Life Accelerated

Life Accelerated

By Equisoft + Insurance Innovation ReporterBusiness
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Life Accelerated episodes

  • How Northwestern Mutual remains agile with customer needs
    52% of Americans trust financial service providers. That's why Northwestern Mutual's Chief Customer Officer Christian Mitchell has led product development with an open mind: To find new challenges along the way that perhaps are more important than the initial research stated.

    In this episode of Equisoft's Life Accelerated podcast, Mitchell recounts the story of building Northwestern Mutual's newest platform. They prioritized flexibility as today's digital products must be both high-tech and accessible to all. Take it from Christian: Learn how to strike the right balance of art and science to ensure you're giving your clients the best possible advice.

    28 min
  • Why Data Is the North Star at New York Life
    Consumer expectations have shifted, and digital experiences are a prerequisite.

    The life insurance industry has been slow to innovate. Head of Strategic Capabilities Alex Cook discusses how New York Life has bucked the trend and led the industry in digital transformation, including agile development and artificial intelligence. Cook explains how investing in and partnering with technology startups have helped them meet modern customers' demands.

    Learn how data science has played a pivotal role in helping New York Life customers prosper.

    32 min
  • Leveraging tech and data to meet digital demands with Mutual of Omaha
    The last two years have been difficult for many life insurance companies. To meet the demands of a digital workplace and marketplace, some were forced to flip their business models nearly overnight. Others were well-positioned; They shifted priorities and embraced technology to serve their customers even better. Mutual of Omaha was one of those institutions.

    In this week's episode of Life Accelerated, Mutual of Omaha's Brian Poppe shares how the $10 billion organization adapted quickly and prioritized their talent and mission. Sharing his expertise as SVP of Technology Modernization, Brian discusses how important an efficient, effective, instant customer experience is while also emphasizing data security.

    30 min
  • The big bets MassMutual has made to disrupt life insurance distribution
    If your goal is market disruption, you need the right technology.

    This is Sherriff Balogun Jr.'s takeaway after his team at MassMutual successfully launched their B2C distribution channel, Haven Life. Sheriff–Head of Platform Transformation–shares his team's 3 core pillars for digital transformation; learnings they gleaned directly from their success with Haven Life. He and host Anthony O'Donnell discuss how MassMutual has pulled off feats of innovation, while also remaining true to their core values.

    25 min
  • How customers fuel technology transformation at Ameritas
    How does a 150-year old organization go from being "data rich, information poor, and analytically ignorant", to leading the technology transformation in the life insurance industry? This is Ameritas' story–and Richard Wiedenbeck is currently leading the innovation charge for this century-and-a-half old institution.

    Richard Wiedenbeck, CTTO of Ameritas, joins Anthony to talk about how he's helping to lead their charge in digital transformation.

    22 min
  • Welcome to Life Accelerated: How life insurers are achieving digital transformation
    This is Life Accelerated–a podcast brought to you by Insurance Innovation Reporter in partnership with Equisoft. Anthony O'Donnell provides an unconventional approach to the life insurance industry, discussing the news you need to know while his guests share their insights from their perspective - an insurer's perspective. They'll discuss leadership, strategy, and management while reflecting on their shared human experiences— providing moments of encouragement and positivity to life insurers who want to accelerate their digital transformation efforts.
    2 min

About Life Accelerated

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Life Accelerated is a show from Equisoft with one goal–to keep you from falling behind by equipping you with the practical tools to handle the rapidly changing environment. Each episode will feature…