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Explore the costs and savings associated with different correspondent setups in the insurance industry. Learn about the key drivers affecting total savings and steps towards an improved model, resulting in operational and financial benefits.
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Istanbul 7/4/2014 The costs of a suboptimal claim correspondent model
Today’s trends • Results are under pressure • Reduce head count • Decrease overhead costs • Challenging market • Commoditisation • Changing consumer demands • Legal framework shifting • Solvency II capital requirements • Reporting challenges
Research • Mapped approx. 100,000 correspondents • 2,000+ insurers and their correspondents in the 46 Green Card countries • Found 5 distinct correspondent setups • Benchmark • Correspondent setups • Costs levels and quality standards • Findings • 85% of insurers have a suboptimal correspondent model • savings could yield up to 50% of current costs
Correspondent setup By insurers • Multiple insurers (5%) • Reciprocity model (10%) By TPA’s • Multiple providers (60%) • Two providers (10%) • Single provider (15%)
Cost increasing in-house tasks • Safeguarding reserving policy • Data cleansing for reporting • Managing multiple providers • Auditing foreign files • Monitoring claim cycles
40% 20% 10% Total savings per model 50% 30% SAVINGS
Reasons for savings • Bargaining power • Lower claim handling fees due to volume • In-house costs • High number of providers result in high transaction costs
Steps towards an improved way Reduction of the number of vendors to a single TPAgives: Improvement in process • Single instruction, less effort • Process alignment and optimisation Improvement in costs • Less in-house resources required • Lower correspondents’ fees
Results in Operational • Become more in control of foreign claims • Reduction in required vendor management effort • Reporting in required standard Financial • Decrease in total costs of foreign claims handling 30 – 50%
Why Van Ameyde • You should buy from us, because: • we can help you reduce your in-house workload; • whilst reducing the overall costs of those claims; • in line with your policies and claims strategy. • Which our competitors cannot bring you, due to • their limited geographical network; • IT capabilities; and • lower productivity and higher prices.
European Claim Handling Optimisation ECHO system
Van Ameyde First independent claims managers andadjustersestablished in 1945. Help over 2,500clientsachievetheir goals. Market leader • Over 1,000 motivated professionals • More than € 1.4 BNmanaged funds • Handle over 700,000 claims andincidentsannually Corporate Governance • ISAE 3402 • IFRS compliance • D&B tier 1 rating
Network • European Network62 offices in 43 countries • USA & rest of the World Complemented by Partners • Lines of businessMotor, Property, Liability, Accident & Health, Cargo, Hull, Machinery, Travel, etc.
Markets Corporates & industrialclients Insurers & brokers Governmentagencies Fleetowners P&I clubs & carriers Ports & terminals
Thankyou! • Krzysztof Jablonski • Van AmeydePolskaBoardMember • Van Ameyde CEEManagingDirector • T: + 48 22 500 66 00 • M: + 48 50010 25 88 • E: krzysztof.jablonski@vanameyde.com