From property and casualty, through life and annuity, insurers of all stripes need to transcend task-based robotic process automation and holistically embrace more powerful intelligent process automation to improve their performance in today’s growth-challenged marketplace.
UiPath: Insurance in the Age of Intelligent AutomationUiPath
This paper will explain what benefits Robotic Process Automation (RPA) brings to the Insurance industry, how
it tackles the most sensitive pain points and offers guidelines on
building a successful RPA capability.
Real uses cases will illustrate how other companies developed their RPA deployments. You will also find out what’s in store
for intelligent process automation (IPA), as AI and cognitive tools merge with RPA.
Finally, the paper will demonstrate that insurers must catch the RPA train before it is too late if they want to stay relevant in an ever so challenging and rapidly evolving market.
Using agile automation methodology to automate business processesUiPath
Daniel Dines, CEO of UiPath, talks to Innovation Nation
about how UiPath’s Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
technology has become an integral part of Capgemini’s
Business Services solutions, as well as dispelling some
myths about the hype around robotics and automation.
In the digitised world of 2021, hyperautomation has enabled global businesses to function and process with technological innovations. Hyperautomation is a tool that requires human intervention to manage tasks efficiently. Once interpreted, the AI uses its other tools using RPA and analytics to deliver a great deal of value to the business. The primary benefit of hyperautomation is in the word itself; automation at a fast and accurate rate maximising workforce productivity, reducing risks and consumer satisfaction at its core.
Intelligent Automation: Exploring Enterprise Opportunities for Systems that D...Cognizant
To compete in an era of globalization and fast-moving business change, organizations need to apply smart technologies, which can reduce costs, increase scalability, improve accuracy, boost speed and make better use of human efforts.
Automatonophobia is the fear of anything that falsely
represents a sentient being. And when it comes to process
automation, many organizations have this fear about getting
started.
Indeed, robots are fast advancing, enabling you to improve
the accuracy, consistency, speed, and delivery cost of any
activity that requires human labor. They do not need sleep,
overtime salary, or breaks, and they can do everything
from opening an Internet browser and executing a program
to validating data, answering questions, and supporting
decisions. But in a dynamic and somewhat ambiguous
technical landscape, with a lack of established marketplace
examples, some companies have spent the past 12 months
just talking about robotic automation, while early movers are
already saving millions of dollars.
Applying Robotic Process Automation in Banking: Innovations in Finance and Riskaccenture
Robotics is quickly gaining traction in banks to automate their everyday finance and risk processes. Accenture's presentation covers the impact of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) on a bank's finance and risk function. Read Philippe Guyonnet’s blog to learn more about RPA in banking and finance and risk innovation:http://bit.ly/2dprACR
UiPath: Insurance in the Age of Intelligent AutomationUiPath
This paper will explain what benefits Robotic Process Automation (RPA) brings to the Insurance industry, how
it tackles the most sensitive pain points and offers guidelines on
building a successful RPA capability.
Real uses cases will illustrate how other companies developed their RPA deployments. You will also find out what’s in store
for intelligent process automation (IPA), as AI and cognitive tools merge with RPA.
Finally, the paper will demonstrate that insurers must catch the RPA train before it is too late if they want to stay relevant in an ever so challenging and rapidly evolving market.
Using agile automation methodology to automate business processesUiPath
Daniel Dines, CEO of UiPath, talks to Innovation Nation
about how UiPath’s Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
technology has become an integral part of Capgemini’s
Business Services solutions, as well as dispelling some
myths about the hype around robotics and automation.
In the digitised world of 2021, hyperautomation has enabled global businesses to function and process with technological innovations. Hyperautomation is a tool that requires human intervention to manage tasks efficiently. Once interpreted, the AI uses its other tools using RPA and analytics to deliver a great deal of value to the business. The primary benefit of hyperautomation is in the word itself; automation at a fast and accurate rate maximising workforce productivity, reducing risks and consumer satisfaction at its core.
Intelligent Automation: Exploring Enterprise Opportunities for Systems that D...Cognizant
To compete in an era of globalization and fast-moving business change, organizations need to apply smart technologies, which can reduce costs, increase scalability, improve accuracy, boost speed and make better use of human efforts.
Automatonophobia is the fear of anything that falsely
represents a sentient being. And when it comes to process
automation, many organizations have this fear about getting
started.
Indeed, robots are fast advancing, enabling you to improve
the accuracy, consistency, speed, and delivery cost of any
activity that requires human labor. They do not need sleep,
overtime salary, or breaks, and they can do everything
from opening an Internet browser and executing a program
to validating data, answering questions, and supporting
decisions. But in a dynamic and somewhat ambiguous
technical landscape, with a lack of established marketplace
examples, some companies have spent the past 12 months
just talking about robotic automation, while early movers are
already saving millions of dollars.
Applying Robotic Process Automation in Banking: Innovations in Finance and Riskaccenture
Robotics is quickly gaining traction in banks to automate their everyday finance and risk processes. Accenture's presentation covers the impact of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) on a bank's finance and risk function. Read Philippe Guyonnet’s blog to learn more about RPA in banking and finance and risk innovation:http://bit.ly/2dprACR
SmartERP Webinar
Did you know that approximately 55% of work activities can be automated using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology? Automating business processes in Finance is now considered a business imperative. RPA enables organizations to power people and automates business operations by leveraging this game-changing technology.
RPA has become one of the most popular choices for improving operational efficiency with tactical automation. 59% of Finance & Accounting leaders believe RPA will make their business more competitive over the next two years.
In this webinar, you will learn how to:
How to utilize RPA to transform your organization
Fix broken manual processes
Integrate RPA with your Finance applications
Easily scale large and often changing logic systems
Perform a vast array of key essential tasks; quickly and precisely
Use RPA with AI, to augment tasks that need human intelligence
Benefits:
Increase productivity across your organization
Enables cost reduction for your organization
Improve your accuracy and increase efficiency
Enhances your customer’s experience
The Shared Services Imperative: Evolve from Cost-Killer to Value-DriverCognizant
By applying new 'SMAC Stack' technologies to enterprise work, shared services leaders can standardize and automate process work activities, while at the same time delivering greater value through process innovation, reducing risk and revealing new sources of revenue for stakeholders.
What's the difference between RPA and Intelligent Automation? RPA is an approach making use of software bots to automate mundane, high-volume, rule-based and repeatable tasks. Intelligent Automation is an advanced form of RPA. Check out our Infographics to understand the major differences.
RPA Vendors report ITCentralStation - May 2019UiPath
UiPath is the Top solution for Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) according to IT Central Station reviews and rankings.
One reviewer says, "Anything you can do on a computer with enough effort, you can get the robot to do it," and another: "There's a 100% reduction in human errors. The bot doesn't make any errors."
RPA takes over necessary processes — highly transactional, rules-based yet low-valued work — that have typically been performed by humans, and it is most successful when the process owners create the automation modules, which are then combined to build a completely new end-to end workflow.
Interestingly, we see a significant number of agency leaders from the business side adopting UiPath’s RPA technology. That is
good news for IT-led transformation efforts, which can sometimes lag when those in charge of business operations are not
actively involved.
This presentation covers the current scenario of RPA industry, its imapct on BFSI Industry. It further covers the challenges, the myths, opportunities,benefits and future trends.
Many insurers have set out on the journey of robotic process automation. In most cases, this has meant running pilots on simple business processes before scaling up to deliver more material benefits through an industrialized automation capability. Our experience shows that a holistic and integrated approach to these implementations is essential.
Digital redefinition of banking banking transformationDraup
The increase in the number of digital use cases in the banking and financial services industry has led to the emergence of newer digital hotspots in the US. States such as Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas, and California have a high density of mature talent specializing in these digital cases. These digital use cases have also given rise to new hotspots in neighbouring states such as Iowa, Arizona, and Ohio. Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JP Morgan Chase have capitalized on this rapid digitalization to create solutions in anti-money laundering, digital wealth management, information security, cloud technology.
Analysing the Digital Maturity of Top US Banks
The digital maturity of banks and financial institutions has been measured by their competency in innovation which includes their competitive intensity and growth potential and assessing their capabilities in terms of talent scalability and maturity of skills in new age technologies. By these parameters, firms such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi, and Capital One have identified as digital leaders while Union Bank, First Republic Bank, HSBC US have been relatively slower in the digital race.
Case-by-Case Analysis of Banking Transformation
Bank of America:
Bank of America has over 14 digital centres with over 76% of the digital talent based out of centres located in the US. The 4,000+ digital workforce is involved in functions such as app development, analytics, security, and cloud. Bank of America is one of the few leading banks looking to increase the digital capabilities of all its bank branches through interactive systems that need very little human intervention. Some branches are also fully automated equipped with an interactive teller machine and a video conferencing room.
Citi Group:
Citi is taking cues from its innovation labs that are involved in developing cutting-edge solutions such as beacons. The firm’s 3,500+ digital talent pool is predominantly based out of North America. The bank’s smart branches are equipped with interactive media walls that display local weather, stock information, and financial updates. Citi announced their partnership with Nasdaq which was formed to create payment systems that use DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) to record payments.
Wells Fargo:
The firm’s large 7,500+ digital workforce is largely consolidated in the United States with sporadic distribution in India as well. The firm has 15 digital centres with only 2 of them located outside the US i.e. in Hyderabad, and Bengaluru. Over 28% of digital talent is involved in new-age solutions such as RPA, Blockchain, IoT and AI.
As you know, Robotic Process Automation is a technology where machines are capable of doing complex and repeatable task in huge volume without human support. The key element behind robotics is Artificial Intelligence(AI) which enables machine to think and act logically. Simply, we can say, AI act as brain while RPA function as eyes and hands.
Well, RPA is a game changer as well as future of technology. It does have the ability to learn, recognize voice, visualize images and most importantly decision making capability. The unique feature of RPA is the flexibility as well as scalability, which enable them to adapt quickly.
iNVATERRA Intelligent Automation & Digital TransformationKory Farooquie
See how iNVATERRA brings a unique set of services to enable The Digital Enterprise. Intelligent Automation, Digital Transformation Road mapping and Implementation, Offshore L.A.B.S. Teams of Data Scientists, AI and Other Development Talent, Dev Ops Engineers and much more.
The guide is designed to educate and raise awareness of the important role artificial intelligence is likely to have on corporate governance. The report makes the correlation between the primary fiduciary duty of CEOs and Board Directors, and the value offerings of A.I. software.
Accelerate your Finance & Accounting processes with RPAUiPath
RPA digitizes your F&A operations faster than you thought possible. As the roles of CFOs and their teams continue to transform to keep organizations on a forward-looking path, RPA has become more significant than ever.
Now, CFOs and financial professionals can focus more strategically when RPA and AI take over the routine work.
• Find out how you can drive sustainable growth with RPA in your organization
• Learn how you can enable faster, more accurate reporting and proactively respond to changing compliance mandates
• See how RPA works for professionals like you and understand the results they achieve
Access the full whitepaper here:
https://bit.ly/2xt4idE
EVEREST GROUP: Making RPA Enterprise-Grade at ScaleUiPath
A survey-based research on Robotic Process Automation RPA. Everest Group SOT research focuses on a range of technologies for Service Delivery Automation (SDA).
Chazey europe ritz hotel london-shared services roundtable-rpaDaniel Lawrence
Beginners guide to Intelligent Process Automation and RPA, with hints, tips, best practices and case studies to help navigate RPA and start your automation roadmap and journey on the right footing
We examine the impact of new technologies and challenges for procurement professionals. Artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, big data, quantum computing and the Internet of Things will literally rewrite the future of humankind in code and revolutionise the roles of government, business and human communications.
www.supplychange.me
Capgemini Consulting RPA: the next revolution of Corporate FunctionsUiPath
More than ever, Technology reached a tipping point in
the optimization of Corporate Functions.
Similar to robotization of production lines in the 90’s, Corporate
Functions are initiating today their robotic transformation/
revolution.
We believe Robotic Process Automation or RPA is the lever
that will take these Corporate Functions to the next level by:
• Improving employee and customer satisfaction
• Accelerating productivity gains
• Enhancing compliance
To reach these benefits, RPA must be implemented on key
Corporate Functions that include repetitive, standardized
and transactional processes and activities such as Finance,
Compliance, Treasury and Marketing.
Within these Corporate Functions, not all processes and
activities are eligible to RPA though, hence the need to select
them carefully in order to reap the maximum benefit from
RPA implementation.
An additional RPA key success factor consists of paying a
particular attention to design an appropriate implementation
journey sticking to company specifics.
There’s already a pervasive culture of change in the insurance industry. The quest for efficiency gains is a major driver, along with the need to keep pace with evolving consumer expectations and investment in new digital technologies. Robotic process automation (RPA) is a natural fit in this new environment because change can be delivered with speed and agility to realize benefits quickly. Further, RPA can automate the end to end lifecycle by integrating new front end digital technologies with back office environments.
SmartERP Webinar
Did you know that approximately 55% of work activities can be automated using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology? Automating business processes in Finance is now considered a business imperative. RPA enables organizations to power people and automates business operations by leveraging this game-changing technology.
RPA has become one of the most popular choices for improving operational efficiency with tactical automation. 59% of Finance & Accounting leaders believe RPA will make their business more competitive over the next two years.
In this webinar, you will learn how to:
How to utilize RPA to transform your organization
Fix broken manual processes
Integrate RPA with your Finance applications
Easily scale large and often changing logic systems
Perform a vast array of key essential tasks; quickly and precisely
Use RPA with AI, to augment tasks that need human intelligence
Benefits:
Increase productivity across your organization
Enables cost reduction for your organization
Improve your accuracy and increase efficiency
Enhances your customer’s experience
The Shared Services Imperative: Evolve from Cost-Killer to Value-DriverCognizant
By applying new 'SMAC Stack' technologies to enterprise work, shared services leaders can standardize and automate process work activities, while at the same time delivering greater value through process innovation, reducing risk and revealing new sources of revenue for stakeholders.
What's the difference between RPA and Intelligent Automation? RPA is an approach making use of software bots to automate mundane, high-volume, rule-based and repeatable tasks. Intelligent Automation is an advanced form of RPA. Check out our Infographics to understand the major differences.
RPA Vendors report ITCentralStation - May 2019UiPath
UiPath is the Top solution for Enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) according to IT Central Station reviews and rankings.
One reviewer says, "Anything you can do on a computer with enough effort, you can get the robot to do it," and another: "There's a 100% reduction in human errors. The bot doesn't make any errors."
RPA takes over necessary processes — highly transactional, rules-based yet low-valued work — that have typically been performed by humans, and it is most successful when the process owners create the automation modules, which are then combined to build a completely new end-to end workflow.
Interestingly, we see a significant number of agency leaders from the business side adopting UiPath’s RPA technology. That is
good news for IT-led transformation efforts, which can sometimes lag when those in charge of business operations are not
actively involved.
This presentation covers the current scenario of RPA industry, its imapct on BFSI Industry. It further covers the challenges, the myths, opportunities,benefits and future trends.
Many insurers have set out on the journey of robotic process automation. In most cases, this has meant running pilots on simple business processes before scaling up to deliver more material benefits through an industrialized automation capability. Our experience shows that a holistic and integrated approach to these implementations is essential.
Digital redefinition of banking banking transformationDraup
The increase in the number of digital use cases in the banking and financial services industry has led to the emergence of newer digital hotspots in the US. States such as Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas, and California have a high density of mature talent specializing in these digital cases. These digital use cases have also given rise to new hotspots in neighbouring states such as Iowa, Arizona, and Ohio. Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JP Morgan Chase have capitalized on this rapid digitalization to create solutions in anti-money laundering, digital wealth management, information security, cloud technology.
Analysing the Digital Maturity of Top US Banks
The digital maturity of banks and financial institutions has been measured by their competency in innovation which includes their competitive intensity and growth potential and assessing their capabilities in terms of talent scalability and maturity of skills in new age technologies. By these parameters, firms such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi, and Capital One have identified as digital leaders while Union Bank, First Republic Bank, HSBC US have been relatively slower in the digital race.
Case-by-Case Analysis of Banking Transformation
Bank of America:
Bank of America has over 14 digital centres with over 76% of the digital talent based out of centres located in the US. The 4,000+ digital workforce is involved in functions such as app development, analytics, security, and cloud. Bank of America is one of the few leading banks looking to increase the digital capabilities of all its bank branches through interactive systems that need very little human intervention. Some branches are also fully automated equipped with an interactive teller machine and a video conferencing room.
Citi Group:
Citi is taking cues from its innovation labs that are involved in developing cutting-edge solutions such as beacons. The firm’s 3,500+ digital talent pool is predominantly based out of North America. The bank’s smart branches are equipped with interactive media walls that display local weather, stock information, and financial updates. Citi announced their partnership with Nasdaq which was formed to create payment systems that use DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) to record payments.
Wells Fargo:
The firm’s large 7,500+ digital workforce is largely consolidated in the United States with sporadic distribution in India as well. The firm has 15 digital centres with only 2 of them located outside the US i.e. in Hyderabad, and Bengaluru. Over 28% of digital talent is involved in new-age solutions such as RPA, Blockchain, IoT and AI.
As you know, Robotic Process Automation is a technology where machines are capable of doing complex and repeatable task in huge volume without human support. The key element behind robotics is Artificial Intelligence(AI) which enables machine to think and act logically. Simply, we can say, AI act as brain while RPA function as eyes and hands.
Well, RPA is a game changer as well as future of technology. It does have the ability to learn, recognize voice, visualize images and most importantly decision making capability. The unique feature of RPA is the flexibility as well as scalability, which enable them to adapt quickly.
iNVATERRA Intelligent Automation & Digital TransformationKory Farooquie
See how iNVATERRA brings a unique set of services to enable The Digital Enterprise. Intelligent Automation, Digital Transformation Road mapping and Implementation, Offshore L.A.B.S. Teams of Data Scientists, AI and Other Development Talent, Dev Ops Engineers and much more.
The guide is designed to educate and raise awareness of the important role artificial intelligence is likely to have on corporate governance. The report makes the correlation between the primary fiduciary duty of CEOs and Board Directors, and the value offerings of A.I. software.
Accelerate your Finance & Accounting processes with RPAUiPath
RPA digitizes your F&A operations faster than you thought possible. As the roles of CFOs and their teams continue to transform to keep organizations on a forward-looking path, RPA has become more significant than ever.
Now, CFOs and financial professionals can focus more strategically when RPA and AI take over the routine work.
• Find out how you can drive sustainable growth with RPA in your organization
• Learn how you can enable faster, more accurate reporting and proactively respond to changing compliance mandates
• See how RPA works for professionals like you and understand the results they achieve
Access the full whitepaper here:
https://bit.ly/2xt4idE
EVEREST GROUP: Making RPA Enterprise-Grade at ScaleUiPath
A survey-based research on Robotic Process Automation RPA. Everest Group SOT research focuses on a range of technologies for Service Delivery Automation (SDA).
Chazey europe ritz hotel london-shared services roundtable-rpaDaniel Lawrence
Beginners guide to Intelligent Process Automation and RPA, with hints, tips, best practices and case studies to help navigate RPA and start your automation roadmap and journey on the right footing
We examine the impact of new technologies and challenges for procurement professionals. Artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, big data, quantum computing and the Internet of Things will literally rewrite the future of humankind in code and revolutionise the roles of government, business and human communications.
www.supplychange.me
Capgemini Consulting RPA: the next revolution of Corporate FunctionsUiPath
More than ever, Technology reached a tipping point in
the optimization of Corporate Functions.
Similar to robotization of production lines in the 90’s, Corporate
Functions are initiating today their robotic transformation/
revolution.
We believe Robotic Process Automation or RPA is the lever
that will take these Corporate Functions to the next level by:
• Improving employee and customer satisfaction
• Accelerating productivity gains
• Enhancing compliance
To reach these benefits, RPA must be implemented on key
Corporate Functions that include repetitive, standardized
and transactional processes and activities such as Finance,
Compliance, Treasury and Marketing.
Within these Corporate Functions, not all processes and
activities are eligible to RPA though, hence the need to select
them carefully in order to reap the maximum benefit from
RPA implementation.
An additional RPA key success factor consists of paying a
particular attention to design an appropriate implementation
journey sticking to company specifics.
There’s already a pervasive culture of change in the insurance industry. The quest for efficiency gains is a major driver, along with the need to keep pace with evolving consumer expectations and investment in new digital technologies. Robotic process automation (RPA) is a natural fit in this new environment because change can be delivered with speed and agility to realize benefits quickly. Further, RPA can automate the end to end lifecycle by integrating new front end digital technologies with back office environments.
Leverage cutting edge cognitive automation ml and rpa to elevate business valueEclature
Automation is revolutionizing the way business functions are conducted. Together with artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, automating events, processes and tasks offer cross-enterprise IT visibility that results in improved productivity and superior user experiences.
Automating the Revenue Cycle: 10 things to considerManish Jain
In this Access Healthcare white paper, we talk about 10 things to consider before investing in process automation. Written by revenue cycle practitioners, this white paper recounts some of the things to consider before jumping into RPA.
Leveraging Applied AI to Accelerate Digital Transformation and Maximize Busin...Apttus
Enterprise business is taking a significant leap forward in its ability to maximize business outcomes using Applied AI – conversational and cognitive technologies. Leading organizations are accelerating digital transformation through machine learning, artificial intelligence and virtual assistants designed to streamline and accelerate revenue generation processes.
In this presentation for executives and decision makers, we’ll share insights from the soon-to-be-published Harvard Business Review study on using Applied AI to accelerate B2B Quote-to-Cash processes and commerce. We’ll examine Applied AI emerging trends, best practices, and barriers to adoption.
Robotic process automation powers digital transformation in insurance industryArtivatic.ai
The era of robotic process automation (RPA) coupled with deep learning is here. From back-office functions to customer solutions, it has effectively turned processes around on their heads. Leading banks, hedge funds, and asset managers have successfully leveraged RPA tools not only to streamline standard processes but also to save money significantly.
Success in Automation: Decoding the Winning FormulaCognizant
Automation is on the rise everywhere, but organisations generally do not know where to begin. As detailed here, by analysing the parameters of complexity and variation, you can systematically determine which business processes are ready for automation, and to what degree.
Automation Technology Series: Part 2: Intelligent automation: Driving efficie...Accenture Insurance
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Advances in digital technologies are transforming the way insurance companies operate and how they serve their customers. Automation of previously manual processes is a key element of this transformation, and is critical to driving greater efficiency and a superior customer experience.
Robotic process automation (RPA)—the use of software to mimic the actions a person would perform on a PC—can deliver significant benefits to insurers and can be implemented without complex system integrations. A successful RPA implementation can yield a 40 to 80 percent reduction in processing costs, and up to an 80 percent reduction in processing time.
Robotic Process Automation and AI are two technologies that are necessary for digital transformation. Here’s how RPA and AI work in tandem for maximum benefits to your organization.
Read More: https://www.botreetechnologies.com/blog/rpa-or-ai-benefit-for-organization
IT Operation Management Automation Roadmap post PandemicManasKumarLenka1
Captures a roadmap as to how Post Pandemic, Organizations Like CGI can in grow in ITOM automation space considering they have existing IP and experience IN RPA , BPM space
Automation can help organisations to optimise their resources while running leaner, more effective business processes.
KEY POINTS:
- Understand the capabilities and limitations of RPA
- The importance of a process-first approach
- Step-by-step guide to adopting RPA
- Understand the business case for RPA
More on www.velocity-it.com
Deloitte global intelligent automation survey looks at the impact of COVID-19 on automation strategies and the use of cloud and automation-as-a-service to ensure scalability and rapid deployment.
How to get RPA initiative work beyond proof of concept?Abhinav Singhal
Global RPA market grew by 63% in 2018 and is expected to
reach USD 1.3 billion in 2019. Telecom and IT sector
being the biggest adopter, followed by the banking,
financial services, and insurance industries, and retail
and consumer goods.
However, as companies try to scale beyond the
proof of concept the momentum starts decreasing.
Installing hundreds of bots takes a lot longer and is
more complex than the initial pilot. It introduces an
additional architecture layer into the system, requiring
more governance, security, and oversight by the IT
organization, already burdened with maintaining legacy
systems. The economic outcomes often aren’t as rosy as
originally projected. While it may be possible to automate
30 percent of tasks for the majority of occupations, that
doesn’t neatly translate into a 30 percent cost reduction.
People do many different things, and bots may only
address some of them. Unless the process and the organization are also aligned true efficiencies don’t kick in. Also, asking
operators to program bots that could take their jobs can understandably create high resistance at the front line.
As a result, several programs get put on hold beyond the pilot stage. So, what is the recipe for a successful rollout and
implementation?
Using Adaptive Scrum to Tame Process Reverse Engineering in Data Analytics Pr...Cognizant
Organizations rely on analytics to make intelligent decisions and improve business performance, which sometimes requires reproducing business processes from a legacy application to a digital-native state to reduce the functional, technical and operational debts. Adaptive Scrum can reduce the complexity of the reproduction process iteratively as well as provide transparency in data analytics porojects.
It Takes an Ecosystem: How Technology Companies Deliver Exceptional ExperiencesCognizant
Experience is evolving into a strategy that reaches across technology companies. We offer guidance on the rise of experience and its role in business modernization, with details on how orgnizations can build the ecosystem to support it.
The Work Ahead: Transportation and Logistics Delivering on the Digital-Physic...Cognizant
The T&L industry appears poised to accelerate its long-overdue modernization drive, as the pandemic spurs an increased need for agility and resilience, according to our study.
Enhancing Desirability: Five Considerations for Winning Digital InitiativesCognizant
To be a modern digital business in the post-COVID era, organizations must be fanatical about the experiences they deliver to an increasingly savvy and expectant user community. Getting there requires a mastery of human-design thinking, compelling user interface and interaction design, and a focus on functional and nonfunctional capabilities that drive business differentiation and results.
The Work Ahead in Manufacturing: Fulfilling the Agility MandateCognizant
According to our research, manufacturers are well ahead of other industries in their IoT deployments but need to marshal the investment required to meet today’s intensified demands for business resilience.
The Work Ahead in Higher Education: Repaving the Road for the Employees of To...Cognizant
Higher-ed institutions expect pandemic-driven disruption to continue, especially as hyperconnectivity, analytics and AI drive personalized education models over the lifetime of the learner, according to our recent research.
Engineering the Next-Gen Digital Claims Organisation for Australian General I...Cognizant
In recent years, insurers have invested in technology platforms and process improvements to improve
claims outcomes. Leaders will build on this foundation across the claims landscape, spanning experience,
operations, customer service and the overall supply chain with market-differentiating capabilities to
achieve sustainable results.
Profitability in the Direct-to-Consumer Marketplace: A Playbook for Media and...Cognizant
Amid constant change, industry leaders need an upgraded IT infrastructure capable of adapting to audience expectations while proactively anticipating ever-evolving business requirements.
Green Rush: The Economic Imperative for SustainabilityCognizant
Green business is good business, according to our recent research, whether for companies monetizing tech tools used for sustainability or for those that see the impact of these initiatives on business goals.
Policy Administration Modernization: Four Paths for InsurersCognizant
The pivot to digital is fraught with numerous obstacles but with proper planning and execution, legacy carriers can update their core systems and keep pace with the competition, while proactively addressing customer needs.
The Work Ahead in Utilities: Powering a Sustainable Future with DigitalCognizant
Utilities are starting to adopt digital technologies to eliminate slow processes, elevate customer experience and boost sustainability, according to our recent study.
AI in Media & Entertainment: Starting the Journey to ValueCognizant
Up to now, the global media & entertainment industry (M&E) has been lagging most other sectors in its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). But our research shows that M&E companies are set to close the gap over the coming three years, as they ramp up their investments in AI and reap rising returns. The first steps? Getting a firm grip on data – the foundation of any successful AI strategy – and balancing technology spend with investments in AI skills.
Operations Workforce Management: A Data-Informed, Digital-First ApproachCognizant
As #WorkFromAnywhere becomes the rule rather than the exception, organizations face an important question: How can they increase their digital quotient to engage and enable a remote operations workforce to work collaboratively to deliver onclient requirements and contractual commitments?
Five Priorities for Quality Engineering When Taking Banking to the CloudCognizant
As banks move to cloud-based banking platforms for lower costs and greater agility, they must seamlessly integrate technologies and workflows while ensuring security, performance and an enhanced user experience. Here are five ways cloud-focused quality assurance helps banks maximize the benefits.
Getting Ahead With AI: How APAC Companies Replicate Success by Remaining FocusedCognizant
Changing market dynamics are propelling Asia-Pacific businesses to take a highly disciplined and focused approach to ensuring that their AI initiatives rapidly scale and quickly generate heightened business impact.
The Work Ahead in Intelligent Automation: Coping with Complexity in a Post-Pa...Cognizant
Intelligent automation continues to be a top driver of the future of work, according to our recent study. To reap the full advantages, businesses need to move from isolated to widespread deployment.
The Work Ahead in Intelligent Automation: Coping with Complexity in a Post-Pa...
RPA Is Just the Start: How Insurers Can Develop a Successful Intelligent Process Automation Strategy
1. RPA Is Just the Start:
How Insurers Can Develop
a Successful Intelligent
Process Automation
Strategy
From property and casualty, through life and annuity, insurers
of all stripes need to transcend task-based robotic process
automation and holistically embrace more powerful intelligent
process automation to improve their performance in today’s
growth-challenged marketplace.
October 2018
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Insurers looking for profitability in an environment of low interest rates, market overcapacity,
intensified competition and growing regulations are increasingly looking to automation as
the answer. For many, robotic process automation (RPA) has appeared to be the best bet
for cutting costs quickly. Insurance is a data-driven industry, with high-volume, repetitive
manual processes. So if a software robot can do a human’s job faster and better, without
ever getting tired or bored, then switching to bots would seem to be a no-brainer, right?
Well, not exactly.
Some insurers that have seen RPA as a cost-cutting tool capable of fixing any process have
been disappointed with their results. RPA turned out to be an automation hammer when
their process actually needed a Phillips-head screwdriver. While RPA can be a great way
to start the process automation journey, insurers that want to achieve scale and benefits
require a strategy that analyzes end-to-end processes and determines how they can best
be optimized using a wide array of new automation technologies.
Intelligentprocessautomation(IPA)enhancessoftwarebotswithcognitivetechnologiesthat
mimic human perception and judgement. These include artificial intelligence (AI), machine
learning (ML, a more advanced type of AI in which a computer improves its performance
without being explicitly programmed to do so) and automated case management. These
solutions can automate a wider range of activities and result in greater cost reductions than
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bots alone. IPA also offers a wide range of other benefits, including improved efficiency,
quality, compliance and customer experience.
But IPA isn’t proving to be an easy transformation for the industry. In our experience, too
many insurers see robotics as a silver bullet for reducing headcount and improving profits.
While RPA can be a low-cost tool to achieve quick results, it is not a strategy.
Insurance companies that approach automation as part of a continuous improvement
strategy central to their business objectives, rather than as a stand-alone cost-cutting IT
initiative, have the opportunity to realize benefits that fuel long-term growth.
Insurers need to develop a holistic approach to automation that includes system
modernization and process transformation, with operational executives working alongside
their IT counterparts. Those making the difficult decisions of what to automate and which
tools to use should work together to develop a deep understanding of both the processes
being considered for automation and the tools capable of replacing or assisting employees.
Automation is not going to be easy for insurers and their employees. But companies that
develop a holistic strategy which combines RPA with cognitive technologies can cut costs
now and achieve benefits that position them for success in the years ahead.
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IPA will allow insurers to automate not just
mundane tasks or parts of a process, but
end-to-end business operations.
WHY INSURERS HAVE TO GET AUTOMATION RIGHT
Automation is poised to transform an industry where many employees perform repetitive, mundane
tasks using structured data. IPA is an approach that combines robotics with traditional workflow
engines (either in a core platform or as a stand-alone) alongside advanced cognitive technologies
like AI. For example, robotics could be used to eliminate some manual tasks in a traditional claims
workflow while an AI engine flags some claims for potential fraud. A case management tool can then
ensure that the potentially fraudulent claim is managed effectively to closure.
Automation will eliminate many jobs while those that remain will offer higher value to the customer.
Agents freed from data entry and documentation tasks will be able to deliver hyper-personalized,
higher-quality customer service, aided by sophisticated data profiles, recommendations and even
empathy coaching, all generated in real time.
Both life and annuity (L&A) and property and casualty (P&C) insurers seeking the benefits of automa-
tion need to develop a holistic, customer-centric approach to IPA. Over the next few years, RPA and
more advanced cognitive technologies will merge and integrate.
For example, if ML is added to a bot, the software will continually improve at performing a task.
Guidewire’s predictive analytics tool uses both RPA and ML to assess claims in real time, flagging
unexpectedly large or suspicious submissions, fast-tracking small claims and managing workflow.1
Amelia, IPSoft’s virtual agent, is being used at insurers like MetLife and Credit Suisse to combine ML
with natural language processing to make decisions based on real-time conversations and suggest
ways she can improve her performance.2
IPA will allow insurers to automate not just mundane tasks or parts of a process, but end-to-end
business operations. Companies that fail to effectively automate their processes will have difficulty
achieving long-term growth.
FINDING THE RIGHT IPA CAPABILITIES
Comparing the many IPA tools available to insurers can be overwhelming. A good starting point is cat-
egorizing IPA technologies into three main capabilities, realizing that as tools advance, these abilities
will be integrated. (We cite leading vendors to illustrate the types of tools available, but we are not
evaluating or recommending any of these automation providers.)
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• Ability to perceive:
» AI can provide insurance carriers, auto salvage firms and recyclers with a damage estimation platform.
Using advanced image analysis and predictive analytics tools, carriers can provide instant damage esti-
mates and processing of claims based on uploaded accident photos, reducing cycle time and expenses
by over 50% in our experience. Similarly, salvage firms can quickly assess incoming total loss vehicles
and provide instant guaranteed salvage bids to carriers, greatly increasing throughput and profitability.
» Recognizing and understanding human speech with voice recognition software, which has an
error rate of 6%, about the same as the average person.3
Many insurers are offering Alexa skills
to allow users to request quotes, check account balances or obtain other information.4
» Mimicking human visual perception with computer vision or image recognition analysis.
Mitchell helps insurance companies improve repair estimates by using computers to analyze
photos of damaged vehicles.5
• Ability to decide:
» AtalargeP&Cinsurer,webuiltmulti-classclassificationalgorithmstodeducethepartofbody,detailed
part of body, cause of injury and nature of injury from loss descriptions. These fields are essential to
register a worker compensation claim as mandated by U.S. states. We were able to achieve 80% accu-
racy, which enabled straight-through processing to a critical first notice of loss (FNOL).
» Improving performance on a task without being explicitly programmed through ML. Shift
Technology’s fraud detection tool has grown increasingly powerful by analyzing more than 100
million P&C claims.
• Ability to act:
» Performing repetitive structured tasks like data entry with RPA or software bots created by
leading vendors such as UiPath and Blue Prism. In total, over 200 insurance organizations
have already launched RPA projects.6
» Automating core insurance platforms, case management and workflow systems with out-of-the-box
solutions from top vendors such as Guidewire or Duck Creek. Insurers can also use tools like Appian
or Pegasystems to create customized applications around any business process. Some vendors have
added AI to robotics to automate unstructured processes via ML pattern recognition algorithms.
Companies that fail to effectively automate
their processes will have difficulty
achieving long-term growth.
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Conducting a Process Automation Checkup
Insurers can accelerate their automation initiatives and better quantify benefits by using
the business capability models or reference architecture developed by the Association
for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD) to define standard
insurance industry activities. The models provide insurers with a baseline from which
they can measure any deviations in their own processes.
Using the ACORD industry models promotes automation in three ways:
• Out-of-the-box automation products are often built on ACORD standards, which
allows many insurers to use them with no or minimal customization.
• Data exchange with external stakeholders becomes easier if all platforms use
ACORD standards.
• Data exchange within multiple internal systems also becomes easier if all plat-
forms use ACORD standards.
For example, Swiss Re, the global reinsurance company, used ACORD electronic messag-
ing standards to automate back-office accounting and claims processes. Swiss Re said it
was able to reduce its average message turnaround time to one to three working days,
boosting efficiency as much as 60%.7
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ing standards to automate back-office accounting and claims processes. Swiss Re said it
was able to reduce its average message turnaround time to one to three working days,
boosting efficiency as much as 60%.7
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DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE AUTOMATION STRATEGY
How should insurers analyze the capabilities of new technologies to determine the best way to
improve their processes and realize benefits? We advise an integrated, customer-centric approach to
IPA that includes the following steps:
• Analyze the process you want to improve holistically, from end to end. Senior executives
making automation decisions need a deep understanding of the process from end to end. Take
a customer-centric view of the process whenever possible, so that automation enhances the
customer experience. Cognitive technologies are capable of integrating data with insights from
behavioral sciences to anticipate and fulfill a customer’s needs. For example, clients interested in
self-service can be routed to an online portal, aided by a chatbot powered by ML and natural lan-
guage processing, while other clients are sent to human agents coached by AI tools. Companies
that look to automation solely to cut costs will miss opportunities to grow and retain customers
through better service.
• Analyze how various types of automation can enhance your process. In addition to a deep
understanding of the process, executives must also fully know the capabilities of the automation tools
on the market. Any insurer considering robotics should evaluate whether it might be enhanced with
more sophisticated cognitive tools such as AI or automated case management.
• Optimize your process as you automate it.Automating a poorly designed, fragmented process
will lead to disappointing results. We have found that roughly one-third of processes being reviewed
for automation require changes beforehand. This includes system changes, standardization and con-
solidation of processes, technology interventions and Lean strategies. Whenever possible, eliminate
unnecessary work and/or actors. A simple change such as making an optional field on a form man-
datory can allow a bot to process it.
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• Integrate front- and back-office processes, putting customers at the center. A holistic approach
to automation integrates the customer-facing part of a process with the back office. Automating a
process may reduce costs or ease workloads, but it’s important to consider the impact it will have
on the customer.
• Prioritize your processes in alignment with business priorities. Is growth or cost reduction most
important to your company? The top goal for many insurers tackling automation is cutting costs,
largely by reducing employees. This minimizes many other automation benefits (see below) that can
foster long-term growth.
Once business objectives are analyzed, an insurer can evaluate which processes are causing the
most pain. For P&C insurers, it might be claims; for L&A companies, business intake might be the
most important process to tackle first. Consultants or AI tools can help companies determine which
processes offer the most potential for generating value through automation.
• Look beyond cost reduction. Yes, automation can result in dramatic cost savings by reducing
headcount and accelerating cycle times. But it also offers a host of other important benefits that
can improve profitability and position a company for long-term growth. These include: improving
the customer experience with faster, more intuitive service; improving quality through reduction of
operational errors and human biases; enabling sales through personalized marketing; and improving
compliance reporting with greater data capture.
• Establish an automation center of excellence. An automation project should not be done ad hoc,
but rather as part of an integrated strategy supported by both the business and IT functions. An auto-
mation center of excellence (CoE) will help ensure that automation is just one aspect of a mature
continuous improvement strategy. This allows an insurer to take automation to scale instead of hitting
a roadblock after automating a few processes.
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Avoiding Automation Snags
Some insurers that have moved quickly to automate have been disappointed
with the results. Below are some common pitfalls to avoid that can prevent insur-
ers from achieving the benefits they want.
• Don’t run an automation program in a silo. Centralized control and robust gov-
ernance of all automation programs will help ensure that maximum benefits are
generated. Insurers should focus on a well-defined process to identify opportu-
nities, quality development and reliable operations. These elements collectively
are far more important than any particular tool. Developing an automation CoE is
critical for coordinating projects, analyzing results and applying lessons learned.
• Don’t assume FTE savings. While automation will make certain tasks more effi-
cient, it is often difficult to eliminate full-time positions when employees devote
only a portion of their time to the process being automated. Return on investment
often comes from reducing the number of new hires or from enhanced services. It
is critical to start with a concrete plan to realize efficiency gains by documenting
how many people touch a process and how much of it can be automated.
• Don’t focus on technology first and only later on people. Automation is an
enormous transformational shift for insurance companies and their employees.
Successfully realizing benefits requires end-to-end change management that
includes leadership engagement, communications and training. Developing a
change strategy at the start of any project will greatly increase the odds of success.
• Don’t look to RPA as a silver bullet. No single automation tool can solve every
problem. Bots should be viewed as part of a broader automation strategy that
includes system modernization, process transformation and cognitive technol-
ogies such as AI.
• Don’t ignore scale. Implementing hundreds of bots in various business lines
can make it difficult to integrate automation across the organization. To
effectively scale automation efforts requires a formal operating model with
centralized control, strong governance and structured data.
• Don’t discount the operational component. Just like any other IT system,
bots and cognitive technologies need to be managed both technically and
operationally. An impact analysis and change strategy can ensure these tools
are maintained and updated as processes and applications evolve.
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Avoiding Automation Snags
Some insurers that have moved quickly to automate have been disappointed
with the results. Below are some common pitfalls to avoid that can prevent insur-
ers from achieving the benefits they want.
• Don’t run an automation program in a silo. Centralized control and robust gov-
ernance of all automation programs will help ensure that maximum benefits are
generated. Insurers should focus on a well-defined process to identify opportu-
nities, quality development and reliable operations. These elements collectively
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Using RPA for Quick Results
RPA can quickly add value for a company by performing repetitive, structured tasks governed by
simple rules. A software bot can perform hundreds of sequenced actions day and night, with no errors
or biases.
UK insurer Aviva reports the bots it uses for administration are 15 times as productive as humans.8
And a bot can cost an insurer as little as one-third the cost of an offshore FTE and one-fifth the price
of an onshore FTE.9
Because many insurers are burdened with aging, duplicative legacy systems, RPA can be an ideal
solution because it’s deployed on top of computer systems and applications. A bot simply imitates
human keystrokes and mouse clicks, with no need to replace or integrate complex IT infrastructure.
Roughly one-third of the insurance industry processes we assess for clients can easily be automated
by robotics, offering a fast return on investment. For example, bots can dramatically reduce the time it
takes to process a claim by inputting FNOLs, notifying loss adjusters and assigning the case to claims
handlers. RPA can automate a wide range of insurance processes, but we have found that about
70-80% of RPA investments by insurers focus on making claim and policy processing more efficient.
New business/underwriting also contains many processes that can benefit from bots taking over
human tasks, such as gathering and processing applicant data from internal and external sources to
assess risk. An Oxford University study found that insurance underwriting is one of the most likely
professions to be replaced by bots and AI.10
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We are helping leading insurers deliver rapid ROI with robotics solutions. Examples include:
• A top 10 U.S. P&C insurer automated 28 processes spanning all lines of business, creating 61 bots.
Results included a $2 million savings run rate per year, 50% reduction in average handle time
for its call center, 132 FTEs benefit delivered, a 50% increase in throughput and 99% accuracy in
transaction data processed.
• A P&C company transformed a new business process that involved 18 FTEs using multiple sys-
tems to help underwriters approve new submissions and create quotes. A bot cut the number of
employees needed for this process in half, improved accuracy and helped underwriters achieve
100% compliance with the required turnaround time.
While RPA can be a low-cost solution offering quick results, insurers must rein in unrealistic expec-
tations. All too often, we have seen executives launch an RPA initiative with the goal of completely
automating their back-office processes. But many processes are not good candidates for RPA. (See
the Quick Take, “How to Build a Bot.”) Even for those that are, our experience shows that 25-30% of
the process will involve exceptions requiring human intervention.
Some insurers have been disappointed in headcount reductions achieved through RPA. The problem
often lies with automating a fragmented process. If eight full-time employees devote only a portion
of their time to a process, then automating it might not eliminate positions since the company cannot
eliminate a fraction of an employee.
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How to Build a Bot
Insurers should follow a disciplined process to design and launch an RPA bot that includes
the following steps:
• Discover: The business should analyze and prioritize processes to identify those that
can gain the most value from software bots. It’s important to focus on the business
problem, with RPA as one aspect of a continuous improvement strategy that includes
all types of automation. Automation should never be looked at purely as an IT initiative.
If an insurer can answer the following key questions with a yes, then the given process
is a good candidate for RPA:
» Is the process repetitive?
» Is it highly structured (rules-based and standardized)?
» Does it require no human judgement?
» Are the underlying systems stable?
» Does it involve many people?
» Is it high touch?
» Is it high volume?
The typical lifecycle
of a bot is 18
to 24 months,
during which time
it will require
maintenance and
possibly upgrades.
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• Diagnose: Processes should then be assigned to one of three main categories:
» Those that can immediately be automated through robotics.
» Those that have RPA potential but require reengineering. We recommend assessing
each process for redundancies and applying Lean methodology to identify oppor-
tunities for streamlining before automating.
» Those that should be left alone because human interaction is required.
The benefits from automation should be validated before moving into the design phase.
• Design:Theprocesseschosenshouldbemappedoutinminutedetaildowntothekeystroke
level, considering both business and technical requirements. It’s particularly important
to analyze exceptions and variations, understanding that every process cannot be fully
documented. Processes should also be compared to standard industry models. Once the
process is thoroughly documented, technical experts can design the bot.
• Deploy: An IT team determines hardware and software requirements, assembles the bot,
trains it, identifies defects and fixes them. After the bot is validated, it can be deployed.
Typically, it’s advisable to first build the bot at a smaller scale or set of functions to help the
insurer understand how automation works in its environment. Then the robotic process
can be operationalized and scaled using a list of key performance indicators to measure
impact. Bots that aren’t functioning properly should be fixed and redeployed quickly.
The typical life of a bot is 18 to 24 months, during which time it will require maintenance
and possibly upgrades.
Typically, it’s advisable
to first build the bot at
a smaller scale or set
of functions to help the
insurer understand how
automation works in its
environment.
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Enhancing Robotics by Automating Key Platforms & Business Systems
Companies can amplify their RPA solutions by automating other aspects of their operations, such
as their core insurance platforms, case management and workflow tools. Leading vendors such
as Guidewire, Duck Creek and Oracle Insurance Policy Administration allow insurers to automate a
bundle of industry-specific business processes. Key functions can be standardized across a company,
including underwriting, claims processing, policy administration, sales management, customer ser-
vice and predictive analytics.
Many of these solutions can be used right out of the box if insurers develop business capabilities in
adherence with the ACORD reference architecture. Vendors such as Pegasystems and Appian create
customized applications for nonstandard business processes.
With these solutions, an insurer can link the work performed by a software bot to any key operational
system such as case management, which choreographs multiple processes by different actors. Most
case management tools can also automate workflow, which manages the steps of a specific process.
Automated software integrates tasks performed by both bots and humans, managing handoffs and
tracking an end-to-end process in real time.
Right now, most insurers have department-focused case management systems, but automation pro-
vides tremendous opportunities to put customers at the center of business processes and enhance
their experience. An automated case management system can trigger a task that a bot executes
quickly and consistently. The goal is to create an environment where business rules are automated
while humans resolve the exceptions and add value for the customer.
Cognitive Technologies: AI, ML, Chatbots and Computer Vision
While RPA mimics humans performing mundane tasks such as entering data or notifying policy
holders, much of the work insurers do requires AI in which intelligent machines achieve a cognitive
understanding of how humans work. As mentioned above, ML is a more advanced type of AI in which
a computer gets better at a task over time, without being explicitly programmed. These cognitive
technologies can help employees make better decisions, provide enhanced customer service, analyze
claims for fraud, assess risk and scour data for predictive analytics.
Yet, insurers remain more skeptical of the benefits of AI. A 2018 Cognizant survey of companies in the
United States and Europe found that only 29% of insurance executives said their company expected
An automated case management system
can trigger a task that a bot executes
quickly and consistently. The goal is to
create an environment where business rules
are automated while humans resolve the
exceptions and add value for the customer.
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major or significant benefits from AI in increased
efficiency/lower costs, compared to more than
half the executives in other industries.
AI powers chatbots, or cognitive agents, that mimic
human conversation. In addition to always being on,
chatbots mine customer data for hyper-personalized
interactions and customized coverage. Chatbots use
NLP and sentiment analysis to understand not just
what customers want, but their moods. Advanced
cognitive agents can even resolve problems, upsell
customers and learn on the job. While chatbots are
used for text exchanges, customers may soon be
speaking with virtual assistants. Google is reportedly
talking to a large insurance company about launch-
ing its computer-generated voice assistant, Duplex.11
AI can also help human agents become more empa-
thetic. MetLife says software from Cogito that
analyzes call center conversations has increased
customer satisfaction while shortening calls. Agents are prompted to improve their responses based not
just on what the caller is saying, but on their tone and pacing.12
We used AI to improve the FNOL process at a leading P&C insurer. After analyzing thousands of calls to
identify the most commonly repeated activities, we built a chatbot to capture these processes automatically
and provide recommendations for service representative dialogue. The solution reduced call costs and the
average call length by about 20% and increased the voice-to-text transcription rate from 67% to 92%.
U.S. insurers Allstate and Farmers use image recognition software or computer vision to settle auto
claims more quickly. Farmers used a huge database of windshield damage photos to train software
to determine repair costs instead of requiring adjusters to look at the vehicles in person.13
Allstate
reports it is paying claims in seven or eight hours, down from a week, by allowing drivers to upload
pictures of their damaged vehicles.14
ML is making the science of predictive analytics more reliable. Progressive Insurance collected billions
of miles of driving data by giving its drivers discounts for using its mobile app, Snapshot. With so much
data, Progressive turned to ML algorithms to improve its predictive modeling.15
Our team combined big data, predictive analytics and ML to improve policy underwriting for a global rein-
surance company that previously used a generic risk model for drivers. By integrating demographic, social
and geospatial data on accidents with the reinsurer’s own internal data, we were able to create a risk score
for individual drivers that could be inserted back into the underwriting model. This improved underwriting
efficiency, reduced total underwriting time, and increased case acceptance percentage and revenue.
As exciting as these technologies are, they won’t work effectively without structured and accurate
data. All too often, insurance company data is siloed in legacy IT systems where it can’t be easily
shared or integrated. It will take data governance to collect and archive data so it can be used effec-
tively. Companies need to consider their desired future state, develop use cases and put a structure
in place to collect the necessary data.
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Customer Care Done Right with Real-Time AI
A U.S.-based global P&C carrier was plagued by high handling times at its call center.
Since only 40 of roughly 8,000 calls per month were reviewed, however, the insurer
lacked insight into how agents could improve performance. We worked with IBM’s AI
tool, Watson, to analyze caller sentiment in virtually real time, using language analytics
that included diction, word choice and tone. The goal was to provide agents with guid-
ance throughout their calls on how to respond with empathy, relevant questions and the
information the caller needed.
Real-time recordings were translated into text, then Watson was taught how to recog-
nize common call elements and the steps on the insurer’s call checklist. A dashboard
was created that showed agents how to proceed correctly through a call. With speech
analytics applied to calls as they happen, the checklist is automatically updated to show
which tasks have been performed and which remain.
Supervisors can now monitor all 8,000 monthly calls while slashing their review time as
much as 40%. Agents have much deeper insights on their performance while obtaining
real-time personality profiling and conversation cues. The results are expected to be
shorter calls and improved customer satisfaction.
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shorter calls and improved customer satisfaction.
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The Human Element
While IPA promises to improve many jobs by freeing workers from repetitive, tedious tasks, the result will be
significantly fewer positions required for many processes. McKinsey predicts up to 25% of full-time positions
in insurance will be consolidated or reduced over the next decade, with positions in operations and adminis-
trative support hardest hit.16
An industry facing such a huge shift in machine vs. manpower needs to devote
significant resources to guiding employees through this transformation. Employees will need to learn how
to work in a different way alongside bots and AI-powered technologies. How will humans intervene to handle
exceptions to a newly automated process? How will bots and humans hand off tasks in a workflow?
Insurers must develop a comprehensive change management strategy that helps employees understand the
need for automation and how it will impact their work. Prosci research finds that initiatives with excellent
change management are six times more likely to be successful than those with poor change management.17
We recommend allocating at least 15% of any automation project budget to change management and training.
Both senior leaders sponsoring the change and middle managers need to communicate clearly with
employees and listen to their concerns. When possible, employees involved in a process should help to
optimize and automate it. Employees who see automation tools as problem solvers and understand
how they work will be more receptive to the change.
While employees will need to be trained on specific technology and process changes for the tasks they
currently perform, companies also should look to help their employees learn completely new skills.
Allstate, which eliminated 550 auto adjusters through automation, is investing $40 million to train its
remaining employees in new skills. “Artificial intelligence is going to rip through this economy like a
tsunami,” said Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson in a Bloomberg interview.18
A FINAL WORD
Executives who make decisions on automating their organizations must develop a deep understand-
ing of both the capabilities of the available technologies and their end-to-end business processes. If
an automation effort focuses on just one tool, such as RPA, benefits may prove disappointing. Instead,
insurers should develop a comprehensive intelligent process automation strategy that considers how
complete processes can be optimized with a variety of technologies. Expect AI to quickly become a
standard feature for most tools as technologies converge.
Insurers should begin by aligning automation efforts with their business priorities. While automation will
reduce costs, it has a host of other benefits that may be even more important for long-term growth. Con-
sider how bots and cognitive technologies can work together to improve the customer experience, service
quality, cycle times and compliance reporting. Focusing only on headcount reductions is shortsighted.
Insurers must realize these changes won’t be easy for them or their people. Employees may resist
change, even as their own jobs become more rewarding.
Developing an IPA CoE is critical for insurers looking to coordinate their efforts and apply learnings
from one initiative to the next. Automation is not an IT project; it’s a comprehensive business strategy
that is absolutely critical for every insurer over the next few years.
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ENDNOTES
1 Guidewire Predictive Analytics for Claims, Guidewire website, www.guidewire.com/sites/default/files/media/pdfs/Predictive_
Analytics_for_Claims_data_sheet.pdf.
2 George Anadiotis, “Who’s automating the enterprise? Meet Amelia and the future of work,” ZD Net - Big on Data, Nov. 8,
2017, www.zdnet.com/article/automating-the-enterprise-and-the-future-of-work/.
3 Catherine Smola, “Siri, What Are the Top 5 Insurance Implications of Voice Recognition?” insBlogs, Jan. 18, 2017,
www.insblogs.com/technology/siri-top-5-insurance-implications-voice-recognition/7214.
4 Shefi Ben-Hutta, “Insurance Players Offering Voice Computing Skills,” Coverager, July 30, 2018, https://coverager.com/insur-
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Digital Operations
| RPA Is Just the Start: How Insurers Can Develop a Successful Intelligent Process Automation Strategy
Chris Blatchly
Chief Digital Officer and
Consulting Leader for
Insurance, Cognizant
Chris Blatchly is the Chief Digital Officer and Consulting Leader
for Insurance at Cognizant. Chris helps insurers harness the power
of new technologies and the information it creates to build their
capabilities and transform their businesses. As a former consulting
partner, software company business unit leader and large company
IT executive, he has a unique perspective on technology strategy
and executing process-driven business transformation. Chris has
a deep background in insurance and financial services, and he has
often been in the forefront of working with the latest technolo-
gies and successfully implementing them for his clients. He holds
an MBA in marketing from the University of Toronto, a master’s
degree in economics from Western University and a bachelor’s
degree in economics from Trent University. Chris can be reached at
Chris.Blatchly@cognizant.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-
blatchly-3981a39.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author would like to acknowledge and thank the following Cognizant colleagues for their valuable
contributions to this white paper: Bala Arumugam, Vice President, Intelligent Process Automation; Scott
McConnell, Vice President, Digital Operations Consulting Leader; and Sudhakar Pemmaraju, Assistant
Vice President, Digital Operations Consulting.