7th Annual

Insurance Summit, Sydney 2024

Building Our Digital Future Through Data-Driven Innovation, Digital Transformation and Novel Business Strategies
5 September 2024 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Shangri-La Sydney
About the Event

FST Media’s Insurance Summit, Sydney 2024 is a forum at the vanguard of innovation, technological advancement and customer-centric strategies within Australia’s Insurance industry.

Across the country, the Insurance industry is responding to an evolving risk landscape through radical transformation. A brief snapshot of these revolutionary shifts include embarking on a digital transformation to modernise operations, operating within the constraints of compliance and harnessing advanced technologies to deliver consistently excellent services to customers.

This premier event promises to be a culmination of industry insights and networking opportunities like no other. This year’s Insurance Summit, Sydney 2024 will host a series of keynote presentations, on-stage interviews, panel discussions, and robust peer-to-peer roundtable sessions. This forum will gather over 15+ speakers, 15+ technology vendors, and 120+ senior insurance delegates.

In 2024, the forum will encompass primarily three key themes – enhancing customer experiences, exploring innovative use-cases for advanced analytics and AI, and implementing novel business models in an era of economic consolidation.

The over-arching theme of the conference will be: “Building our Digital Future Through Data-Driven Innovation, Digital Transformation and Novel Business Strategies”

The following sub-themes will underscore all the content on the day:

  • Embarking on a digital transformation to modernise operations and align with evolving customer expectations. 
  • Increasing workforce productivity and revenue growth through cutting-edge data science, advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Adapting to a shifting macro-economic landscape by leveraging data analytics and employing innovative business models.

 

Speakers
Insurance Executive
CIO Intermediated Insurance and EGM Technology Strategy
IAG
Executive General Manager, Strategy and Innovation
Suncorp Group
Chief Commercial Officer
Hollard Insurance
Chief Operations, Transformation and Technology Officer
Tokio Marine Group
Director Strategy and Transformation (Asia Pacific)
Bupa
General Manager, Legal
AIA Australia
Chief Executive Officer
Tower Insurance
General Manager Digital Experience - Group Life and Retirement
TAL
EM - Analytics and AI
IAG
Head of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence CoE
Suncorp
Former Head of Portfolio Growth
Marsh Australia and New Zealand
Group Chief Financial Officer
Cover-More Group
General Manager - Technology and Digital
Tokio Marine Group
Chief Executive Officer
NobleOak
Conference MC
VP Solution Engineering, Asia Pacific & Japan
Tungsten Automation
Head of Data and AI, APAC
EPAM Systems
Regional Managing Director, Head of Financial Services APAC
EPAM Systems
Agenda
  • Creating value for stakeholders and shareholders through a business transformation that ensures the consistent delivery of excellent services to customers and communities to make their world a safer place. 
  • Modernising core legacy systems to revamp IAG's technology landscape and explore cutting-edge technologies such as Generative AI. 
  • Assuring the success of a transformation initiative with comprehensive backing and engagement from the Board and related business units, facing all challenges directly and conducting continuous risk management. 
 
  • Digital Innovation: how customer-centric digital strategies are reshaping traditional insurance processes, products, and business models.   
  • Disrupt the Status Quo: embracing data-driven innovation and implementing an enterprise-wide digital transformation to propel business growth and meet evolving consumer needs.  
  • Shifting Macro-Economic Landscape: commercial strategies for the continuous delivery of excellent services to customers and remaining profitable in an era of economic downturn. 
  • Transformation through Technology: Assessing the potential and usefulness of technologies such as cloud computing, big data analytics, automation and Generative AI, and forecasts around their revolutionary impact on the insurance landscape.
 
 
 
  • Our peer-to-peer roundtable discussions enable you to engage with other attendees as they rotate from table to table.
  • Each discussion features one of 8 distinct topics and is hosted by a technology expert together with a FSI co-host to drive an engaging conversation amongst the participants.
  • This year's top themes span across Data Analytics, Insurance Underwriting, AI/ ML, Intelligent Automation, and Risk
  • Our peer-to-peer roundtable discussions enable you to engage with other attendees as they rotate from table to table.
  • Each discussion features one of 8 distinct topics and is hosted by a technology expert together with a FSI co-host to drive an engaging conversation amongst the participants.
  • This year's top themes span across Data Analytics, Insurance Underwriting, AI/ ML, Intelligent Automation, and Risk.
  • Synergising AI and Process Automation: Explore how the integration of AI and process automation technologies streamlines insurance operations, leading to faster decision-making and improved service delivery. 
  • Improving Service Quality: Discuss how leveraging AI capabilities can enhance the quality of customer services and claims processing, ultimately resulting in a more satisfying customer experience. 
  • Harnessing Advanced Technologies: Highlight the role of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Generative AI in boosting efficiency across insurance processes, ensuring timely and effective customer engagement.
 
 

Our peer-to-peer roundtable discussions enable you to engage with other attendees as they rotate from table to table.

Each discussion features one of 8 distinct topics and is hosted by a technology expert together with a FSI co-host to drive an engaging conversation amongst the participants.

This year's top themes span across Payment Innovation, Data Analytics, Insurance Underwriting, AI/ ML, Intelligent Automation, and Risks.

Refer below for Topics

Our peer-to-peer roundtable discussions enable you to engage with other attendees as they rotate from table to table.

Each discussion features one of 8 distinct topics and is hosted by a technology expert together with a FSI co-host to drive an engaging conversation amongst the participants.

This year's top themes span across Payment Innovation, Data Analytics, Insurance Underwriting, AI/ ML, Intelligent Automation, and Risks.

Refer below for Topics

  • Achieving customer success in the digital age by delivering frictionless online services, providing seamless omnichannel experiences, and leveraging Artificial Intelligence when creating hyper-personalised customer journeys and products tailored to consumer preferences.
  • Addressing evolving client needs through a digital transformation that allows for the integration of AI to augment customer interactions, anticipate the future needs of consumers, and boost productivity and revenue with the assistance of automation and Generative AI.
  • Maximizing customer engagement across digital channels in a traditionally low involvement/low engagement category by delivering seamless, superior experiences that enhance the customer journey and overall digital experience.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Combining 155 years of experience with leading technology to meet modern customer expectations: The result of a five-year digital transformation, across New Zealand and five Pacific countries Tower now operates on one core platform. Learn how Tower’s Suva hub is creating a better experience for all customers while increasing business resilience. 
  • Fairness and transparency: Fairness and transparency are at the heart of Tower’s risk-based pricing journey. Learn about New Zealand’s first fully probabilistic inland flood model and why we believe risk-based pricing combined with transparent digital experiences is a fairer way to offer insurance.   
  • Innovation in the face of climate change: With weather events increasing in severity and frequency, we need to consider what a non-traditional insurance landscape could look like. From Auckland to Apia, Tower is revolutionising how island nations interact with insurance. Hear key insights from Tower’s parametric insurance pilots in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Modernizing IT Infrastructure – Replace outdated systems by identifying current system gaps, defining future needs, considering platform choices, formulating a comprehensive data migration plan, and establishing a foundation that allows for the integration of AI. 
  • Integrating AI into Your Analytics Strategy – Expand your analytical capabilities beyond initial Proof of Concepts by establishing robust data infrastructure, implementing AI to automate manual tasks, thereby increasing workforce productivity and enhancing business outcomes, and gaining a competitive edge by delivering highly-personalised, innovative products to the market.  
  • The Future of Insurance- Attain operational excellence through an enterprise-wide digital transformation that leverages Machine Learning and Generative AI to transform fundamental insurance processes, such as underwriting, claims forecasting, processing, and customer service.
Peer to Peer Discussion Topics
  • How to leverage internal expertise to develop AI applications for improved customer service, risk management, fraud detection, optimized claims forecasting, automated processing, regulatory reporting, and more.
  • How to start, scale, and manage your AI strategy in a governed and compliant manner.
  • With 62% of financial services leaders planning to use Generative AI or Large Language Models (LLMs) over the next year, how can insurance organizations avoid lagging and effectively introduce and scale Generative AI?

  • Enhanced customer experiences: Understand how insurers globally are looking to simplify the customer journey to stay competitive, increase efficiency and margin using financial technology.
  • Significantly reduce fraud and risk: Discover how insurers can rely on a global standard of compliance and leverage machine learning to help combat and reduce payments fraud.
  • Less policy administration: Decrease overhead by automating customer payments and reconciliation, and use data insights to better understand your customers.

  • Understanding Intelligent Document Processing (IDP): Explore the key components and technologies behind IDP, including AI, machine learning, and natural language processing, and how they work together to automate the extraction and processing of data from unstructured documents.
  • Streamlining Workflows: Discuss how implementing IDP can reduce manual data entry, minimise errors, and accelerate document processing times, ultimately leading to improved operational efficiency and faster decision-making across various business processes.
  • Real-World Use Cases and Benefits: Share success stories and case studies highlighting organisations that have successfully integrated IDP into their workflows, showcasing measurable improvements in productivity, cost savings, and overall process optimisation.

  • From: Modernize your legacy systems so your core infrastructure can support the implementation of advanced analytics and Generative AI. To: Modernize your legacy systems so your core infrastructure can support and integrate the future’s most influential and revolutionary technologies.
  • From: Design customer-centric digital strategies to meet evolving consumer expectations and enhance business outcomes.To: Embedded Insurance as a corner stone of your customer-centric digital strategy to meet evolving expectations and ease of doing business.
  • From: Promote data-driven innovation so your organisation can seamlessly integrate the future’s most influential and revolutionary technologies. To: Promotion of Generative AI and Automation to increase innovation, improve operational efficiencies and create a better customer experience 

  • How AI and automation of decision-making can still influence ANZ insurers bottom line despite their high IT maturity 
  • New motor and health insurance products and business models to be unlocked by AI and automation 
  • When AI and ML fails to generate insurance revenue without human intervention 

  • How can insurers successfully leverage digital technologies to enhance customer interactions and provide a seamless omnichannel experience?
  • What are some key challenges that insurers face when adopting and implementing digital capabilities, fostering innovation, and driving transformation?
  • How can insurers build and enhance digital capabilities, strategies, and services to drive innovation and transformation?

  • How do insurers utilise data and analytics, foster innovation and maintain a competitive edge in the evolving financial landscape?  
  • What strategies can insurers adopt to ensure their data infrastructure and practices are resilient and adaptable to future challenges and opportunities?  
  • In what ways can insurers use data analytics and predictive modeling to anticipate market trends and customer needs, enabling them to proactively innovate and expand their offerings? 

  • How rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are reshaping the traditional landscape of the insurance sector and presenting newfangled risks.
  • Streamlining underwriting processes, claims management, and risk assessment, leading to quicker and more accurate decision-making with new tools and technologies.  
  • Challenges and opportunities arising from increased reliance on AI, including risks related to data privacy, ethical considerations, and the need for regulatory frameworks to keep pace with technological advancements. 

Contact Us
For sponsorship enquiries:
Brigitte Guerin
Commercial Director
T: +61 417 678 632
For event and marketing enquiries:
Jessica Cozanitis
Marketing Executive
T: +61 401 422 928
To participate as a speaker:
Stella Spackman
Senior Conference Producer
T: +61 433 732 794