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SOCIAL MEDIA NEEDS FOR THE INSURANCE SECTOR

5 Social Media Needs for the Insurance Sector

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SOCIAL MEDIA NEEDS

FOR THE INSURANCE SECTOR

89% 18-29 yrs

82% 30-49 yrs

% of total internet users

Importance of social media in

Insurance Sector

2

billionApproximately

Sources: Pew, January 2014; statista.com

Total social

media

users as of

2015

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Social

Media

Users by

the age

Importance of social media in

Insurance Sector

Insurers are targeting millennials , who are in their 20s and 30s. This

demographic is extremely active on social media.

According to a consumer survey by Accenture:

In particular, consumers between the ages of 18-34 pay heed to

social media comments and recommendations

48% of consumers would consider social media comments before

making their insurance buying decisions.

Insurance providers use

social media in order to

engage with customers and

improve their business

5 needs of Social Media

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Managing the brandCommunicating

Information

Customer Service

Product development Managing Claims

Managing the Brand

† This consists of marketing the insurance products on social media and

creating positive conversations around the brand

† Insurers increase visibility and familiarity among customers through

social media campaigns

† Insurers develop trust among customers by advertising the awards and

positive feedback received by them

† Insurers can ensure a positive sentiment around the brand by

engaging in and publicizing their philanthropic activities

† Companies can measure the impact of their campaigns as well as that

of their competitors using social media monitoring tools

1.

#KeepGoodGoingBy New York Life Insurance

The campaign consists of stories and videos that ‘celebrate the good in

people’s lives’

They also have an awards segment for dads, moms, mentors and coaches

who inspire others to help children live a happy life

The campaign

was started in

2012 and is still

going strong

Use a monitoring tool to measure performance of campaigns

•Check real time

responses and

reactions to your

campaigns

•The total number

of impressions of a

campaign

•The conversation

Sentiment around

a brand.

•Track the

performance of

your competitors

2. Communicating Information

ǂ Providing general information, advice and tips useful to customers that

is otherwise not communicated by insurer in personal interactions

ǂ Creating online communities for customers with similar concerns or

backgrounds

ǂ Companies can also engage independent agents and influencers to

spread awareness and information

ǂ According to a report by Accenture, 80 percent of respondents feel

that personalized advice from their insurance carrier is either

“somewhat” or “very” important.

Guardian Voluntary Sector NetworkBy Zurich Insurance Group, UK

Zurich partnered with the Guardian to create a series of articles to provide useful

information for those within the voluntary sector.

3. Customer Service

† Negative posts on social media often draw more attention and are likely

to spread. Hence, insurers can address this to an extent by replying to

complaints and answering queries on social media.

† Timely responses resolve the issue much faster and responses are there for

public view which can help with how the insurers services and brand is

perceived.

† Customer service through social media is a more direct way of engaging

with customers and maintaining brand reputation.

† Insurance companies are also using social media to contact, inform and

communicate with customers regarding how to claim their insurances and

other relevant information during times of disaster.

Responding to customer complaintICICI Prudential Life Insurance

ICICI Bank

offers to

resolve the

complaint

of a

dissatisfied

customer

A social media listening tool can help you track customer complaints

and respond to them, all from one platform

Respond to customer complaints from all social media sites from a single page

Manage your responses, who will handle them and how

4. Policy development

† Individuals and groups usually discuss various insurance policies and their

pros and cons on different websites and forums. This helps insurer to identify

influencers in buyers decision making.

† Information gleamed from tracking these conversations gives insights into

the emerging trends and needs of customers in the insurance sector.

(Terrorism insurance in US after 9/11)

† Policy changes after assessing risk profile: Customers may have different

hobbies and interests which (E.g. horse riding) which may alter and add to

their risk profile

† Companies can get this information by following their insureds on social

media. This leads to more personalized insurance policies

† Thus, such information on customers is valuable while preparing insurance

policies. Social media is used to discover the risk of potential policy holders.

Insurance plan for cruise travelBy Zurich Insurance

Opening of

Kai Tak

Cruise Terminal,

Hong Kong

Increase in

demand of

cruise tours

Interest of cruise tours on

travel websites

Zurich comes

out with a cruise

travel insurance

Use monitoring tools to generate leads, track trends and

design policies through online customer profiling

Online Customer

profiling will update

insurers on latest

customer needs as

well help in preparing

the risk profile of

customers

5. Managing claims

Discovering Fraudulent

claims

Social media helpsinsurers to discoverinsurance frauds.

By monitoring socialmedia sites of customers,insurers can find poststhat showmisrepresented orconcealed activity thatcontends the customersclaims

Assisting in claim process

In case of acatastrophe, insurerscan directly reach outto policy holders inorder to assist them toavail their claims

They can provide help and information

on the claim collection process

Re-designing policies

Social media gives the insurer information

about its policy holder

Thus, the insurer may find information on

the customer that was not disclosed and

that could affect the risk profile of the

customer. This can help the insurer to

add to the policy to represent these facts

Tractor Pull ScamBy Erie Insurance Group

Eries Auto policies do not cover participation of vehicles in any

sporting events

Claim is filed alleging that the engine of the claimant’s tractor

was damaged on account of someone filling wrong fuel in it.

Erie finds YouTube clip and Facebook photos that show claimant

engaging in a tractor pull of the same truck

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