INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY
Xceedance | December 01, 2020
Xceedance, a global supplier of strategic insurance consulting and technology servicing insurance associations around the world, today reported the extension of its global Actuarial and Analytics Services practice, driven by Matthew Duke, SVP and chief statistician.
“Matthew looks at actuarial services from a business perspective first,” said Manish Khetan, COO of North America operations at Xceedance. “His approach to maximizing the value of the insurance actuarial function can be transformational for large companies looking to streamline and focus operations. Small to mid-size insurance companies, which may not have the bandwidth to truly take advantage of progressive actuarial services, can also benefit from the Xceedance offering.”
Duke acquires 15 years of authority actuarial and analytics disciplines, with ability in technique execution, encouraging authoritative change, and settling business challenges by means of information driven experiences that straightforwardly sway productivity. He is an individual from the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA), a partner of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS), perceived as a partner in reinsurance (ARe) by The Institutes, and accomplished his MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Preceding joining Xceedance, Duke worked at Blackboard Insurance as head of evaluating and development analytics, where he created actuarial estimating foundation, driven state recording activities, reclassified the function of a statistician, and selected top ability. Notwithstanding break head of danger at Blackboard, Duke held situations at Freedom Mortgage, Guy Carpenter, Arch Insurance Group, and Travelers.
“Xceedance has provided actuarial services to insurance companies for several years, building a foundation upon which an expanded practice with broader reach can be established,” said Duke. “I strongly believe the involvement of proficient actuaries at all levels of the insurance decision-making process can translate to real value on the profit and loss statement. In partnering with Xceedance, insurance organizations can have access to top-quality actuarial and analytics resources, not only for standard pricing and reserving work, but also to enable other functions which contribute to the goals and outcomes of a company’s strategic plan.”
About Xceedance
Xceedance (www.xceedance.com) is a global provider of strategic consulting and managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions to insurance organizations. Domiciled in Bermuda, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Poland, India, and Australia, Xceedance helps insurers launch new products, drive operations, implement intelligent technology, deploy advanced analytic capabilities, and achieve business process optimization.
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ANNUITIES
Accenture | January 06, 2021
Accenture has been named a Leader and Star Performer for application and digital services in the global life and annuities (L&A) insurance sector in another report from industry analyst firm Everest Group.
Everest Group analyzed the vision, capability and market impact of 21 leading IT application and digital service providers for the L&A Insurance Application and Digital Services PEAK Matrix® 2021 report.
Accenture is positioned as a Leader and Star Performer for Market Impact, which assesses service providers against criteria, for example, market adoption, portfolio blend and value to clients; and for Vision and Capability, which includes measures, for example, strategy, service scope, innovation and investments, and delivery.
“We’re thrilled to be recognized for our leading capabilities in helping insurers embrace change and compete with the latest technologies and digital experiences,” said Steve Murphy, a senior managing director at Accenture and global technology lead for its Insurance industry group. “The pandemic has only accelerated the need for convenient and personalized digital services from life and annuity providers. We’re continuing to help insurers modernize their legacy technology systems with cloud-centric business models and reimagine the customer experience with analytics.”
Service providers are positioned on Everest Group's PEAK Matrix®, which measures their vision, capability and market impact. The report and PEAK Matrix assessment furnish organizations with a framework to measure the relative market impact and capabilities of service providers around the world.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 514,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.
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INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY
Fenris | June 08, 2022
Fenris Digital (Fenris), an insurance data sourcing innovator with a suite of API-delivered, SOC 2 compliant products, is pleased to announce a new partnership with enterprise life insurance platform Sureify to deliver Life Events Monitoring and Alerts (LEMA) to Sureify's LifetimeENGAGE users to increase customer interaction and, ultimately, satisfaction.
Fenris Life Event Monitoring and Alerts will be made available on Sureify's LifetimeENGAGE platform, which helps carriers and brokers build long-term relationships with policyholders by driving health and wellness activities, purchase decisions, financial education, and more. Sureify's carrier and broker customers will receive real-time alerts concerning changes in the lives of policyholders that would need a review of current coverage because of Fenris' life event alerts being made available through its platform.
The lives of our client's policyholders are changing faster than ever. Insurance providers need to be aware of these changes in real time so they can engage with their customers at exactly the right moments. By integrating with Fenris, we're investing to ensure that, through our clients, modern policyholders' needs are being almost proactively met, which is immense."
Sureify COO Ryan Swanson.
Data is at the heart of a carrier's engagement practices that lead to informed agents guiding policyholders along the customer lifecycle, Working with Sureify to make our real-time alerts available to the life insurance space will give agents, brokers, and carriers the insight they need at the right time to nurture their relationship with policyholders."
Jennifer Linton, CEO and Founder of Fenris.
Fenris enables traditional, innovative, and embedded insurance companies to better acquire customers by leveraging data repositories of 255+ million persons, 130+ million homes, 30+ million small businesses, and total coverage of all properties in the United States. Through real-time alerts that prompt outreach to policyholders, Fenris' Life Event Monitoring and Alerts promotes engagement, raises retention rates, and leads to business growth.
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