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Marsh Names Accenture’s Richards as Global Head of Cyber Risk Consulting
Jul 10 2018 // Insurance broker Marsh has appointed Kevin Richards to the newly-created role of global head of Cyber Risk Consulting. Richards will be responsible for leading the strategic development and delivery of Marsh’s cyber...
Accenture Offers Way to Erase Gender, Racial, Ethnic Bias in Artificial Intelligence
Jun 13 2018 // Consulting firm Accenture has a new tool to help businesses detect and eliminate gender, racial and ethnic bias in artificial intelligence software. Companies and governments are increasingly turning to machine-learning...
Winners Announced for 3rd Annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards
Jun 13 2018 // Efma, an association of more than 3,300 retail financial services companies in 130 countries, and Accenture announced the winners of the third annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards. Showcasing the best...
How Carmakers Raise Prices for Spare Parts Based on ‘Perceived Value’: Reuters
Jun 3 2018 // Carmakers including Renault, Jaguar Land Rover and Peugeot have boosted revenues by over $1 billion in the past decade by using sophisticated pricing software, according to sales presentations prepared by the software...
How Insurer Execs, Workers View Artificial Intelligence and Future Work
May 11 2018 // Insurers can seize major growth opportunities by redesigning work, bringing in new talent, and pivoting their existing workforces to work with artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new repot by Accenture. The...
European Insurtech Investment Growth Surpasses North America in 2017: Accenture
Mar 22 2018 // Global investment in the insurance technology (insurtech) industry surged in 2017, with Europe emerging as a new insurtech hub outside the U.S., according to new research from Accenture. The research, which includes new...
UK Names Former Accenture Exec to Oversee London Financial Services Industry
Jan 10 2018 // Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed a former management consultant John Glen as the new City minister to oversee a financial services sector facing upheaval as Britain prepares to leave the European Union. Glen, whose...
How Autonomous Vehicles Will Grow Auto Insurance Before Shrinking It
May 19 2017 // Insurance coverage for autonomous vehicles will bring $81 billion in new premiums to the insurance industry over the next eight years, according to a report from Accenture and Stevens Institute of Technology. These...
Disruptive Tech Dominates 2nd Annual Efma-Accenture Innovation Awards
Apr 28 2017 // Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things (IoT) and blockchain were prominently featured among the winners of the second annual Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance awards. Aimed at...
Artificial Intelligence, IoT Startups Gaining in Global Insurtech Funding
Mar 31 2017 // Investing in technology-oriented insurance ventures (insurtech) is clearly a global trend and almost half of all the money being poured into them globally is going into artificial intelligence and internet of things...
China’s Fintech Investments in 2017 May Exceed 2016’s Record $10B: Accenture
Mar 7 2017 // Chinese financial-technology investments this year may exceed 2016’s record $10 billion as companies continue to raise funds for expansion and big banks grow their digital services, according to Accenture Plc. The...
Majority of Consumers Say They Would Welcome Robotic Agents in the Future
Jan 23 2017 // However, Buyers Want Blended Human-Digital Experience for Complex Issues Seven in 10 consumers around the world would welcome robo-advisory services — computer-generated advice and services that are independent of a...
Robo-Insurance Agents? Bring ‘Em On, Phygitally, Say Consumers
Jan 12 2017 // Seven in 10 consumers around the world would welcome robo-advisory services – computer-generated advice and services that are independent of a human advisor – for their banking, insurance and retirement planning,...
Efma & Accenture Invite Entries for 2nd Annual Innovation in Insurance Awards
Dec 8 2016 // Efma and Accenture have issued a joint call for entries for the second annual Innovation in Insurance Awards, with insurance and bancassurance companies invited to submit their entries by March 8, 2017. The Innovation in...
Corporations Have ‘Alarmingly High’ Failure Rate with Their Cyber Defenses: Accenture
Nov 2 2016 // About one-third of targeted attempts to breach corporations’ cyber defenses succeed but three-quarters of executives remain unaccountably confident in their security strategies, Accenture Plc. reported Wednesday in a...
Data Theft by Employees Affects 69% of Businesses: Accenture Survey
Jun 27 2016 // As businesses spend billions of dollars a year trying to protect their data from hacking that’s costing trillions, they face another threat closer to home: data theft by their own employees. That’s one of the...
Winners of 1st Innovation in Insurance Awards Are ‘Change Leaders’
Jun 13 2016 // The winners of the first annual Innovation in Insurance awards include Allianz, AXA, Europ Assistance, MS&AD Insurance, and USAA. The program, jointly launched by Efma and Accenture, seeks to reward and foster...
Nominations Announced for 1st Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards
May 13 2016 // Nominations have been announced for the first Efma-Accenture Innovation in Insurance awards, launched this year to identify and award the most innovative insurance initiatives and projects around the world. Efma received...
Global Insurance Fintech Investment Grew by 237% in 2015: Accenture Research
Apr 27 2016 // While insurance historically has been a laggard in the fintech race, it is increasingly a high-growth investment area in the fintech field, according to research from Accenture. Accenture’s fintech research reveals...
UK’s Towergate Hires Accenture to Manage IT Infrastructure Transformation
Mar 9 2016 // Towergate, Europe’s largest independently owned insurance intermediary, is undertaking an IT infrastructure transformation across its entire business to address challenges posed by legacy systems and lack of...
