How To Navigate Changing Customer Expectations By Accelerating The Claims Lifecycle

As customer expectations continue to evolve, rising demands for more data insights, seamless digital touchpoints and quicker claims outcomes have left many insurers racing to improve their customer service offering. To achieve longevity for your business, look no further than these strategies to navigate changing expectations in 2023.

The evolution of the insurance industry has fostered a recent recalibration of customer expectations. Once again, insurers are propelled into another phase of adapting to changing customer needs. While many insurers implement a robust customer-first strategy, the recurring challenge associated with a client base with ever-evolving ways of thinking places insurers in a constant state of catch-up.

We recently released our first global insurance industry whitepaper, The Road Ahead: An Insight into the Carrier Industry in 2023, where we shared insights into how customer expectations are changing and the technology trends paving new opportunities for insurers this year. 

To achieve longevity for your business, we share strategies to accelerate claims lifecycles and elevate customer service, to help you get ahead in 2023.

Deliver insights through technology and innovation

Parallel to the industry’s shifts, digital transformations and enhanced data insights are among the leading customer expectations for insurers right now. As with other industries, customers are becoming increasingly self-serving, with a growing appetite to handle services through seamless, online touchpoints. Gallagher Bassett’s (GB) recent global insurance industry whitepaper found that 30% of participants nominated changing customer expectations as their main challenge in 2023, with 75% agreeing that clients want more insight and risk management-related tools.

For insurers, leveraging leading technologies with the support of an expert claims partner can provide access to valuable insights that help expedite and enhance customer outcomes. We know that customers want a personalised experience, and thankfully, it can be simple to deliver with claims-management technology that fits the needs of your business and the demands of your insured. Through a strategic partnership and leading technologies, insurers are empowered to make quicker and more effective decisions, act with confidence and deliver exceptional claims management; meeting customers where they are in 2023.

Accelerate your processes and deliver superior claims outcomes

Current customer expectations have also followed suit with a global push for services to deliver quicker outcomes and response times. For insurers, solving complex claims efficiently and accurately can be easier said than done when claims volumes are on the rise. GB’s global whitepaper continues this discussion, noting that 45% of insurers want to learn more about technology-led process improvements this year, with superior customer service being a matter of most importance to insurers and their people.

To drive long-term improvements for your customer experience, partnering with an expert administrator can alleviate internal pressures, ensure complaint ratio reductions, and enhance your Net Promoter Score through robust system controls. As competition soars in the insurer marketplace, perfecting your customer service offering via shortened claims lifecycles is a critical step.

Our commitment to early claims intervention is based on a simple fact – the faster a claim is resolved, the better it is for you and your customers. This philosophy ensures that every claim is addressed quickly, reserved accurately and a determination is made in line with the policy wording. Customer experience goes up. Claims leakage and overall costs go down.

To access key insights on the challenges, opportunities and trends for the insurance industry in 2023, download the whitepaper here. Or, to speak to our claims experts about how you can future-proof your business against ever-changing customer expectations, book a free consultation here.