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Viewpoint: Innovation Trends Through the Lens of Qorus-Accenture Innovation Awards
Aug 1 2023 // The winners of the Qorus-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards were announced recently at a live ceremony in Milan, bringing together the industry’s trendsetters and pioneers. Now in its eighth year, this program...
Winners of 2023 Insurance Innovation Awards Announced by Accenture, Qorus
Jun 22 2023 // The winners of the eighth annual Qorus-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards have been announced. The awards, which honor the best ideas and practices transforming the industry for the benefit of insurers and customers,...
Accenture Acquires Illinois’ Blackcomb Consultants
Oct 4 2022 // Accenture has acquired Blackcomb Consultants, an independent Guidewire partner in North America. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s ability to deliver Guidewire...
IICF Midwest Honors Accenture, Aon, and Zurich at Blazing the Trail Benefit
Sep 7 2022 // Founders of Chicago Apprentice Network headline benefit supporting regional nonprofits CHICAGO (Sept. 7, 2022) – The Midwest Division of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a unique nonprofit...
Dissatisfied Claimants Put Carriers at Risk of Losing $170B in Premiums: Accenture
Aug 11 2022 // A research report published last week found that one-third of claimants were not fully satisfied with their most recent insurance claims experience, adding that speed of settlement is a clear pain point for...
Efma-Accenture Innovation Awards Offer View of Insurance Industry’s Transformation
Jan 12 2022 // Daniele Presutti, Accenture’s Insurance lead in Europe, and Silvia Milián, Accenture’s Insurance lead for strategy and consulting in Iberia discuss how the submissions to 2021’s Efma-Accenture Innovation...
Generali Joins Forces With Accenture and Vodafone to Provide Cyber Insurance Services
Dec 10 2021 // Generali has joined forces with Accenture and Vodafone Business to create a package of cyber insurance services for corporate and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients. The services include cyber risk...
Accenture: Systems Restored, ‘No Impact’ From Reported Ransomware Attack
Aug 13 2021 // Accenture said it has fully restored certain affected systems, after a CNBC reporter tweeted of a hacker group saying it attacked the IT consulting firm using LockBit ransomware and threatened to release the data in...
Accenture Invests in Swiss Digital Payments Company Imburse
Jun 22 2021 // Accenture has invested in Imburse, a cloud-based, payments-as-a-service enterprise platform that simplifies the way businesses access the global payments ecosystem. Financial details of the investment, which was made via...
Winners Announced for 6th Annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards
Jun 4 2021 // The winners of the sixth annual Innovation in Insurance Awards have been announced by Efma and Accenture, which jointly established the awards in 2016 to recognize technology innovation. At a virtual ceremony, Generali was...
Efma and Accenture Launch 6th Annual Innovation in Insurance Awards
Dec 10 2020 // Efma and Accenture are now accepting applications for the sixth annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards, which recognize insurers and insurtechs that are transforming the insurance industry. Established in...
Trumps Want Court to Approve Arbitration for Marketing Fraud Lawsuit
Dec 2 2020 // A lawyer for Donald Trump on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to halt a lawsuit accusing the U.S. president of exploiting his family name to promote a marketing scam targeting poor and working-class people. The...
Winners Announced for 5th Annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards
Jun 22 2020 // Efma, an association of more than 3,300 retail financial services companies in 130 countries, and Accenture, the professional services company, have announced the winners of the fifth annual Innovation in Insurance Awards...
AXA XL, Accenture Partner to Provide Cyber-Security Services to AXA XL Clients
Sep 26 2019 // AXA XL and Accenture are partnering to offer global cyber-security expertise to AXA XL’s underwriters, brokers and clients to strengthen their cyber capabilities and recover from cyber attacks. AXA XL — AXA’s...
AIG Names Accenture’s Parker as Information Security Deputy Chief
Jul 15 2019 // American International Group reported that Tom Parker is joining the company as deputy chief Information Security officer. Parker will work with Rich Baich, AIG’s chief Information Security officer, on global...
What’s In Store for Insurance Industry As It Enters Post-Digital Era?
Apr 10 2019 // The insurance industry is entering a new “post-digital” era where success is based on an organization’s ability to master artificial intelligence (AI) and other new technologies. The post-digital era...
Small Business Owners Don’t Trust Commercial Insurance Buying Process: Accenture
Mar 4 2019 // Small commercial insurers aren’t giving their client base what they want — a simple and easy purchase experience. Whether online or through an agent, business owners are left confused, frustrated and having to...
Accenture Software Now Does What 40,000 Employees Used to Do
Jan 29 2019 // Accenture Plc, the global consulting firm, will begin selling software and services that it’s already used internally to automate tasks and redeploy about 40,000 workers. The new platform, that’s been five...
Banks and Insurers Have Improved Their Cyber Defenses
Sep 20 2018 // Despite the volume of cyberattacks doubling in 2017, banks and insurance firm firms are closing the gap on cyber attacks, having stopped four in five of all breach attempts last year. According to a study by Accenture,...
CNA Names Accenture’s Costonis as Chief Operations Officer
Sep 4 2018 // Commercial lines insurer CNA announced the appointment of Michael Costonis as chief operations officer. Costonis will lead all information technology, analytics and operations functions across the organization. He will be...
