The document discusses potential blockchain use cases for the insurance industry. It describes joining existing blockchain networks to quickly generate revenue. Three specific use cases are summarized: 1) reducing supply chain inefficiencies in global container trade through the TradeLens network; 2) improving food recall transparency and speed through the FoodTrust network; and 3) streamlining regulatory reporting requirements through a proposed Insurance Data Link network. The document advocates joining existing networks to accelerate blockchain projects and time to value for insurance businesses.
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Get started on your blockchain journey
Extend a network
Build business models & new
applications through the integration
with established networks &
advanced technologies.
Commercialize your network
Apply proven frameworks & expertise
to address complex legal/ governance
& operational challenges, & deliver a
production network.
Build or Join a network
Prioritize the best use cases and
networks for your business, and rapid
development of a minimum viable
network in 12 weeks or less.
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3. First Project to Production
Discover
1-3 days
Blockchain Education
Use Case Validation
Design Thinking Workshops
Network Identification
Requirements gathering
Discover
Learn
Try
Buy
First Project
4-12 weeks
Minimum Viable Product
Minimum Viable Ecosystem
Business Value Assessments
Pilot
6 – 9 Months
Pilot – real transactions
Legal entity setup and regulatory compliance
Governance setup
Funding model and Monetization strategy
Integrations to existing systems
Production
1 Year +
Fully integrated solution processing real
transactions providing real returns
Member recruitment
Application maintenance
New feature releases
Interoperability strategy
Form
Expand & Activate
Scale
Live growing
network providing
real returns
Membership
recruitment
New technology
integrations
Network
interoperability
Business, Technical, Legal Considerations
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The Approach: IBM Garage Method
The methodology is fueled by a collaborative
culture while using the best of:
- IBM Design Thinking
- Agile
- DevOps
• Lean
• Industry & Business Value Framework
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Top 5 Lessons Learned
1. Dream big – and act incrementally
2. Identify business challenges and opportunities
3. Collaborate to create business value from the beginning
4. Govern for the future
5. Blockchain is a team sport – make connections!
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7. JOIN
Developing JOIN option(s) for existing networks will offer
the fastest way to revenue for our customers
We do have developed critical business cases and
identified the member types of Blockchain networks that
we need to involve
All use cases have to be anchored into the rich document
and API databases available
Selectively building new networks with industry
associations and interested parties.
BUILD
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Making blockchain real for insurance
businesses with JOIN options for active
Blockchain networks
Identity
Trade
Lens
Container Trade
Food
Trust
Food
Provenance
Trade
Finance
Government
Distributed
Energy
Healthcare
Provenance
Unlisted
Securities
Insurance
Clearing &
Settlement
Bank
Guarantees
OpenIDL
Insurance Data
WorldWire
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Global ContainerTrade - Open Ocean Cargo Insurance
JOIN Use Case 1
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Potential Business Impact
• Reduce Cost by having more timely and accurate information
• Reduction of delays of shipments and goods flow
• Reduce risk by ensuring compliance with regulations
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Global ContainerTrade - Open Ocean Cargo Insurance
JOIN Use Case 1 - NEXT STEPS
• Schedule a 1 to 1 1/2 day planning (mini-garage) session with 2-3 insurance companies to perfect the
Open Ocean Cargo Insurance use case – IN JANUARY 2019
• Jointly fund a 6-10 week Recall Insurance use case Pilot
• We want to structurally approach the Open OceanCargo Insurance use case as an 'app' that is running
on top of the FoodTrust 'AppStore' network without having to change attributes of objects on the
FoodTrust network itself, but rather extracting necessary information for insurers to be able to create
and manage certificates of insurance.
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JOIN Use Case 2
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Potential Business Impact
Global Food Safety - Recall Insurance
• Increase transparency of the product recall process
• Exploiting new revenue pools that network surface
• Attracting other ecosystem players
• Lower dispute costs and potentially lower exposure
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JOIN Use Case 3
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Potential Business Impact
Regulatory Reporting - Data Calls
The Insurance Data Link (IDL) is the first open blockchain platform
that enables efficient, secure and permissioned-based collection and
reporting of statistical data.
The openIDL:
− Streamlines time-consuming/expensive compliance
requirements and regulatory data calls.
− New, quantified value from current data and processes.
− Operational efficiency and product development opportunities.
15. Global ContainerTrade
Tradelens – Open Marine Cargo
What is the business problem?
GlobalTrade is hugely inefficient and burdened by paper-based processes.
More than $16 trillion in goods are shipped across international borders
each year with 80% of the goods consumers use daily are carried by the
ocean shipping industry.
How is it currently done?
Trading is all about manual documentation.There is no trust between
counter-parties, so middlemen are used to check if the documentation is
right and that the consignment is correct at each checkpoint along the
entire route.
What are the problems of not using Blockchain?
A single shipment of avocados from Mombasa to Rotterdam involves
30 actors, 100+ people, and 200 information exchanges
Pilot shipments from Central Europe the US resulted in containers
being delayed for 4 weeks due to lack of transparency and delayed
information exchange
A customer support agent for a freight forwarder may have to make up
to five calls to different parties to answer a simple location question
Why Blockchain?
1. Reduce risk by ensuring compliance with regulations
2. Reduce Sum Insured by increasing declaration frequency
3. More Accuracy based on subject matter, duration or specific
terms
4. Reduce Cost by having more timely and accurate information
5. Increase Revenue through trading partner trust
JOIN Use Case 1
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Potential Business Impact
By reducing barriers within the international supply chain,
global trade could increase by nearly 15%, boosting
economies and creating jobs
Reduction of calls and administrative tasks resulting in savings
of $Xx million per container boat
Reduction of delays of shipments and goods flow
16. Global Food Safety
FoodTrust – Recall Insurance
What is the business problem?
In 2018 alone we already experienced more than 200 recalls that were
registered on the FDA website. Every recall requires fast tracking of the
underlying contamination and near real-time prevention to kick in. Until
the source of the problem has been determined all goods are guilty until
proven innocent.
How is it currently done?
Paper- and phone-based tracing products back along the complex supply
chain today takes days if not weeks. In a case of life-threatening
contaminations this is simply not good enough.
What are the problems of not using Blockchain?
A single shipment of avocados from Mombasa to Rotterdam involves
30 actors, 100+ people, and 200 information exchanges
Tracking a single pack of mangoes takes almost 7 business days – an
eternity.With Blockchain-enabled systems only little more than 2
seconds
A supply chain person for a retailer may have to make a minimum of six
calls to different parties to answer a simple tracking question
Why Blockchain?
1. Reduce Risk of Harm to Consumers through rapid and
accurate communication
2. Reduce Risk Profile for insurers and insured companies
3. Reduce Cost by making recalls more effective and targeted
4. Reduce Risk by ensuring compliance with regulations
5. Increase Revenue through trading partner trust
JOIN Use Case 3
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Potential Business Impact
Increase transparency of the product recall process
Exploiting new revenue pools that network surface
Attracting other ecosystem players
Lower dispute costs and potentially lower exposure
17. Regulatory Reporting
OpenIDL – Data Call
What is the business problem?
Regulatory reporting that also provides new insights for insurers,
while enhancing timeliness, accuracy, and value for regulators today
is a challenge for many reasons. Efficient, secure and permissioned-
based collection and sharing of statistical data is a highly manual
process.
How is it currently done?
With traditional means, once data is shared, it is no longer under
the sharing entities control. This and multiple legal, e.g. anti-trust
laws, collusion, as well as operational an practical considerations
make this process very cumbersome.
What are the problems of not using Blockchain?
Loss of control of shared data with no possibility for a carrier to
allow limited access to specific entities
No practical and non-disruptive way for insurers to leverage their
data and reap the benefits
Very difficult to creating an environment where separate legal
entities can work together
Why Blockchain?
1. Facilitate data exchange by automatic trusted exchanges
(Smart Contracts)
2. Maintain control of all data for all carriers
3. Reduce Risk Profile for insurers and insured companies
4. Reduce Cost by making data calls more effective and targeted
5. Reduce risk by ensuring compliance with regulations
6. Optimize Asset Utilization through structured processes
7. Increase Revenue through increased trust amongst carriers
JOIN Use Case 4
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Potential Business Impact
Better risk mitigation for carriers and better understand of
loss data and underlying causes
Better policies by mining shared data that helps the entire
ecosystem of insurance carriers
Consumer benefits by cost takeout on the insurance carrier
side
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Collaborative platforms Scalable networks for multi-party value exchange
1. Network #3: A solution to instantly trace food items from “farm to fork” providing transparency across the ecosystem
2. IBM Blockchain World Wire: A universal rail for real-time atomic clearing and settlement supporting the exchange of digital monetary assets
3. Identity: A trusted network empowering consumer to effortlessly and privately control their identity attributes
4. Trade Lens: Joint Venture between Maersk & IBM focused on digital trade – enabled by blockchain to create connected world of frictionless trade
The path of minerals and metals such as gold, silver, lead and zinc throughout the supply chain to the commodity trading market is typically complex. Manual documentation creates multiple opportunities for fraud, data entry error and delays at each point of contact. As a result, disputes among trading partners, added costs for third-party verification, and transaction processing can create delays due to lengthy reconciliation processes, which in turn can increase costs.
So really the objective is to be able to bring transparency and efficiency to the supply chain, which means that participants at every stage of a mineral’s journey from mine to market must be digitized, accounted for and traced.
This means that miners, transporters , smelters, assayers and the final marketplace can be on the Blockchain solution, as well as the banks that provide trade financing and regulators that issue and validate certificates and compliance practices.
Empowering miners to trade more directly with customers has potentially profound implications for their business models and businesses as a whole.
The positive impact to the Business will be;
Generate + $425 billion in value for the industry
Reduction of 610 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
Potentially B$ investment from Trading Companies and Streaming Companies
Improved visibility on sustainability built into ecosystem - carbon footprint, indigenous peoples re-settlement, environmental management, etc.
The path of minerals and metals such as gold, silver, lead and zinc throughout the supply chain to the commodity trading market is typically complex. Manual documentation creates multiple opportunities for fraud, data entry error and delays at each point of contact. As a result, disputes among trading partners, added costs for third-party verification, and transaction processing can create delays due to lengthy reconciliation processes, which in turn can increase costs.
So really the objective is to be able to bring transparency and efficiency to the supply chain, which means that participants at every stage of a mineral’s journey from mine to market must be digitized, accounted for and traced.
This means that miners, transporters , smelters, assayers and the final marketplace can be on the Blockchain solution, as well as the banks that provide trade financing and regulators that issue and validate certificates and compliance practices.
Empowering miners to trade more directly with customers has potentially profound implications for their business models and businesses as a whole.
The positive impact to the Business will be;
Generate + $425 billion in value for the industry
Reduction of 610 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
Potentially B$ investment from Trading Companies and Streaming Companies
Improved visibility on sustainability built into ecosystem - carbon footprint, indigenous peoples re-settlement, environmental management, etc.
The path of minerals and metals such as gold, silver, lead and zinc throughout the supply chain to the commodity trading market is typically complex. Manual documentation creates multiple opportunities for fraud, data entry error and delays at each point of contact. As a result, disputes among trading partners, added costs for third-party verification, and transaction processing can create delays due to lengthy reconciliation processes, which in turn can increase costs.
So really the objective is to be able to bring transparency and efficiency to the supply chain, which means that participants at every stage of a mineral’s journey from mine to market must be digitized, accounted for and traced.
This means that miners, transporters , smelters, assayers and the final marketplace can be on the Blockchain solution, as well as the banks that provide trade financing and regulators that issue and validate certificates and compliance practices.
Empowering miners to trade more directly with customers has potentially profound implications for their business models and businesses as a whole.
The positive impact to the Business will be;
Generate + $425 billion in value for the industry
Reduction of 610 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
Potentially B$ investment from Trading Companies and Streaming Companies
Improved visibility on sustainability built into ecosystem - carbon footprint, indigenous peoples re-settlement, environmental management, etc.
The path of minerals and metals such as gold, silver, lead and zinc throughout the supply chain to the commodity trading market is typically complex. Manual documentation creates multiple opportunities for fraud, data entry error and delays at each point of contact. As a result, disputes among trading partners, added costs for third-party verification, and transaction processing can create delays due to lengthy reconciliation processes, which in turn can increase costs.
So really the objective is to be able to bring transparency and efficiency to the supply chain, which means that participants at every stage of a mineral’s journey from mine to market must be digitized, accounted for and traced.
This means that miners, transporters , smelters, assayers and the final marketplace can be on the Blockchain solution, as well as the banks that provide trade financing and regulators that issue and validate certificates and compliance practices.
Empowering miners to trade more directly with customers has potentially profound implications for their business models and businesses as a whole.
The positive impact to the Business will be;
Generate + $425 billion in value for the industry
Reduction of 610 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
Potentially B$ investment from Trading Companies and Streaming Companies
Improved visibility on sustainability built into ecosystem - carbon footprint, indigenous peoples re-settlement, environmental management, etc.
The path of minerals and metals such as gold, silver, lead and zinc throughout the supply chain to the commodity trading market is typically complex. Manual documentation creates multiple opportunities for fraud, data entry error and delays at each point of contact. As a result, disputes among trading partners, added costs for third-party verification, and transaction processing can create delays due to lengthy reconciliation processes, which in turn can increase costs.
So really the objective is to be able to bring transparency and efficiency to the supply chain, which means that participants at every stage of a mineral’s journey from mine to market must be digitized, accounted for and traced.
This means that miners, transporters , smelters, assayers and the final marketplace can be on the Blockchain solution, as well as the banks that provide trade financing and regulators that issue and validate certificates and compliance practices.
Empowering miners to trade more directly with customers has potentially profound implications for their business models and businesses as a whole.
The positive impact to the Business will be;
Generate + $425 billion in value for the industry
Reduction of 610 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
Potentially B$ investment from Trading Companies and Streaming Companies
Improved visibility on sustainability built into ecosystem - carbon footprint, indigenous peoples re-settlement, environmental management, etc.
The path of minerals and metals such as gold, silver, lead and zinc throughout the supply chain to the commodity trading market is typically complex. Manual documentation creates multiple opportunities for fraud, data entry error and delays at each point of contact. As a result, disputes among trading partners, added costs for third-party verification, and transaction processing can create delays due to lengthy reconciliation processes, which in turn can increase costs.
So really the objective is to be able to bring transparency and efficiency to the supply chain, which means that participants at every stage of a mineral’s journey from mine to market must be digitized, accounted for and traced.
This means that miners, transporters , smelters, assayers and the final marketplace can be on the Blockchain solution, as well as the banks that provide trade financing and regulators that issue and validate certificates and compliance practices.
Empowering miners to trade more directly with customers has potentially profound implications for their business models and businesses as a whole.
The positive impact to the Business will be;
Generate + $425 billion in value for the industry
Reduction of 610 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions
Potentially B$ investment from Trading Companies and Streaming Companies
Improved visibility on sustainability built into ecosystem - carbon footprint, indigenous peoples re-settlement, environmental management, etc.