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THE EFMA-ACCENTURE INNOVATION IN INSURANCE AWARDS 2019 MAKING THE EXCEPTIONAL VISIBLE
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 INNOVATION AWARDS CEREMONY 4 2019 AWARD CATEGORIES 5 LOOKING BACK AT THE 2018 AWARDS 8 2018 WINNERS 8 SUBMITTING YOUR INNOVATIONS 10 ABOUT US 11 2
INTRODUCTION
A JOINT EFMA AND
ACCENTURE INITIATIVE
The Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards
have been serving as a catalyst for innovation in the
insurance sector since their inception in 2016. This global
competition rewards the best new ideas and practices
that are transforming the industry for the benefit of
insurers and customers alike.
There are three major Awards phases:
IDEA COLLECTION
All insurers are encouraged to identify their
most innovative initiatives and submit them
at www.efma.com/innovationininsurance.
JUDGING & VOTING PROCESS
A rigorous and independent process ensures
the credibility of the awards. This includes
shortlisting by an Awards Committee;
deliberations by a jury of industry professionals;
and a broader online voting process.
AWARDS CEREMONY
The best innovation in each category will be
rewarded at a dedicated by-invitation-only
event. This will be held in Amsterdam on 24
June, and will include the winners presenting
their submissions.
3WHY INNOVATION
AWARD
ENTER CEREMONY
• Help promote a culture DATE
of innovation in insurance The Awards Ceremony will take place
on 24 June 2019 from 5.00pm to 10.30pm
• Achieve the recognition
of your colleagues
• Be acknowledged by your
industry peers
• Gain public acclaim VENUE
for your organization as TBC
an innovation leader Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Network with other executives
who are driving innovation
• Benchmark your innovation
against those of other insurers
REGISTRATION
• Be inspired by the creativity Registration for the Efma–Accenture
and boldness of your peers Innovation in Insurance Awards Ceremony
is by invitation only and free of charge.
AGENDA
We have an exciting and interactive
agenda planned, comprising the
awards ceremony itself with a gala
dinner, winner presentations,
pitches, Q&As and live voting.
42019 AWARD CATEGORIES The Efma–Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards aims to appraise and recognize the most innovative projects, initiatives and ideas in insurance globally. Winners are awarded by their peers, with a rigorous, independent process ensuring the credibility of the awards. NOMINATION Nine innovations will be shortlisted by the Awards Committee for each of the award categories. The committee will comprise industry experts. In addition, fifteen applications will be shortlisted for the Global Innovator special awards category. VOTING For all but the Global Innovator category, Efma members and non-members will vote online between 6 and 17 May, using our dedicated web page to select the top three entries. This will make up 50% of the final scores (40% from Efma members and 10% from non-members). The remaining 50% will come from the votes of an Awards Jury, which comprises senior insurance executives from across the world. For the Product & Service Innovation category, online voters and jury members will shortlist six innovations out of the nine that are nominated. The six shortlisted innovators will present their innovations to the audience at the awards ceremony. The audience will then cast their votes and the winner will be announced on-stage. For the Global Innovator category, the Awards Jury will select the winner from the fifteen nominees identified by the Awards Committee. 5 5
IN 2018, 320 SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM 237 ORGANIZATIONS IN 45 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE. 6
Winners will be recognized during the Awards
Ceremony in June 2019 in Amsterdam, in the
following seven categories:
GLOBAL INNOVATOR
The most innovative insurer. The winner is the organization whose
corporate vision commits it successfully to continuous innovation and
transformation, to the development and leadership of a broad ecosystem
of partners extending beyond insurance, and to the exploitation of
emerging technologies that improve the experience of its customers and
the performance of its business.
CONNECTED INSURANCE & ECOSYSTEMS
Innovative practices that give rise to new business models and
scalable end-to-end value propositions that capitalize on the power
of partnerships, platforms and the Internet of Things. Innovations,
diversification opportunities and ecosystems may reach beyond the
traditional boundaries of insurance, and may be submitted by
incumbents, specialized players and other new competitors.
CORE INSURANCE TRANSFORMATION
Significant enhancement of the underwriting, claims or other processes,
through improved automation, predictive/behavioral models, artificial
intelligence or other advances, to support price optimization, fraud
prevention, efficiency, personalization or enhanced agility.
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Innovations that significantly enhance the way companies engage with
customers. These new approaches create value through, for example,
seamless and personalized experiences across physical and/or digital
channels, new customer management models, artificial-intelligence-driven
advice, and innovative management of customer loyalty and satisfaction.
INSURTECH
The creation and/or application of innovative technology that substantially
enhances the customer experience and/or develops new sources of value
for insurers. This category is reserved for insurance start-ups and spin-
offs, and technology firms targeting the insurance industry. Innovations
must be stage-one funded, have a market release proposition, and/or have
completed a successful market proof of concept.
PRODUCT & SERVICE INNOVATION
Innovations that significantly enhance, extend or replace the traditional
offer, creating new profit pools by serving new customer segments or
existing segments in new ways, and entering or creating new markets
typically beyond the reach of insurance players.
WORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION
Innovations that successfully bring together people, culture, leadership,
organization and technology, enabling the insurer to realize the full
potential of the human and machine workplace.
77LOOKING BACK AT
THE 2018 AWARDS
On 12 June 2018 at the Elyseum in Paris, Efma and
Accenture announced the winners of the Innovation in
Insurance Awards. More than 237 organizations from 45
countries submitted 320 innovation case studies.
Participants from around the world attended the event.
WINNERS
GLOBAL INNOVATOR
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance won the top accolade for several
highly innovative products it brought to market. They included the
“Connected Safety Drive Support and Rescue System”, a connected
service for auto insurance customers as well as “Insurance Hero Marine”,
a smartphone app that uses cartoon characters to teach children about
insurance. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance also launched a range
of innovative insurance products designed to meet new consumer
requirements. These included work-from-home insurance as well as policies
that recognize same-sex partners as spouses.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Innovation: SIRI-Bution democratize your data Country: Switzerland
This innovation uses natural language processing to provide quick answers
to employee questions by unlocking complex business data and providing
clear and comprehensive insights.
BEST DISRUPTIVE PRODUCT OR SERVICE
Innovation: Digitization of the KBC home policy Country: Belgium
The data-driven platform simplifies the process for getting homeowners
insurance by asking customers just three questions and providing them
with an immediate quote.
8CLAIMS MANAGEMENT
Innovation: First travel insurance in mobile app with travel
assistance button Country: Poland
This innovation instantly connects customers with the institution’s insurance
agents, even without an internet connection, so customers don’t bear the
cost of international roaming.
CONNECTED INSURANCE & ECOSYSTEMS
Innovation: Flexcash Country: Switzerland
FlexCash helps small and medium-sized enterprises overcome liquidity
bottlenecks and manage their cash flow, enabling them to pre-finance their
accounts receivable invoices via the FlexCash platform and receive payment
immediately.
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE & ENGAGEMENT
Innovation: Speech and language translator S.A.L.T. Country: Poland
This is the first solution in Poland that enables the deaf to have standalone
contact with their insurance provider through a tripartite video connection
between the customer, a sign language translator, and a PZU consultant.
INSURTECH
Innovation: Automated accident reconstruction via mobile
phone application Country: Israel
This innovation uses AI and the onboard sensors in smartphones to capture
collision footage and data and then generates collision reports in minutes as
opposed to days. This reduces the rate of opportunistic fraud and enables
Nexar to process claims faster.
UNDERWRITING
Innovation: Alternus Country: USA
The first-ever retail property insurance solution backed by alternative capital.
Alternus provides risk managers with greater capital diversification by
offering a price discount from alternative capacity providers, which is then
passed directly on to the insured.
9SUBMITTING
YOUR INNOVATIONS
Efma and Accenture believe that the key to
success in today’s challenging markets is to
develop an innovation-committed DNA to be
fostered by sharing successful experiences
and new ideas.
An essential component of the program is • There is no limit to the number of
the Innovation Portal www.efma.com/ innovations you may submit.
innovationininsurance where innovations can • Only insurance and bancassurance
be searched by category, keyword, launch companies may enter all 6 awards
year, country, institution or the award edition. categories. Insurtechs may submit their
There’s an open application process through innovations in the Insurtech category only.
which all insurance companies can contribute These innovations must be stage-one
to the Innovation Portal by submitting funded, have a market release proposition,
their most innovative initiatives. An awards and/or have completed a successful
committee will shortlist 9 nominees for each market proof of concept.
category. A jury and Efma members/non-
members will then vote to decide the winners. SUBMIT YOUR INNOVATION
PLEASE NOTE
FOR THE 2019 AWARDS AT:
www.efma.com/innovationininsurance
• Entries close on 24 April, 2019. Winners will
be announced at an Awards Ceremony in
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUBMISSION
Amsterdam on 24 June, 2019.
PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT:
• There is no entry fee.
Yasmine Zeggane
• Submit your innovation/s for the Innovation Deputy Head of Strategic Partnerships, Efma
of the Month and you could already be Tel: +33 1 4742 6768
nominated for an award. yasmine@efma.com
• Innovations can only be submitted in the Boris Plantier
following categories: Connected Insurance & Content Manager, Efma
Ecosystems, Core Insurance Transformation, Tel: +33 1 4742 6769
Customer Experience, Insurtech, Product & boris@efma.com
Service Innovation and Workforce
Transformation. The judges will select entries GENERAL QUERIES:
for the Global Innovator category.
Please write to innovations@efma.com or
• To qualify, innovations must have been innovationinsurance@accenture.com
launched after 1 January 2017.
10ABOUT US Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions—underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network—Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 459,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com. A global non-profit organization, established in 1971 by banks and insurance companies, Efma facilitates networking between decision-makers. It provides quality insights to help banks and insurance companies make the right decisions to foster innovation and drive their transformation. Over 3,300 brands in 130 countries are Efma members. Headquarters in Paris. Offices in London, Brussels, Andorra, Stockholm, Bratislava, Dubai, Milan, Montreal, Istanbul, Beijing and Singapore. Learn more: www.efma.com 11 11
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