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World Fintech Festival in Sydney: Insurtech Australia – Simone Dossetor, CEO of Insurtech Australia.
“Sydney is the heart of insurtech in Australia, and for the overseas entities, Australia is a great market because it’s of a small enough scale that they can really try new things, and we also have all the players here: insurers, reinsurers, brokers. “, Simone Dossetor, CEO of Insurtech Australia, says.
Click here to know more – Investment NSW.
Click here to know more – The Industry Powerhouses Driving Australia’s Fintech Ecosystem.
Insurtech Australia’s CEO plans the next phase of growth – Simone Dossetor, CEO of Insurtech Australia.
“We must embrace the age of insurtech and bring new skills and diverse experiences into the insurance industry.”, Simone Dossetor, CEO of Insurtech Australia, says.
Insurtech Lessons: JAVLN – hitting targets.
Dale Smith, CEO of JAVLN, is our December podcast guest. Now in nine locations across the APAC region, the SaaS platform offering from JAVLN delivers end-to-end policy management for brokers, insurers and underwriting agencies. Dale shares his views on active listening, customers and talented teams.
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CDR to boost insurance image – Rita Yates, Co-Founder of Insurtech Australia.
“Extending the Consumer Data Right (CDR) regime to insurers could help address the industry’s “major image problem with consumers” and tackle the challenge of underinsurance with greater transparency, clarity of options and understanding of what is being covered”, Rita Yates, Co-Founder of Insurtech Australia, says.
Insurtech Lessons: dacadoo – Senior VP Thomas Dijohn.
Thomas Dijohn, Senior VP Asia-Pacific for dacadoo, is our podcast guest this month. Providing insights into how the mountains of Switzerland influenced the launch of dacadoo, Thomas shares his views on the B2B play, how client-driven roadmaps influence the pivot, and the criticality of customer engagement.
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The Inspire Insurtech Interview’s series is designed to inspire fellow insurtechs. We want to share who they are, what they do, and what we can expect from them in the future.
This month we are talking to Drew Schnehage, Managing Director of Innovation Group Australia. Drew was recently selected as one of the winners for this year Elite Women in Insurance 2021. Congratulations Drew!
Tell us Innovation Group Australia’s brief pitch.
Motor accidents present fleet owners and drivers with a challenge, and the process of getting vehicles repaired and claims settled is complicated. Innovation Group takes the headaches away from fleet operators by offering a full end-to-end accident and claim management process, as well as risk management and driver training.
We run dedicated 24/7 hotlines for our fleet clients, along with organising a contracted repairer to collect the damaged vehicle and provide a rental car to keep your driver mobile. Our digital platform keeps all parties updated on the progress, and we take care of all the paperwork with insurers and others involved in the claim.
Fleet operators get access to a nationwide network of body shops, windscreen centres and rental car providers, along with prioritised repair slots, extended guarantees on work performed, and full claims administration and settlement.
So how did Innovation Group Australia begin?
Innovation Group has been around since 2001, and the business initially started from a partnership with LeasePlan, one of the biggest Fleet Management Companies globally. LeasePlan had the vision to provide vehicle accident claims management to their fleet clients, and Innovation Group became the enabler of this service. The partnership has spanned over 20 years, and the service delivery has been refined to a fine art. We manage incidents for several fleet management companies and their fleet clients as well as self-insured corporate fleets and work closely with insurers to create a seamless and better experience for fleet owners and their drivers.
Since I joined the business at the end of 2019, the focus has moved to the digitalisation of the claims journey, and we have some exciting new ‘innovations’ excuse the pun launching in the next couple of weeks and months.
How has Innovation Group Australia evolved since its inception?
We pride ourselves on our service delivery, and we are one of the best third-party administrators offering vehicle accident management to the fleet industry. We are one of the only third-party administrators that provide a fully insourced service offering. We manage our own 24/7 call centre with a team of agents that are dedicated to managing the initial customer experience and repair progression, a team of highly experienced technical vehicle assessors in the field, a dedicated recoveries team with outstanding results and agents that proactively manage the cost of third parties not at fault. We manage vehicle accident claims from the cradle to the grave. Our digital journey will further enhance our already perfect solution to automate and streamline our process and service offering making it easy and transparent for our fleet managers and their drivers.
What is your team currently working on for 2021, or what have you accomplished recently?
On the first delivery of our digital journey, we can provide the fleet driver with the ability to lodge their claim on their mobile phones. The process is easy, simple, and transparent, with the ability to upload images and direct and select a repairer of their preference. Fleet managers can track and view the progress of the repairs on their vehicles on our easy-to-use client portal. The integration with our valued partner repair network will automate the experience with instant updates. The future of Artificial Intelligence is on our doorstep, and we have partnered with a global company to deliver a solution that will shorten the life cycle of a claim and improve the time off-road, which is a critical risk factor for fleet companies. The biggest development has been the data and insights we deliver back to our clients to manage their drivers and incidents better.
How does innovation Group Australia give back?
We give back time, efficiency, and cost savings to our fleet clients.
What is Innovation Group Australia’s biggest challenge in today’s market?
The biggest challenge in the current market is the price. The current economic environment makes it extremely difficult to negotiate renewals or secure business when clients only look at the bottom line. We deliver an outstanding product, and we focus on selling the savings we produce, not just on average repair cost but also the saving to the client to get their vehicle back on the road faster. We further drive costs down with our focus on recovering money from at-fault parties and managing the cost of third parties that are not at fault. Clients need to look at the overall value proposition and not just the final page on commercials.
Anything else you’d like to say that we didn’t ask?
Innovation Group forms part of a global company, but in Australia, we are nimble and respond quickly to our clients. I always say to my staff, let’s keep it simple and stick to the basics. We continually push the business to deliver the best outcome for our clients. We have been able to deliver on so many new initiatives over the last 18 months. I suppose that was the one positive on COVID and lockdown in Victoria.
Thank You.
The Insurtech Australia AGM will be held at 9:00 am AEDT on Thursday, 25th November 2021 virtually via Zoom Video Conferencing platform.
Forms are now available for Nomination as Director and Consent to Act (click here) and Proxy Form to nominate a representative to attend and vote directly on your behalf (click here).