3 Simple Lessons from Other Industries

3  simple  lessons  we  can  learn  from  other  industriesKEVIN  PLEDGE  FIA,  FSA

13  Oct  2015

SOA  Annual  Meeting  2015

Session  131

Willie  Sutton  – Bank  Robber

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“Because that’s where the money is.”

“Why do you rob banks.”

Where  do  you  go  to  buy  insurance?

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“First  place  I  would  go  to  is  Google.”

“I  would  go  on  the  internet  and  research  companies  through  forums.”

2.6m  relevant  Google  searches  every  month  in  the  North  America

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How  much  personal  protection  life  insurance  (by  policy  count)  will  be  sold  online  5  years  from  now?

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0%& 9% 10%& 19% 20%& 29% 30%& 39% 40%& 49% 50%& 59% 60%& 69% 70%& 79% 80%& 89% 90%& 100%

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Amount of protection sold online by policy count 5 years from now

$20T Uninsured

Synergywith other business

$2.7bnTerm

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$14.5bnProtection

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Lesson  1  – go  where  the  money  is

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Why  not?

1. We have agents - it has worked forever and we don’t want to disrupt this

2. We have tried it before with simplified issue – not great success

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Tablet PC invented by Microsoft

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If  Amazon  learnt  from  insurance…

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If  Amazon  learnt  from  insurance…

That simply doesn’t work?

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OK – maybe it can

We  have  something  that  works

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Lesson  2  – Disruption  happens

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Travel  agents  believed  travel  needed  the  personal   touch.  Online  travel  agents  changed   the  message  to  “you  are  in  control”

Lesson  3  – Question  your  paradigms

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Prison

Prison

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Prison

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Management  Consultant

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Willie  Sutton

Thank  You

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Kevin  Pledge,  Acceptiv &  Claim  Analytics

Lesson  1  – Go  where  the  money  is

Lesson  2  – Disruption  happens

Lesson  3  – Question  your  paradigms