Transforming Non-Life Insurance: Leveraging Customer Insights and Risk Assessment
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Abstract
In the world of uncertainty, Insurance is a promise of intangibles. It is a
Contract between an individual seeking financial protection against the unforeseen and the Insurer who tries to comprehend and quantify such events through aggregating the risks. Price of the service is fixed somewhere, on the intersection of this demand and supply. Sustenance of any Insurer depends on his ability to appropriately price the unforeseen for which segmenting the customers according to their risk profile, is the key. This paper elaborates on the sustainability perspective for a Non-Life Insurer by appreciating the need and significance of Risk Profiling and granular segmentation of customers, in the backdrop of basic insurance principles. In the succeeding sections, we will delve deeper into the challenges and opportunities in today’s dynamic and challenging market landscape for non-life insurers. These insurers must juggle retaining customers through impeccable customer experiences while striving for profitability. Through the lens of peril, cause of loss, and the mathematical principle of risk pooling, we will also explore how technological breakthroughs are being leveraged to optimize the process.