Equisoft Commissioned Study Reveals 75% of Life Insurers State High Maintenance and Staffing Cost of Legacy Systems Hindering CX
Life insurers are striving to meet skyrocketing customer expectations in order to cultivate business growth. However, even in the midst of significant digitalization efforts, many carriers still suffer from too many manual processes which are introducing human error, slowing workflows and degrading CX.
Companies are heavily reliant upon people to support manual processes, which results in wasted time and effort correcting paperwork. Respondents cited the biggest CX challenge of their firms' platforms being maintenance and staffing cost (75%).
In the next 6-12 months, insurers are shifting their focus towards modernizing back-end processes that support optimal digital front-end experiences. This includes capabilities such as a 360-degree view of the customer, access to new CX data sources, and automated underwriting functionality.
"True digital transformation of an insurer's CX cannot be accomplished just by implementing an eApp solution or self-service portal. Those things are important, but it's critical that old core systems that don't support APIs and struggle to deliver data in real-time are replaced with more modern platforms," said
This was made evident by respondents, as 52% of them agree that their company's legacy technology is restrictive and hinders employees from working efficiently and 71% of respondents reported that their company's insurance platform would not easily integrate with other IT systems. By making an investment to update these fundamental capabilities, life insurance companies can provide better services to their clients, advisors, and employees.
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1 Respondents consisted of 207 U.S. and Canadian life insurance carriers
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