Health Insurance

Health Insurance top trends 2021

August 20, 2021

COVID-19 brought sweeping implications for all industries, but nowhere more so than in the health insurance industry. And now, firms continue to face challenges on multiple fronts as they work to meet the expectations of both members and employees. At the peak of disruption, the focus was on ensuring business continuity. These days efficiency initiatives are cropping up as insurers adapt to the new normal.

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Ironwood

Ironwood is an insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA. From broad-based property and liability policies to employee benefits consulting, Ironwood provides industry-leading insurance solutions you can count on when it matters most. We serve commercial, institutional and individual clients, and are focused on building long-term relationships through honesty, integrity and diligence. We are dedicated to delivering excellent customer service and providing the best value for every client we are privileged to serve.

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Supercharging P&C insurance sales with the digital customer experience

whitePaper | January 31, 2023

The Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry is being dramatically transformed by digital technologies that are shifting the customer relationship back to the carriers. Beyond working through third-party agents or brokers to purchase insurance policies, more customers are going directly to insurance carriers via their website and other digital channels. Driven by the convenience of online shopping, insurance companies are now expected to provide information that helps customers learn about policies, compare options and even complete an application from virtually any connected device, 24/7.

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Modernizing Insurance Data to Drive Intelligent Decisions

whitePaper | June 16, 2022

Data has always been an important asset in the insurance industry, which is largely built on algorithms and financial models. Today, that is truer than ever before. Data can be analyzed to provide insurers with deeper business insights and the ability to target the right customers through the right channels with the right offerings in the right sequence. It also has opened the door to a growing group of digital natives and insurtechs that bring innovative ideas and solutions to help accelerate and improve the customer journey. Today, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing the importance of data across the industry. AI is widely recognized for its potential to bring greater efficiency and innovation to the entire insurance value chain, from customer acquisition to claims processing, and for all stakeholders, including customers, agents and employees. However, effective AI depends on current, accurate and relevant data. AI is key to competitiveness, and data is key to AI.

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Reinsurance management: The biggest risk in insurance?

whitePaper | June 14, 2023

Reinsurance is a vital function, empowering insurers to offer more coverage to more customers at a more competitive price. But at a time when every insight, innovation and advantage is needed to help insurers take ownership of their reinsurance program, their antiquated reinsurance management systems and methods may be the biggest factor limiting their reinsurance program success and business performance.

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Accelerating change in insurance distribution through technology

whitePaper | March 14, 2022

If you want to see the influence that insurtechs are having on how insurance will be sold in the future, look no further than Lloyd’s of London, which has been about as technologically behind as an institution can be. Brit Ltd. announced in May 2020 that, in collaboration with Google, it has created Ki, a new syndicate that will be part of Lloyd’s, that “will aim to significantly reduce the amount of time and effort taken for [commercial] brokers to place their [excess] capacity, creating greater efficiency, responsiveness, and competitiveness.” The Ki platform, which will launch in 2021, will be cloud-based, able to be accessed by brokers directly, and involve algorithms able to evaluate Lloyd’s policies.

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Moving to the cloud is reshaping the insurance industry

whitePaper | October 25, 2022

With many employees working from home and digital business on the rise, insurers need a solution for managing, data, core systems and organisational needs. This whitepaper discusses the benefits of cloud computing for insurance companies.

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The role of wearables in private medical insurance

whitePaper | March 9, 2020

Ever since the rollout of electronic devices capable of measuring and recording various types of health data, private medical insurers have been carefully eyeing the potential usage of these devices. This paper discusses the implementation and practical uses of wearable technology in the private medical insurance market.

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Ironwood

Ironwood is an insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA. From broad-based property and liability policies to employee benefits consulting, Ironwood provides industry-leading insurance solutions you can count on when it matters most. We serve commercial, institutional and individual clients, and are focused on building long-term relationships through honesty, integrity and diligence. We are dedicated to delivering excellent customer service and providing the best value for every client we are privileged to serve.

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