GBA Outlook Opportunities in Insurance

whitePaper | April 21, 2022

Progress in the areas of robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) continues to define a new era of automation in finance. In the last decade, one such focus area for many financial organisations has been automating and modernising key back-office processes like reconciliations. Yet the insurance industry has lagged behind in this regard, relying on outdated reconciliation procedures far longer than any other financial sector. The result is that many firms today struggle with critical issues like differing data formats, manual processes and IT dependencies.

whitePaper | April 1, 2023

In a study conducted by KPMG, 96% of insurance CEOs reported the pandemic accelerated digitization initiatives. COVID-19 forced businesses of all shapes and sizes (along with consumers) to embrace digitization.

whitePaper | July 12, 2022

The insurance industry is feeling the impact of high inflation. Supply shortages and higher material prices have been raising insurer repair and replacement costs and increasing the severity of losses on auto and homeowner insurance claims. Interchange fee increases, rising labor costs, and fuel price hikes are only adding to carriers’ financial pressures.

whitePaper | April 14, 2022

Endorsed by the UN Secretary-General and insurance industry CEOs, the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) serve as a global framework for the insurance industry to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities and a global initiative to strengthen the insurance industry’s contribution as risk managers, insurers and investors to building resilient, inclusive and sustainable communities and economies on a healthy planet.

whitePaper | September 5, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on global supply chains, but those supply chains have also been a vital lifeline in supporting the response. In particular, vehicle rental and repair networks have kept drivers, businesses and the economy moving throughout the pandemic.

whitePaper | February 2, 2020

The outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019- nCoV), in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China, has prompted questions of how insurance policies might respond to claims stemming from business losses attributed to this infection prompting this White Paper. The primary virus infection, which can result in pneumonia and even death, originated from a Wuhan city seafood market. Subsequently, person-to-person transmission has occurred, primarily to health workers who had contact with those initially infected. The concern is that this may lead to widespread infections, worldwide.