





Be open and honest about diversity challenges
POSTED ON • BY Darcy Dague
My previous blog post in this series was focused on data to analyze how much, or how little, the insurance industry increased diversity in the last five years. In this post, I want to highlight specific examples, both good and bad, directly from the industry. But I also want to dive into the elephant in the room: talking about diversity. …
Carriers should flex their financial muscle to boost sustainability
POSTED ON • BY Jean-François Gasc
With assets under management of around €10 trillion, insurers in Europe have plenty of financial clout to drive changes that will promote sustainability earn them more trust among customers. Europe’s big insurers enter 2021 with a major opportunity to strengthen their commitment to sustainability. By carefully deploying their extensive financial assets and real estate portfolios they can substantially increase their support for environmental, social and…
3 Underwriting Predictions for 2021 and Beyond
POSTED ON • BY Shay Alon
While 2020 proved to be a year that changed the way we live and work, our predictions for 2020 nevertheless proved to be remarkably accurate. As we forecasted, life insurers that modernized their core new business and policy administration systems accelerated their digital transformations. Their new digital capabilities, including the cloud, analytics, automation, and ecosystems,…
Time to drive quiet change again
POSTED ON • BY Michael Reilly & Desiree Emmanuel
This past year we have seen major companies, sports teams, and individuals making a splash by trying to push for social justice activities through their dollars, actions or statements. The one industry that has been relatively quiet in the arena—and the one that has been a quiet force around justice, safety, and responsibility for decades—has been insurance. We joke around about…
Choose the right digital investments for the best return
POSTED ON • BY Jim Bramblet & Todd Staehle
Many of the insurance executives we speak to want to know which of their digital investments are delivering a return—and which are not. To find out, Accenture analyzed public innovation announcements over the last five years from the top 30 insurers by total premium volume across all major markets worldwide. Our analysis found a high correlation between insurers with strong performance in top line, net income and market valuation and those who invested in two types of innovations: Distribution: Digitization, automation…
Insurance News: A hopeful outlook for the year ahead
POSTED ON • BY Kenneth Saldanha
A surge in cases of COVID-19 and continuing civil unrest might make the new year feel a lot like last year. However, at least for insurers, there is good news worth sharing. In this first edition of the Insurance News Analysis for 2021, Natalie de Freitas and I talk about a few industry headlines you may have missed over the holidays. We start with one…
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Kenneth Saldanha
Global Lead – Industry Sector, Insurance

Jim Bramblet
Managing Director – Insurance Lead, North America

Daniele Presutti
Senior Managing Director – Insurance Lead, Europe

Bruce Holley
Senior Managing Director, Accenture Financial Services, Customer Insight & Growth, North America Lead

Anne Mai Bertelsen
Managing Director, Accenture Financial Services, Customer Insight & Growth

Sinead Barry
Managing Director, Financial Services, Customer Insight & Growth

Accenture Talent and Organization for FS
Financial Services

Darcy Dague
Managing Director – Insurance, North America

Desiree Emmanuel
Financial Services Management Consultant

Elysia Chan
Managing Director – Insurance Practice Lead, Southeast Asia

Erik J. Sandquist
Managing Director – Insurance, Global Lead Customer Insight & Growth

Francois Metzler
Managing Director – Insurance, Technology

Ivo Weterings
Principal Director – Accenture Strategy

Jeana Muñoz
Managing Director – Insurance Consulting

Jean-François Gasc
Managing Director – Insurance, Strategy Consulting, EALA

Michael Reilly
Managing Director – Insurance, Underwriting Community of Practice

Ravi Malhotra
Managing Director – Accenture Strategy

Sharad Sachdev
Managing Director – Insurance, North America Lead, Artificial Intelligence and Analytics

Shay Alon
Managing Director – Insurance, Global Lead Accenture Life and Annuity Software

Sher Li Tan
Managing Director – Financial Services, Greater China

Silvia Milian
Strategy & Consulting Insurance Lead, Iberia
