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  • Life insurers focus on interaction to improve customer satisfaction: Study

    October 19, 2016 by IFAwebnews Staff

    Life insurers are focusing their efforts on interaction as a way to satisfy their existing life insurance customers and attract new ones, according to the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Life Insurance Study.

    While overall satisfaction makes a modest 1-point improvement to 771 on a 1,000-point scale in 2016, compared with 2015, customer satisfaction with their interactions with their insurer jumps 31 points year over year to 839.

    Insurance companies generally are increasingly turning to digital channels to interact with their customers, and life insurance is no exception, according to J.D. Power.

    The study finds that 27% of life insurance customers are communicating with their insurer via digital channels in 2016, up from 21% in 2015. And it’s not just Gen Y  customers who are leading the digital charge. For example, 33% of Boomers submit their life insurance application online, compared with 25% of Gen Y applicants. In contrast, 60% of Gen Y customers have interacted with their insurer in person to submit an application, while only 43% of Boomers have done the same.

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    “Life insurers are trying to compete in a stagnant pricing market by focusing on communicating with their customers,” said Greg Hoeg, vice president of U.S. insurance operations at J.D. Power. “They’re getting more engaged, which is much to the delight of their customers. The challenge for insurers is to understand what, and how often, to communicate. It’s not as easy as assuming the younger generations want to be self-sufficient and only use digital channels or that older generations only want to communicate by talking with another person.”

    Most customers want a combination of personal and digital interactions with their insurer. Only 12% of both Boomers and Gen Y customers had exclusively digital contacts with their insurer in the past 12 months. Interaction satisfaction is highest among Gen Y customers (851) when they contact their insurer via both digital and non-digital channels. Boomers, who are most satisfied with non-digital contacts (816), also are highly satisfied with a combination of digital and personal interactions (804).

    Wearables: The New Frontier?

    An increasing number of life insurance providers are engaging their customers through the use of wearable devices and fitness trackers that monitor the wearer’s activities, such as walking or jogging, heart rate and sleep patterns. The notion is to financially reward customers for healthy behaviors. The study finds that 3% of customers received a wearable device when they signed up for their policy and 5% of customers currently receive a discount from their insurer through the use of a wearable device.

    That’s just scratching the surface, as 46% of customers, including 68% of Gen Y customers, say they would consider wearing a tracking device if their insurer offered rate incentives. Among those who say they would not want to participate, 66% indicate they are concerned about their privacy.

    “Wearables are a great way for insurers to compete in the market,” said Hoeg. “Whether it’s through offering fitness trackers to new customers or rewarding those who already have one and live a healthy lifestyle, it’s an incentive that providers can offer and it encourages people to stay healthy or get healthy.”

    The study, now in its third year, measures individual life insurance customer satisfaction with their insurer based on performance in four factors (in order of importance): price; policy offerings; annual statement and billing; and interaction.

    Insurance Rankings

    State Farm ranks highest in life insurance customer satisfaction for a third consecutive year, with a score of 828. Nationwide ranks second with a score of 806 and Northwestern Mutual ranks third with a score of 799.

    The 2016 U.S. Life Insurance Study is based on responses from 6,455 individual life insurance customers. The study was fielded in June and July 2016.

    Originally Posted at Insurance & Financial Advisor on October 12, 2016 by IFAwebnews Staff.

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