Although the IoT era has already begun, some insurers are still finding it difficult to adjust, due to their existing platforms. It’s difficult enough to capture and process billions of new data points. Only insurers with a 360-degree view of their customers and complete visibility will be able to reap maximum benefit from the newly gleaned information. Insurers must be able to act on this information by releasing new products and offers quickly to market. By sticking to a strategic plan and paying attention to details, insurers can survive and thrive in the fast-paced world of IoT.

Here are two keys:

Form innovative partnerships with IoT firms

For example, Liberty Mutual partnered with home automation expert, Vivint, to offer Vivint customers savings on auto and home insurance. And Oscar Health partnered with IoT blog postMisfit, a wearable device company – customers get targets for the number of steps to take and can earn up to $240 a year for doing so.

These dynamic partnerships help expand insurers’ potential target markets and strengthen their value propositions and brands.

Offer a personalized and digital customer experience

One of the biggest complaints of Generation Y (also known as “Millennials”) is that the insurance experience hasn’t kept pace with the customer experience offered by almost every other industry in 2016.

The billions of data points generated by IoT mean that P&C/GIs, for example, no longer have to guess how someone will drive based on the profile of the “average driver,” or a demographics table. Sensors and cameras have eliminated the guesswork, so insurers should be offering more accurate premiums and rates, and personalized plans based on the customer’s usual destinations and driving patterns, etc.

And more

To discover an additional three steps for IoT success, please check out Sapiens’ NEW IoT infographic and eBook.

  • data
  • digital
  • insurers
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • life insurance
  • P&C
  • wearables
Yaffa Cohen-Ifrah

Yaffa Cohen-Ifrah Yaffa Cohen-Ifrah is Sapiens Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Investor Relations. She is responsible for formulating Sapiens’ global marketing efforts, including marketing strategy, demand generation, branding, and communications. She is also responsible for all aspects of investor relations. Most recently, Yaffa was Vitech Systems Group’s CMO. Before that, she was the Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Corporate Communications of Sapiens. Previously, she held several other senior positions at large global companies, including Strauss Group, ADAMA, Victoria’s Secret, and Saks Fifth Avenue.