Generali among nominees for EFMA-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards
Voting open until May 3rd to support competing projects
Generali is at the forefront of innovation for the development of the best insurance technology and business models. This year again, in fact, a number of Generali innovation projects developed across the Group’s business units are competing as nominees for the EFMA-Accenture Innovation in Insurance Awards, the competition that showcases the most outstanding innovations in the industry.
Generali’s commitment to innovation is represented by the following initiatives:
- Core Insurance Transformation category - Fund transaction through blockchain
- Insurtech 2021 category - HITS – bAIby: The AI-based Baby Cry Translator
- Customer Experience 2021 category - WelionAPP
- Workforce Transformation 2021 category - We SHARE App
- Global Innovator category - Assicurazioni Generali 2021
Voting to support competing nominees is open until May 3rd. The list is available on the Innovation in Insurance Portal; there, it is possible to choose the top 3 of the 9 innovations per category, and award them Bronze, Silver, and Gold. In order to vote, an Efma account is needed – it can be easily created directly on the portal.
In 2020, Generali was honoured with two out of the total of seven awards given in the following categories: the Customer Experience award for “Digital Hub,” an omni-channel experience for customers, agents and prospects across all digital touchpoints, with a common user experience and unique visual identity across countries; and the Workforce Transformation award for “We LEARN: A New Way to the Future,” a reskilling initiative that helps employees develop new capabilities needed to grow in the digital era and support the company’s strategic priorities.
A catalyst for innovation in the insurance sector that celebrates the best new ideas in the industry, the Awards are a valuable opportunity for the Group to keep positioning itself at the frontier of innovation and to effectively meet the needs of its customers in line with the Innovation and Digital Transformation pillar of the Generali 2021 strategic plan.