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At Insurance Resources International, LLC (IRI), we have worked with dozens of companies, both P&C Insurers and the companies in the Eco-System that provide key products and services vital to the Insurance Industry.

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Emerging and Enduring Trends Part 2

Joseph Coupal - Thursday, January 08, 2015

By Jim Porcari

In this post, we will highlight some of what we think are some of the enduring trends in the auto claims space of the P&C market. These include:

  • Lower Frequency
  • Using new technology in old ways
  • Focus on LAE in a vacuum vs. lowest ultimate cost
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Insurance industry as a fast follower vs., innovator
  • Finding people via referrals & “networks”

Some of these enduring trends are exogenous to specific insurers and will take time to play out, but insurers unwilling to look at and plan for the long term, will simply fail faster, accelerating the inevitable (and much needed) consolidation already beginning to occur.

Emerging and Enduring Trends Part 1

Joseph Coupal - Thursday, January 08, 2015

By Jim Porcari

In this post, we will highlight some of what we think are the emerging trends in the auto claims space of the P&C market. These include:

  • Mobile – moving from mobile “also”, to mobile first
  • BPO – by task vs. functional area, across vs. within
  • Strategic partnerships – fewer, but broader
  • Collision repair MSO partnerships
  • Telematics – underwriting today, claims tomorrow
  • Significant demographic shifts – Gen Y, Latino, Urban

And these are just a few of the emerging trends that will impact how you leverage people, capital and technology in the claims arena. Some of these are independent variables, some, like mobile, will have to be integrated across tasks and functional areas.