Vote now in the 2022 Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards

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04/05/2022 News

Voting will be open online until May 17th.

The seventh annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards will be revealed at a virtual awards ceremony on June 15th. The Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance program is a joint initiative that aims to reward the most innovative distribution and marketing projects developed by insurance companies across five continents. Efma members and non-members from financial institutions have until May 17th to vote for the winners of this year’s edition.
 
 “Just as insurers are creating ecosystems for their customers and products, we have our own unique ecosystem that provides an excellent opportunity for these companies to showcase their innovations,” said Hannah Moisand, Efma’s Head of Strategic Partnerships who leads the awards initiative.
 
This year, Efma received 399 innovations from 251 institutions in 44 countries, a new record of submissions. An expert panel has selected nominees for awards in six different categories. Both Efma members and non-members can vote for the winners in each of the six categories by visiting our portal and selecting their top three innovations per category.

This year’s nominees are:

Connected Insurance & Ecosystems

  • AIA (Thailand) - ALive by AIA
  • Allianz Technology SE (Germany) - Allianz - ICS - International Claims Service
  • AXA Group (France) - Digital Healthcare Platform (DHP)
  • Brit Insurance (United Kingdom) - Trading Complex Risks Using Ki’s Broker API
  • FNB (South Africa) - Purchase Protect
  • Munich Re (Germany) - Realytix Zero
  • Nationwide (USA) - Nationwide's Partner Platform
  • RGA (USA) - MIB Data Vault: Big Data Solution for a Jumbo-Sized Problem
  • Zurich (Germany) - Zurich AI Store: Implement AI once, use many!


Insurtech

  • Artivatic.ai (India) - Alfred - AI Health Claims Platform
  • Bolttech (Singapore) - Click-to-Protect
  • Coalition (USA) - Active Cyber Insurance Defends Organizations Against Digital Risk  
  • InsFocus Systems (Israel) - Campaign Management System
  • InsuranceGIG (USA) - Insurance Technology Appstore
  • Kwik.insure (Philippines) - Kwik.insure
  • Neosurance (Italy) - Homix Smart Protection
  • nsure.ai (Israel) - nsure.ai
  • Sentiance (Belgium) - Crash Detection & Forensics


Product & Service Innovation

  • Allianz Partners (Switzerland) - Digital Access to Care – Your personal health assistant
  • Bradesco Seguros (Brazil) - Vida Viva Bradesco
  • Discovery (South Africa) - Discovery Hospital at Home
  • ELEMENT Insurance AG (Germany) - Parametrix - cloud outage insurance
  • Farmers Insurance (USA) - ROSIE - Robotic Operations Systems Innovation Employee  
  • Fidelidade (Portugal) - FIXO
  • Flip Insurance (Australia) - Flip Insurance
  • FWD Group (Singapore) - 3-in-1" critical illness plan
  • Moonshot Insurance (France) - Preventive Anti Cyber-bullying insurance


Reimagining the Customer Experience

  • Assicurazioni Generali (Italy) - Generali Smart Automation Platform
  • Allianz Partners (Spain) - Visi´Home
  • Bank of Ireland (Ireland) - Digital Wealth Advice Platform
  • Bradesco Seguros (Brazil) - The pioneering insurance group in TIK TOK
  • Confiamed (Ecuador) - Closer to you – Confiamed´s App  
  • Donau Versicherung (Austria) - WohnenNext - digital home insurance
  • FWD Group (Hong Kong) - FWD Care: Moving Beyond Paying Claims to also Providing Care  
  • MAPFRE (Spain) - VIVE FÁCIL (LIVE EASY)
  • Ping An Group (China) - Insurance AI Meeting Platform


Social, Sustainable & Responsible

  • Aésio Mutuelle (France) - Building the most accessible ecosystem
  • Aflac Life Insurance (Japan) - Aflac XR devices
  • AXA (Italy) – Protezione Sospesa (Suspended Potection) 
  • AXA XL (United Kingdom) - AXA XL Environmental Sensitivities Tool
  • Discovery Life (South Africa) - Vaccination Max PayBack
  • Gjensidige Forsikring (Norway) - Lettlånt
  • Ping An (China) - AI-ESG Integrated Platform  
  • PZU (Poland) - AI Skin Cancer Prevention
  • Unigarant (Netherlands) - Improving road safety with ANWB Safe Driving Data


Workforce Transformation

  • Aflac Life Insurance (Japan) - Agent training AI
  • Assicurazioni Generali (Italy) - MAP2TheNew - a new managerial training journey
  • Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company (India) - Project Economy
  • ERGO Versicherungsgruppe (Germany) - Sales-Mini-Metaverse for training sessions with switching client characters
  • Liberty Seguros (Brazil) - Liberty Help Me!
  • Nationale Nederlanden (Poland) - Agile transformation in Insurance
  • PZU (Poland) - AgroLab – AI in Agricultural Claims
  • Quick Sigorta (Turkey) - QWorld Digital Ecosystem
  • Zurich Insurance (Spain) - One Zurich – Global Employee App


Global Innovator

  • Aflac Life Insurance (Japan)
  • AG Insurance (Belgium)
  • Assicurazioni Generali (Italy)
  • Allianz Partners (France)
  • Bradesco Seguros (Brazil)
  • Discovery (South Africa)
  • FWD Group (Singapore)
  • MAPFRE (Spain)
  • Nationwide (USA)
  • PZU (Poland)
  • RGA (USA)
  • Zurich Insurance (Switzerland)

     
    The winners of each category will be revealed during the Innovation in Insurance Awards online ceremony, which will take place on 15th June 2022.
     
    For the Product and Service Innovation category and the Insurtech category, online voters and jury members will shortlist three innovations out of the nine nominated ones. The six shortlisted innovators will present their innovations to the audience at the Innovation in Insurance Awards ceremony. The audience will then cast their votes and the winner will be announced live.
     
    For the Global Innovator category, the Awards Jury will select the winner from the twelve nominees identified by the Awards Committee.

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