- Gone are the days of using emails and IVRs to respond to customer queries.
- The evolution of chatbots has taken over many organizations for service-related queries.
- Indian Insurance Industry is expected to reach USD 250 billion by 2025.
- With the power of AI induces chatbots, the insurance industry can use it all along its life cycle from pre-purchase to claims, reducing the complexity involved.
- These virtual agents can assist the customers in checking the insurance plans, compare policies, calculate premiums and make the purchase.
- They not only help the customers but also boost the confidence level of insurance agents while making a sale/demo, by better retrieval of information and plan comparisons.
- The implementation of AI converts 5 times the leads generated than via traditional methods.
- Above all, they help the insurance agencies in cutting down the response time of queries, thus saving a huge cost and entail a positive reputation.
- They pave the way to increase the revenue by building brand trust among the customers and empowering them.
- In short, AI-powered chatbots remove the bottlenecks in operations and speed up the insurance claiming process and resulting in satisfied customers.
Here is a quick list of top priority insurance functions for a chatbot
Product Recommendation:
- Quote
- Channel Support
- Upsell & Cross-sell
Customer Education:
- Document Submission for Underwriting
- Policy Issues
- Payments
Customer Queries:
- Policy Renewals
- Alerts & Reminders
- Claims FNOL & Assessment
Let’s take a look at how AI is transforming the Insurance Industry.
1. Customer Advisory:
- Insurance policies are sometimes cumbersome and may require educating the customers thoroughly.
- Chatbots come in handy as they interact with every web visitor and based on their inputs and information, give them what they are looking for in a simple way.
- It even suggests an optimal policy by comparing and showing results from multiple carriers.
- Customers learn about the available options in front of them and make an informed decision with the help of chatbots 24/7 and have come to be their personal assistants.
2. Lead Profiling:
- Chatbots are easily deployed in everyday apps used by customers for more traction.
- With their built-in conversational skills, chatbots can level up the process of data gathering and can easily segregate potential customers.
- Bots profile them according to the input received and match them with the sales team data.
- Some bots even assign an intent score to the customer based on their purchase intent.
- The higher the score, the more a qualified inbound lead!
- With chatbots on board, the volume of leads increases, subsequently increasing the conversions on site and reducing human intervention.
3. Underwriting:
- Bots have the capability of processing documents in a matter of seconds and providing with the desired results such as accept/reject/redirect.
- They provide the users with options to upload the documents to process, unlike the traditional way of document collection by an agent and forwarding it for further process.
- It unmasks the hidden risks and helps the underwriting team in assessing the applicants efficiently, precisely and quickly.
4. Policy Servicing:
- The bots can bridge the gap between a customer and the agency with their constant interaction.
- They remind the customers about the payments, policy renewal and other alerts to make them feel more connected to the brand.
- Chatbots have the competency to enhance the customer experience because of their meticulous instant replies, extending the care quotient from the brand.
5. Claims Management:
- As mentioned afore, chatbots play a main role in claims management.
- Bots can streamline the process of claims, right from claims FNOL to settlement and recovery.
- Because of reduced human intervention, errors and elimination of repetitive tasks, it aids in faster claims.
6. High Valued Database:
- Data is the fuel to success.
- Chatbots can be easily integrated with internal CRMs.
- Bots can extract the information from the customer interactions and store them in database, for further use.
- These are added for sending updates about new product recommendations and other information through emails, newsletters and SMS.
- Combined with chatbot analytics, deep insights can be unfolded.
- The insurtech bots help in a hassle-free work environment for the sales team and reduce the multitude of work, by optimizing various activities.
- The more the AI gets advanced, the better the customer engagement, making the whole process as personalized and efficient as possible.
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