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“Innovation in Insurance” Event Attended by Insurers From Across Europe
Industry Trends and Agile Methodology are focus for
This year’s conference brought together more than 220 European
attendees. Speakers from leading European insurers included Aviva UK,
Basler Versicherungen, P&V, Zurich Germany and
The conference began with keynotes from
Mr. Trochimczuk followed with a perspective on market trends that are impacting the insurance sector. Socio-economic, demographic, political and technological influences have a strong bearing on the environment in which insurers operate. Mr. Trochimczuk offered an assessment of the challenges and innovation opportunities afforded to insurers by those trends.
“Only 2% of the world’s economy is insured. This is a huge potential for those insurers who can take advantage of it. To do this, insurers need the flexibility and agility provided by modern core systems for customer, policy and claims administration. This enables them to enter new markets, create products more quickly or effectively and cooperate with new partners, like Amazon®, Google®, or affinity groups,” said Michał Trochimczuk.
Four of the insurers presented case studies about the particular experiences of their companies.
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Anna Fleming , programme director, Zurich UK, talked about how to harness the opportunity for business transformation, the importance of the team dynamic and how to make use of lessons learned. -
Chris Hone , senior platform manager, Commercial,Creditor & Guidewire Development Centre of Excellence, Aviva UK and consultants fromSollers Consulting , Michał Piotrowicz and Sebastian Łubnicki, took the stage to explain how Agile methodology and technological innovations can be applied in the connected world in a distributed manner. -
Rolf Schiltknecht and
Tristan Schuler , executive directors ofBasler Versicherungen, described their implementation experience, the significance of out-of-the-box functionality, quick decision-making processes and the need for clarity of requirements. -
Finally,
Marc Beaujean , board member, P&V andLuc Van Dessel , programme manager, P&V described their company’s drive to establish a distinctive market positioning, the benefits they already see from their transformation project, the significance of using a “hybrid” Agile Methodology and the importance of getting the team right.
“We have enjoyed spending time with this varied audience of European
insurers, to hear about the practical challenges they have overcome and
the benefits they have gained,” commented
“It is important to have this platform for exchanging experiences,
especially as we all agree that insurance is currently facing disruptive
changes. New players and new technologies threaten the sources of
revenue and insurers need to get ready,” said
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Sollers Consulting
Agata Mączyńska, +48 (22) 22 272 92 14
agata.maczynska@sollers.eu
or
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Communications
Daniel Couzens/Susanna Woods, +44(0)20 7437 0227
guidewire@onechocolatecomms.co.uk
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Guidewire
Software (UK) Ltd
Louise Bradley, +44 (0)7474 837 860
lbradley@guidewire.com