Evolving client wants and new applied sciences in the transportation sector have led to the development of ride-hailing, vehicle-sharing, automobile subscription and autonomous autos. Along with this have come distinctive protection challenges, calling for extra customization of insurance policies for each business and client makes use of.
“There has been a lot of need in the market for insurance solutions for large commercial fleets, as well as private passenger auto and consumer capabilities,” mentioned Nick Grant, supervisor of countrywide product, new mobility, at Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. in Boston.
Mr. Grant, who works in the insurer’s retail markets unit, and David Blessing, chief underwriting officer, sharing economic system and new mobility at Liberty Mutual, additionally in Boston, started collaborating on the improvement of such options. The success of these efforts helped Liberty Mutual win Business Insurance’s 2020 U.S. Insurance Award for Insurance Underwriting Team of the Year (all property/casualty).
“We found that we were both working separately a few years ago pursuing this space,” Mr. Grant mentioned. “As an organization we decided to take a step back and look at how we could better deliver solutions to the market and take advantage of the diverse capabilities of Liberty Mutual in a cohesive fashion as opposed to separately.”
What they discovered, he mentioned, was that “we have large risk solutions, private passenger auto capabilities and different claims capabilities that we could consolidate, and different product and underwriting opportunities that we could merge.” The outcome was the Mobility Pod, which creates customized insurance coverage options for the evolving transportation sector.
“This is a time-saver and we’re learning so much from each other,” Mr. Blessing mentioned. “If you think about traditional auto coverages, it’s per vehicle and that doesn’t lend itself well to the types of businesses we’re underwriting. Their model is that someone is using someone else’s car, some of the time for some purpose.”
Because of these numerous wants, tailoring options to the exposures has been key. “We open up more access to our channels and offer more opportunities for growth than the commercial master policy-type solution we might have been providing otherwise,” Mr. Blessing mentioned.
Mr. Grant added, “A big part of the progress we’ve been able to make is good old-fashioned teamwork, having executive sponsorship and creating visibility across the organization. Key was the buy-in across the organization up to the high levels.”
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