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Published May 9, 2016

7 min read

The Digital Insurer: Delivering the insights producers need to serve better and sell more

Insurers are privileged to have vast amounts of customer information from online, mobile, telephone and face-to-face interactions. The insights that information can generate represent tremendous business benefits – as long as the insurer can pull that information together to create a comprehensive picture.

Published April 29, 2016

8 min read

The Digital Insurer: Putting customers at the centre

In a digitally-connected world insurers need to focus on individual customers, not siloed products – and the latest technologies are enabling them to do just that

Published March 29, 2016

1 min read

Microsoft Envision: Gain crucial insights, discover new solutions, and build connections in Insurance

Disruption sounds scary—because it can be. But, with the rapid advances in business today you have to be a leader that makes smart, bold – and right! – decisions.

Published March 9, 2016

2 min read

The cost of insuring the world’s population is only $190 trillion

According to a calculation run by Willis Towers Watson, the cost of insuring the world’s population has been calculated at approximately $190 trillion, or roughly 2.5 times world GDP*.

Published February 17, 2016

2 min read

Modernizing BI for customer analytics and claims analytics

If insurance companies provide effective, easy to access self-help BI, they can focus on profitable lines and customers; better anticipate and manage their claims environments; and respond more quickly to opportunities and sources of risk.

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Published February 11, 2016

3 min read

Cortana Analytics helps insurer If P&C tackle Big Data analytics workload

Data has been an important part of the insurance industry for centuries, but the emergence of big data has brought unprecedented challenges to insurers around the world. Today, insurance companies large and small need to ingest, process, analyze and act on massive amounts of data from heterogeneous sources quickly and cost effectively.

Published June 26, 2015

4 min read

Innovation in insurance with IoT

An increasing number of insurance carriers are looking to the internet of things (IoT) as a source of data and insight that can help with new product development, risk identification and pricing, and even new value-added services that support policyholder retention

Published June 2, 2015

3 min read

Humanizing insurance: How today’s insurance industry is offering a better customer experience

In an effort to better serve today’s informed consumer and differentiate their business from competitors, insurance companies are making a concerted effort to shift from a policy-centric business model to a customer-centric one

Published June 2, 2015

6 min read

Making insurance more mobile

We speak with Microsoft’s Tony Jacob to find out how mobile applications are transforming processes for insurance agents and their customers

Published May 15, 2015

2 min read

Why CRM matters to the digital, customer-centric insurer

For many, a modern customer relationship management (CRM) system holds the key to operational excellence, great customer service and long-term success.

Published April 28, 2015

1 min read

Webinar: The Internet of Things-Innovation in Insurance

On Demand Webcast: The Internet of Things – Driving Innovation in Insurance

Published April 15, 2015

4 min read

Why risk modelling is the fastest growing workload in insurance

Learn why the cloud is helping to drive what we, at Microsoft, believe is the fastest growing workload in insurance – risk modelling

Category: Insurance

The Digital Insurer: Delivering the insights producers need to serve better and sell more

The Digital Insurer: Putting customers at the centre

Microsoft Envision: Gain crucial insights, discover new solutions, and build connections in Insurance

The cost of insuring the world’s population is only $190 trillion

Modernizing BI for customer analytics and claims analytics

Cortana Analytics helps insurer If P&C tackle Big Data analytics workload

Innovation in insurance with IoT

Humanizing insurance: How today’s insurance industry is offering a better customer experience

Making insurance more mobile

Why CRM matters to the digital, customer-centric insurer

Webinar: The Internet of Things-Innovation in Insurance

Why risk modelling is the fastest growing workload in insurance

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