
Decision Management for Insurance: Revenue-Generating Decisions Begin at the Point of Sale
[ Source: FICO ]
January 2009-
A new generation of technology solution—Decision Management—is bringing revenue-generating decisions to the point of sale with precision pricing and straight-through processing.
In this white paper, you'll learn how Decision Management can deliver deeper insights into risk exposure, enabling you to expand risk tiers, assign more accurate pricing and rapidly bring innovative products to new markets. You’ll also see how Decision Management can help you contain costs by allowing business users to implement business rule ....
8 smart reasons to deploy fully automated agent connectivity
[ Source: iter8 Inc. ]
November 2007-
Insurers that use an independent agent channel to handle all, or a sub-set of their sales efforts do so to leverage market knowledge and on-the-ground readiness, receiving the benefits of a broad-based channel with local presence that can reach into even the smallest geographic centers, while avoiding the direct costs of representatives to staff it. The effectiveness of the channel is dependent on all agencies interacting with the carrier in a seamless manner, ....
Cars and Trucks Are Talking: Why Insurers Should Listen
[ Source: Diamond Management & Technology Consultants ]
May 2008-
Automotive “telematics” such as event data recorders, global positioning systems, and other emerging innovations could save auto insurers $20 billion in annual claims payouts, or 17 percent of personal lines auto insurance losses each year. These savings will be the result of lower legal costs, more accurate insurance premiums, more efficient claims processing, fewer fraudulent claims, and new revenue from new monitoring and risk prevention services. But the road ahead presents challenges, too. ....
Taking Policy Administration System Transformation 'One Bite at a Time'
[ Source: Diamond Management & Technology Consultants ]
April 2008-
Most insurance carriers are placing policy administration system (PAS) transformation near the top of their to-do lists for the coming year, and many of these companies will expect a dramatic change in business results by moving PAS to the forefront of daily business operations. However, it is critical that carriers do not underestimate the operational challenges associated with replacing an existing PAS platform, because it will require changes to nearly every business process and technical ....