Brenton Charnley discusses disruptive innovations arising from insurtech. He notes that while insurtech investment cooled in 2017, distribution remains a focus area. Outsiders are also moving into the insurtech space and partnering with incumbents. Insurtechs are enabling the industry rather than just disrupting it by creating new products, improving risk assessment, and helping close the global underinsurance gap through solutions like usage-based insurance and partnerships in emerging markets.
Disruptive Innovations arising from Insurtech - Brenton Charnley Insurtech Australia
1. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS
ARISING FROM
INSURTECH
BRENTON CHARNLEY
LEAD & CO-FOUNDER
INSURTECH AUSTRALIA
5 DECEMBER 2017
8. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
INSURTECH: OUR DEFINITION
the application of technology innovation in the
insurance industry value chain, to solve
known challenges and discover unknown
opportunities, in order to deliver value for
customers
9. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
Business Model
Operating Model
New
Applications
Risk mitigation
INSURTECH
Partnership
s
Improvements
New products Platforms
Distributio
n
MORE THAN TECHNOLOGY
17. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
BUT, INVESTMENT NOW COOLING
https://www.willistowerswatson.com/en-US/insights/2017/10/quarterly-insurtech-briefing-q3-2017
18. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
ENABLING
NOT
DISRUPTING
OUTSIDERS
MOVING IN
AND (UP)
NOT
JUST
STARTUPS
INTEGRATED
CONVENENICE
DISTRIBUTION
STILL A
FOCUS
NEW
PRODUCTS
& RISKTRENDS
2017
INSURTECH
1
2
3
4
5
6
20. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
Clayton Christensen, Innovator’s Solution
…disruptive technologies offer other benefits—
typically, they are simpler, more convenient, and
less expensive products that appeal to new or less-
demanding customers.
21. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
ENABLING NOT JUST DISRUPTING
http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/insurtech-the-threat-that-inspires
37. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
MOVING UP THE VALUE CHAIN
Today more than ever, some of these
intermediaries run the risk of getting
disintermediated sooner rather than later
because they are unable to adapt their
business model, disruptors are penetrating
their markets, or technology is changing
the entire industry.
Walter Kielholz, Chairman SwissRe
2016
38. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
REINSURANCE DEALS
http://www.oliverwyman.com/content/dam/oliver-wyman/v2/publications/2017/jun/Oliver-Wyman-Policen-Direkt-Global-
InsurTech-Report-2017-Final.pdf
45. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
INSURTECHS - MODULARITY
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Beyond_Fintech_-_A_Pragmatic_Assessment_of_Disruptive_Potential_in_Financial_Services.pdf
46. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
INSURTECHS – USAGE ON DEMAND
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Beyond_Fintech_-_A_Pragmatic_Assessment_of_Disruptive_Potential_in_Financial_Services.pdf
47. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
INSURTECHS – EMERGING RISKS
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Beyond_Fintech_-_A_Pragmatic_Assessment_of_Disruptive_Potential_in_Financial_Services.pdf
48. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
INSURTECHS – REINVENT LIFE
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Beyond_Fintech_-_A_Pragmatic_Assessment_of_Disruptive_Potential_in_Financial_Services.pdf
49. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
INSURTECHS – CLOSER TO HOME
Flare HR is a company delivering value in
the ‘HR tech’ services sector. Similar to
the business model of the multi billion
dollar company Zenefits,FlareHR provides
software that manages the on-boarding
of new employees, other human
resources functions and payroll.
It generates revenue by also delivering
financial services and products, such as
superannuation and life insurance, to
employees.
New distribution channels
Cover Genius is a global distributor of
insurance products for online businesses.
It is one of the fastest growing fintech
startups to have emerged from Australia.
Cover Genius’ first brand to launch was
RentalCover.com which sells insurance
for car rentals from its own site and also
through the largest online travel agents
globally. As a full stack startup they
control all facets of both their partner
relationships and the customer journey.
Digital distribution platform
ROOBYX provides refreshingly simple
access to replacing these lost
protections, starting with Income
Protection Insurance. They are building a
community and providing on-demand
workers with useful tools and assistance
to help them navigate through the
sharing economy and the portfolio to
careers it’s likely to create.
Gig-economy insurance
51. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
NOT JUST STARTUPS
https://www.the-digital-insurer.com/blog/insurtech-insurtechtop9-three-questions-startup-ask-vc/
CVC’s
58. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
UNDERINSURANCE: A DEFINITON
The gap between the amount of insurance
that is economically beneficial and the
amount of insurance purchased.
Global Insurance Protection Gap
Report 2014
Source: The Global Insurance Protection Gap Assessment and Recommendations 2014
60. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
UNDERINSURANCE: A BIG PROBLEM
Four billion people or approximately and 55 per
cent of the world’s population are still
uninsured, there is a $168bn coverage gap in non
life and a US$20 trillion life protection gap in the
US alone.
Global Insurance Protection Gap Report 2014
Source: The Global Insurance Protection Gap Assessment and Recommendations 2014
61. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
UNINSURABLE
IMMATURE REG & LEGAL
AFFORDABILITY
RISK CULTURE
CULTURE &
RELIGION
RISK AWARENESS
UNDERINSURANCE: WHY?
Source: The Global Insurance Protection Gap Assessment and Recommendations 2014
64. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
“I AM PARTLY
PROTECTED, BUT
IT COULD
BE BETTER”
“I KNOW WHAT
ARE MY RISKS
BUT I CAN’T OR
DON’T TAKE
ACTION”
“PROTECT ME
WHEN I NEED
IT TO LIVE MY
LIFE”
”I DON’T KNOW
WHAT I DON’T
KNOW”
04 03
0201
INSURTECH
&
UNDERINSURANCE
HIERARCHY OF RISK COMPETENCE
UNCONCIOUS
INCOMPETENCE
CONCIOUS
INCOMPETENCE
CONCIOUS
COMPETENCE
UNCONCIOUS
COMPTENENCE
65. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
WHAT CAN INSURTECH DO?
• ROBO ADVICE/DATA/BOTS
• NEW & RELEVANT PRODUCTS
• INTEGRATED INSURANCE
COVERAGE
• DIGITAL EXPERIENCE
• PARTNERSHIPS
• NEW LOW COST
PRODUCTS
• MICROINSURANCE
• DATA ANALYTICS
• AUTOMATED RISK
ASSESSMENT
• DISTRIBUTION
PLATFORMS
• TRANSPARENCY
• PERSONALISED
• USAGE BASED
• SITUATIONAL
• RISK PARTNER
• BUSINESS MODELS
• AWARENESS
• EDUCATION
• FINANCIAL LITERACY
• EMERGING MARKETS
• COLLABORATION
• PARTNERSHIPS
04 03
0201
INSURTECH
&
UNDERINSURANCE
AWARE ACCESS
ACTIONAUTOMATE
66. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
CLOSE THE GAP: THE OPPORTUNITY
PREMIUMS IN
EMERGING MARKETS ALONE
http://www.swissre.com/library/partner-publication/The_Global_Insurance_Protection_Gap_Assessment_and_recommendations.html
68. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
INSURTECH
OPPORTUNITIES
2018PARTNER FOR SUCCESS
• MORE COLLABORATION
• INSURTECH NEED FOR PAPER
• INCUMBENTS COME TO THE
FORE IN SOME SEGMENTS
• NEW ENTRANTS/OUTSIDERS
TO PARTNER
IMPROVE THE VALUE CHAIN
• ENTERPRISE TECH
• UNDERWRITING & CLAIMS
• DATA ANALYTICS & ML
• SERVICING & ADMIN
• REGTECH
• AUTOMATION & AI
DISTRIBUTION ROUND 2
• B2B2C & B2B
• E-COMMERCE & INTEGRATION
NEW CHANNELS FOR INTEGRATION
• PLATFORMS
• COMMERCIAL INSURANCE
• RE-INSURERS ARE COMING
• ROBO-ADVISORS
• FINTECHS TO COME
ENABLEMENT TO CONTINUE
NEW PRODUCTS
• MICRO INSURANCE
• PERSONALISED PRODUCTS
• EMERGING MARKETS
• LIFE & HEALTH OPPS
GLOBAL INSURTECH GROWTH
• INSURERS & REINSURERS
CONTINUE TO INVEST
• DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
ACROSS INSURANCE
• INSURTECH KEY FOCUS
• MOVING FASTER
• CONNECTED COMMUNITY
• FLOW OF INSURTECHS &
FUNDING
• AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY TO GROW
• INNOVATION 3.0 IN AUSTRALIA
70. Brenton Charnley, Insurtech Australia
www.brentoncharnley.com
www.insurtechaustralia.org
brenton@insurtechaustralia.org
+61 419 178 552
LET’S MAKE AUSTRALIA
A WORLD LEADER
IN INSURTECH