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Coming to Terms
with Insurance
Aggregators:
Global lessons
for carriers
A few years ago, property
and casualty insurers in some
markets could have been forgiven
for thinking that aggregators
would take over the world.
2
The aggregators’ business model—a strong
online presence comparing insurance quotes
and coverage, supported by extensive
advertising to build visibility and drive
traffic—attracted customers on the basis of
convenience and cost.
The aggregator model has not changed
much. Customers seeking automobile or
homeowners’ coverage click on a site and
provide basic information. For an automobile
owner, that might be year and make of car,
as well as the driver’s age and pertinent
information about his or her driving record.
Based on levels of coverage sought, the
aggregator site displays a range of carriers
and prices; if the customer is interested in
more information, the site allows “click–
through” to the carrier’s own site for
further processing.
Aggregators are compensated by the carriers
that choose to participate on the site. The
aggregator is strictly “in the middle” with the
carrier taking all responsibility for account
servicing and claims processing.
In the United Kingdom, consumers were quick
to embrace the use of the aggregator channel
to buy insurance, particularly automobile
insurance. By 2009, aggregator purchases
accounted for more than half of total private
auto insurance sales in the UK, and for 36
percent of home insurance sales.1
Today, UK aggregators have attained an
even larger share of the private automobile
insurance market, accounting for an
estimated 60 to 70 percent of new business
premiums.2 There are signs, however, that
their growth has leveled off. New entrants in
the field—as well as the incumbents’ success
in attracting customers—may have brought
the UK aggregators to a saturation point,
especially as they jostle for position in costly
broadcast advertising.
In the US, meanwhile, aggregators have
found it difficult to penetrate a market
in which large P&C carriers allocate huge
amounts of capital to marketing to establish
brands and direct customer flow, posing
a significant barrier to entry. US carriers
leverage programmatic marketing to target
customers directly and direct customer
flow to the carrier sites. Another barrier to
entry for aggregators in the US is state level
regulation; each state has its own rules
requiring aggregators to attain licenses,
making it hard for aggregators to participate
at a national level.
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About the Authors
Roy Jubraj leads the digital/innovation
agenda for Accenture’s Insurance practice in
the United Kingdom and Ireland, including
its Digital Insurance Solution Centre. He
has extensive experience leading business
and technology transformation programs
for a diversity of clients. Contact him at
kadesh.r.jubraj@accenture.com.
“Aggregators will continue to grow, but
they will face more competition—from
retailers, technology vendors, and online
giants such as Google—as well as from
insurance carriers.”
Erik J. Sandquist is a managing director,
and leads Accenture’s global Insurance
Distribution and Marketing Services.
He helps insurers reinvent their distribution
models through strategic transformational
change programs. Contact him at
erik.j.sandquist@accenture.com.
“Pricing is always important, but so are
brands. We have seen that strong brands
can grow even in a market with a large
aggregator presence.”
Talbert Thomas is a senior manager in
Accenture’s Insurance Strategy practice.
His experience has been mainly in the
areas of growth, operations and marketing
strategy as well as distribution and
underwriting. Contact him at
talbert.thomas@accenture.com.
“In key markets aggregators have proven
that they can change the way people
think about buying insurance, and in the
process change the economics
of insurance distribution.”
4
Some major US carriers have refused to work
with aggregators, leaving the intermediaries
with only lesser-known brand names.
Other carriers have agreed to work with
aggregators, but have been unwilling to
integrate their systems. This can be a major
obstacle, because if the customer going onto
an aggregator site cannot get an immediate,
accurate quote and complete the purchase,
the aggregator becomes nothing more than
a lead generator.
While aggregators have not generated vast
amounts of revenue,3
their impact on the
insurance distribution model in the UK and
other markets has been much larger than
these revenues would indicate.
In a relatively short period of time,
aggregators have:
•	 Levelled the playing field by injecting
simplicity of service and transparency
into the range of offerings and product
coverage provided by insurers;
•	 Pushed the entire direct channel to
change its pricing structures, frequency of
customer contact, volume of quotes and
many other features, with insurers forced 	
to adapt their systems to integrate with 	
aggregators, generate high volumes of
quotes on a near real-time basis, and 	
slash prices to be included in the top
tier of cheapest quotes;
•	 Changed customer expectations and
purchasing behaviors; and
•	 Increased the incidence of insurance
fraud, as some customers intentionally
provide inaccurate information, and see
the prices quoted online come down
immediately as a result.
Aggregators have also helped commoditize
insurance, with more and more carriers selling
customers on an inexpensive, bare-bones
product—albeit one from a trusted company—
to gain primary position on aggregator sites
and then pushing to up-sell the customers by
offering needed features.
In addition, aggregators have changed the
way people think about buying insurance,
with a significant impact on the economics
of insurance distribution in general and on
the broker channel in particular. In the UK, for
example, the broker commission for private
auto insurance can range from 10 percent to
20 percent of annual premiums. Brokers can
obtain additional fees and revenues
from add-ons, negotiating credit packages,
and handling claims, although recent
regulation has brought these revenue
streams under pressure.
Nevertheless, brokers do turn to aggregators
to obtain quotes. But, with an average
private annual automobile premium of £530
(US$828) in the UK, the aggregator fee of £50
($78) would erode 50 to 85 percent of broker
revenue.4 This places pressure on brokers to
retain existing customers and to cross- or
up-sell them rather than risk losing them to
an aggregator, or risk using an aggregator to
place the business.
While competitive pricing remains critical to
the prospective insurance customer, it is not
the only consideration in a purchase. Brand
attributes—and the perception of value for
money—play a vital role, and strong brands
can continue to grow, even in a market with
a large aggregator presence.
New research from Accenture also indicates
that insurers are responding to perceived
pressure from aggregators. Our global
survey of more than 400 senior insurance
distribution executives found that they
are adopting a targeted approach to using
aggregators—tailoring their products and
using aggregators mainly under the heading
of sub-brands. The percentage of insurers
using aggregators under a sub-brand is set
to jump from 43 to 53 percent over the next
three years, with an additional 21 percent
answering “Perhaps/Don’t Know.” Just more
than half of the insurers surveyed (51 percent)
are defining a set of low-cost products
for use specifically by aggregators, and 57
percent said they are thinking about setting
up their own aggregators. The aggregators’
focus on price drew skeptical comments
from some insurers interviewed, who saw
commoditization as a dead-end street
for insurers and, ultimately, for the
aggregators themselves.5
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Growing around the world
Although they have not attained the same
share of market as they have in the UK,
aggregators in other countries are enjoying
rapid growth. In France, for example,
aggregators have grown at an average rate
of 18 percent per year over the last five
years,6 and while in Spain and Italy they
have low penetration they have achieved the
highest growth rates in Europe in the past
two years.7
The aggregators’ growth story is not limited
to Europe. In Japan, they now represent
approximately five percent of total personal
lines insurance sales and are estimated by
Celent to have grown by 33 percent from
2009 to 2015.8 The expanding online market
in India is driven by large aggregators such as
PolicyBazaar.com and MyInsuranceClub.com.
UK aggregators have taken the basic business
model of providing price comparisons—which
has worked successfully in industry after
industry including travel, energy, and mobile
phone services—to other markets in attempts
to replicate their success throughout Europe
and beyond. For example, BGL, the parent
company of comparethemarket.com, one of
the leading UK aggregators, has launched Les
Furets in France, Hoy Hoy in the Netherlands
and comparethemarket in Australia. Admiral
Group, the second largest auto insurer in the
UK (and the owner of aggregator Confused.
com), has launched aggregators LeLynx in
France and Comparenow in the US.
In the US there are a large number of life
insurance comparison sites (e.g., SelectQuote,
PolicyGenius, and AccuQuote) for consumers
to use in shopping for simple term-life
coverage from widely known carriers.
Yet, sales originating from these sites are
not a meaningful source of new business
for insurers.
The extent of penetration by aggregators in
specific markets depends upon a number of
factors. These include:
•	 Consumer habits and culture
Buying habits such as consumers’
price sensitivity, the value of personal
interactions, and consumer loyalty,
vary dramatically from country to
country. In the UK, for example, 68
percent of respondents in Accenture’s
2013 Consumer-Driven Innovation
Survey named aggregators as the first
place they would go to get insurance
information, but only 42 percent of
German respondents named aggregators
as their first choice. In the US, 45 percent
of respondents said they would go first to
independent agents to obtain information,
with only 34 percent naming aggregators.
These consumer traits partially explain the
substantially lower level of penetration
aggregators have achieved in the German
and US markets compared to the UK.
•	 Marketing expenditure by insurers
There is an emphasis on building strong,
immediately recognizable brands through
high levels of marketing spend to attract
customers. The top seven UK aggregators
allocate more capital to marketing than
their carrier counterparts; aggregators’
marketing spend equates to approximately
one percent of the total premium of
the UK personal auto insurance market.
That figure is half of what the top seven
carriers in the US spend on marketing,
which is roughly two percent of total
automobile insurance premiums (Figure
1). The US market is at a much greater
scale, with GEICO alone exceeding
$1 billion in spend, compared to the
top UK aggregators spending some
£120 million ($187 million) in total.9
6
•	 Carrier participation
Carrier participation in aggregators’
quoting and selection services also varies
from country to country. In Germany,
three of the top ten carriers, including
the largest carrier, do not participate in
aggregator sites, in contrast to the UK,
where the top carriers engage directly
with aggregators to meet customer
demands for more online interaction and
to reduce high acquisition costs.
•	 Digital sophistication of carriers and
aggregators
Some carriers have been much more
aggressive than others in offering a
digital customer experience, or in using
programmatic marketing to quickly
identify and target the most attractive
customers. Similarly, aggregators have
seen more success in markets where they
offer a complete purchase experience
online and a more advanced user
experience than their carrier counterparts.
•	 Distribution cost pressures
P&C insurers are facing high distribution
costs. In the US, for example, distribution
costs represent approximately 18 percent
of each premium dollar in personal lines,
and the top 10 personal lines insurers
spend approximately $3.8 billion on
advertising in total, with the top five
accounting for $3 billion of that amount.10
In the face of such high costs, some
P&C carriers are spending heavily on
technological advances such as mobile
and social media, bolstering their
online and contact center presence and
essentially bypassing agents, brokers
and the commissions they receive. High
distribution costs may also drive more
carriers to consider engaging with
aggregators, especially if aggregators
continue to improve the experience they
provide to the customer at lower cost.
Figure 1. Percentage marketing spend by UK aggregators is one-half that of top US carriers
Size of personal auto market in billions Aggregator and carrier marketing spend
UK Top 7 aggregators in the UK
Gross written
premiums in
2013 (billions)
Percentage of
personal auto
gross written
premiums
£18 1%
US Top 7 insurance carriers
in the US
$181 2%
While past performance will not guarantee
future results, the recent past does provide
strong indications of how aggregators’
business strategies will evolve. We anticipate
that three major trends will characterize
aggregators’ future:
1.	 Continued growth
We believe that aggregators will continue
to grow at a rapid pace, both through
expansion into new markets and offering new
products—such as travel insurance or basic
life insurance coverage—in existing markets.
This is driven in part by consumers’ growing
trust in online advice and their comfort with
making increasingly complex purchases
online. Where aggregators are achieving
success they are concentrating on “share of
wallet” and extracting more value from the
customer relationship; they are also making
use of their distribution power to obtain
better terms of trade from carriers, whether
in the form of new pricing models or other
concessions. In addition, aggregators are
using new platforms, including social media
and mobile, to find and attract
new customers.
2.	 Disruption of insurance
industry economics
Aggregators are disruptive by nature and
will continue to demonstrate their ability to
significantly change distribution economics
for carriers, producers and customers.
•	 Carriers dealing with (or competing
against) aggregators tend to suffer from
the “winner’s curse;” that is, they sell
more lower-priced policies, limit the
number of product features that they
offer or otherwise diminish the quality of
the product, develop low-cost brands, or
reduce their marketing expenditures in an
effort to maintain margins. For carriers
with established brands, this represents a
competitive dilemma as, in selling through
aggregators, they may cannibalize their
higher-profit lines. They also run the risk
of diluting their hard-won brand value.
•	 Producers such as exclusive, captive and
independent agents find themselves
providing at least the same value and
personalized services for a lower level of
commissions after paying the aggregator.
They subsidize the payments made to
aggregators, putting more pressure on
their own profitability and accelerating
the transition to more centralized
operating models from branch-based models.
•	 Customers find it easier to choose
insurance products based exclusively
on price. This erodes customer loyalty,
decreasing retention rates and making
switching more prevalent. It also makes
customers selecting cheaper options more
vulnerable to being under-insured—as
evidenced in the aftermath of the record-
breaking floods in the UK in 2014, when
many customers who purchased their
insurance through aggregators discovered
they did not have the breadth of
coverage they needed.
3.	 Evolution of the business model
As aggregators move into their next
evolutionary phase, we expect to see new
areas of focus. These might include:
	 • New geographies
Successful aggregators are taking
their show on the road to markets
where they believe the environment
is receptive to their proven value
proposition, with a particular
interest in consumer comfort with
online transactions and low digital
sophistication among carriers.
	 • New lines of business
Some aggregators have begun to
expand into commodity-type insurance
products such as pet and travel
insurance; adding ancillary products
such as legal expense coverage or
response to home emergencies; or
moving into small commercial lines,
such as for non-fleet commercial vehicles.
Aggregators are also in a position to
offer simple term-life insurance policies
and some basic financial products such
as consumer loans and credit cards,
as well as online wealth management
advice related to budgeting, expense
management and other everyday
financial concerns. BGL Group has
added online life insurance quotes
through its Beagle Street subsidiary.
Moneysupermarket, another UK
aggregator, has acquired Money Saving
Expert to offer financial sector advice
and product comparisons.
	 • Larger share of the value chain
After diversifying into new products
and markets, we expect aggregators to
increasingly carve out a larger share of
the insurance value chain, expanding
their value proposition beyond price
comparisons. This includes services
more associated with producers
including evaluations of product
features and education, needs analysis,
“people like you” comparisons and even
some policy servicing processes.
	 • Expanded services
Finally, aggregators are expanding
into other business-to-consumer and
business-to-business services. These
include “white label” products, the
resale of data and analytics, product
endorsements, and experiments with
non-risk goods and services such as
energy and other utilities. Areas under
study encompass renewal shopper
subscription services, financial advice,
price auctions and “name your price”
initiatives.
And, while aggregators seek to expand,
they must also remain cognizant of new
competitive threats, not only from carriers,
but from retailers, technology vendors, and
online giants such as Google
(see sidebar, page 8).
7
The future of insurance
aggregators
8
Keeping an eye
on Google
Aggregators and carriers alike have watched
nervously as Google has explored the
personal lines insurance market. Google
acquired UK aggregator Beat That Quote
for £37.7 million (US$59 million) in March
2011, then consolidated and re-launched
comparison services under the Google
brand in September 2012 with comparisons
of automobile insurance and credit cards.
However, in the face of EU regulatory issues,
Google removed all other former Beat That
Quote services in early 2013. The company
has stated its intent to launch comparison
services in Italy and Germany, as well.11
As might be expected, Google’s comparison
sites are user-friendly, clear and simple, with
the transparent interfaces to which customers
have become accustomed and which enable
customers to complete the purchase journey
online. While Google is clearly well-positioned
to establish strong customer relationships in
the insurance sector, insurers and aggregators
are major buyers of advertising on Google.
Worldwide, the insurance industry spends
an estimated $7 billion on advertising
and Google receives a significant piece
of that expenditure.12
Google has not yet revealed its overall
insurance strategy—although Google
Compare Auto Insurance Services has
obtained licenses to sell insurance in 48
states with an initial focus on California.
USAA, a major US auto insurer, has made rate
quotes and coverage information available to
California drivers through Google Compare.
Google has also created partnerships with
other established US aggregators and online
independent agencies (such as Compare.com,
CoverHound, and Bolt Solutions) to augment
its value proposition.
Google has some inherent
advantages including:
•	 Instant brand recognition—Google
can position itself as an aggregator
in the US with instant brand
recognition and ideal placement for
key search inquiries.
•	 Local search—Google can provide
local search capabilities in a cost-
effective manner for both independent
and captive agents, and has stated its
intention to do so.
•	 Monetization of customer insights—	
	 Google can offer robust customer 		
	 insights to monetize its data to
carriers, subsidizing the cost of
customer acquisition. It could
substantially enhance leads by
supplementing them with additional
data insights, which would be
extremely valuable to carriers.
• 	 Broad ecosystem—Google has the
potential to create a broad ecosystem
with Android operating models in
vehicles, Nest homes and phones that
could provide data—including usage-
based data—for accurate and timely
quotes that are pushed out or offered
upon request.
In media interviews, Google Compare’s US
executives have stressed the importance
of agents and have noted that, even with
price comparisons, more than half of all
auto insurance sales in the UK still take
place through a live person, whether in
a call center or via an agent. They have
also emphasized the importance of speed,
particularly in not making the customer
wait more than 30 seconds for an accurate
quote.13
The insurance industry can be
expected to monitor developments on this
front very closely indeed.
9
Aggregators and insurance
carriers: Mixed results
When it comes to the impact of aggregators
on insurance carriers, some insurers have
ridden the aggregator wave more successfully
than others. In the UK, the big players in
direct insurance have probably lost the most
to aggregators, as they have not always been
able to leverage their scale and brand.
Aggregators can force insurers to accept
wafer-thin margins, hoping to make up
in volume what they lose in quality; the
alternative is to lose sales. Aggregators
can also take advantage of carriers whose
unattractive or cumbersome websites
cause consumers to explore new options
on the Internet.
The carriers suffering the least from the
aggregators’ presence are those with highly
segmented and/or highly differentiated
offerings, a low cost base, and leadership
ability in terms of price setting. They write
high-value business and also tend to have
a strong, integrated customer-centric
presence on the web. Due to the low barriers
to entry that aggregators facilitate, new
market entrants, as well as companies with
well-known brands, may also find it easier
to co-exist (or compete) with aggregators.
Aggregators give smaller insurers with less
well-known brands an advantage that they
may not enjoy when they compete in the
open market against more powerful brands.
Insurers have tended to respond to
aggregators in one of four ways:
1. 	Rejection
Aggregators offer large carriers no
additional sales; instead, they simply
interpose themselves in the sales process
and take a share of carriers’ revenue.
Therefore, some insurers have refused
outright to work with aggregators,
even making their lack of presence on
aggregators’ sites a selling point. These
insurers often have large quantities of
direct sales and large investments in
brand building that they feel they need to
protect, and may believe that competing
on brand attributes and price can enable
them to continue selling at profitable
volume levels.
2. 	Cooperation
An increasing number of carriers
worldwide have accepted aggregators
as an additional distribution channel
and have made their products available
through them. Leading price comparison
sites in North America and Europe
have as many as 50 brands on display
including products designed specifically
for the online/aggregator channel and
distinct online brands. In cooperating
with aggregators, carriers may be taking
another course of action to support and
protect their own direct sales, and may
also have confidence that their ability to
compete on price can generate profitable
volume from the aggregator channel.
3. 	Crowding out
Another course of action by carriers
involves “crowding out” competitors,
either by offering multiple brands, or by
offering multiple quotes on a single brand,
to achieve a dominant position on the
aggregators’ all-important first page.
4. 	Participation
Some insurance carriers have chosen to
pursue a dual-path strategy, either by
setting up an aggregator, forming a close
alliance with an existing aggregator or
making strategic investments in already
established aggregators. For example
MAPFRE USA has taken an 11 percent
interest in Comparenow in the US.
In our view, insurers should view aggregators
as an additional distribution channel—with
its own unique characteristics—and then
consider strategies for maximizing the
value of the channel. For new aggregator
markets, the key lesson from the UK is
that carriers and aggregators that work in
concert can create a mutually beneficial
value proposition that enables the customer
with both transparency and high quality
products. Insurers that choose to engage with
aggregators may do so primarily in one
of two ways:
1. Integrate and optimize
Insurers can pursue a digital optimization
strategy designed to make the most of
both their own online presence and their
presence on the aggregators’ sites. This
may involve closer integration of the carrier
and aggregator sites, so that the customer
experience is comparable in both locations,
or providing a richer user experience for
aggregator customers. Carriers could
also employ multi-variant testing of the
aggregator site to maximize both the rate
of conversion and the attractiveness of
customers obtained this way.
2. Develop a tailored aggregator value
proposition
Insurers can also choose to “play to win” in
the aggregator channel by competing in areas
outside pricing. They can make exclusive
offers, or provide new niche products
involving telematics or rewards for “green”
behavior. They can take alternative marketing
approaches by using vouchers, cash rebates,
or promotional gifts.
10
Dealing with
aggregators:
Strategies
for insurers
To grow profitably in a crowded, competitive,
price-sensitive environment, insurers will
need specific capabilities. These are essential
for participating in the aggregator channel
but are also needed to meet the demands of
an increasingly digital customer base.
The four key building blocks are, in our view:
1.	 A differentiated customer proposition
Insurers need to make it immediately clear
what they are offering customers; this
means a value proposition that is simple,
modular and packaged in a way that is
readily accessible and understandable.
The offering should be configured to
work in a multi-channel world; it should
be customer-centric (meaning that it is
primarily something the customer wants
to buy, rather than something the insurer
wants to sell) and it should focus on long-
term value.
2.	 Tight market segmentation supported
	 by sophisticated analytics
Insurers should focus on clearly defined
market segments—with a view of the
customer that supports profitable pricing
right down to the level of the individual
policyholder—rather than one-size-fits-
all offerings. With a good understanding
of customer needs in chosen segments
—and the products that such customers
want—insurers can engage in aggressive
lead generation, branding and pricing
to win market share in those segments.
Sophisticated risk selection and dynamic
pricing capabilities can optimize
conversion rates in the market sectors
selected.
3.	 A compelling digital offering
Whether working through aggregators or
through other channels, insurers should
be using digital optimization tools to
fine-tune their real-time performance.
Such tools personalize the insurer’s
value proposition, customize the user
experience, and provide immediate
feedback on what does and does not
appeal to the customer. In conjunction
with digital optimization, better digital
marketing can enhance the insurer’s
brand value and maximize the return on
marketing investment.
4.	 Lean and agile operations
A low-cost, configurable technology
platform makes it possible for insurers to
change course rapidly and to introduce
new products and modifications as needs
are identified. Process management,
automation of previously manual
processes, and an iterative, collaborative
approach to change management are
prerequisites for digital success.
The insurance industry has entered a period
of rapid change and we anticipate even
more accelerated evolution in the short- to
mid-term future. The moving force behind
this change is the demand of savvy online
consumers who, to put it simply, want
to receive more value for less money.
Aggregators have grown rapidly in this
environment. Insurers, by joining forces with
them (or adding their own aggregator-type
channels), can protect their own business
while adding new customers.
No matter how successful aggregators are in
disrupting insurers’ distribution models, the
future of personal lines insurance is digital.
Insurers with integrated, multi-channel
distribution models, a clearly differentiated
value proposition, and the ability to conduct
personalized campaigns aimed at specific
market segments—even individual customers
—will be in the best position for profitable
growth in the years ahead.
No matter how successful aggregators
are in disrupting insurers’ distribution
models, the future of personal lines
insurance is digital.
The foundation for growth
11
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Visit us at www.accenture.com.
1.	 Admiral Group 2013 Full Year Results
- presentation
2.	 AM Best statutory data
3.	 In 2013, the top four UK aggregators 	
	 had total revenue of £423 million 		
	 (US$663.7 million), in a £18 billion
	 ($28.2 billion) personal auto market.
4.	 Accenture research and analysis
5.	 Accenture Distribution & Agency 		
	 Management Survey, 2015
6.	 Google Trends
7.	 London-based CP Consulting
8. 	 Celent–The evolution of aggregators
	 in Japan
9.	 US carrier marketing spend: Statista; UK 	
	 aggregator marketing spend: Datamonitor, 	
	 Data Plus Insight, and Accenture analysis
10. 	AM Best and Statista
11.	RGA Quarterly: Europe
12.	Google, Accenture Analysis
13.	Interview: Google Compare’s Tech
	 Backbone by Chris McMahon http://www.
	insurancenetworking.
	com/news/distribution-channels/
	interview-google-compares-tech-
	backbone-36133-1.html

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Coming to Terms with Insurance Aggregators: Global lessons for carriers

  • 1. Coming to Terms with Insurance Aggregators: Global lessons for carriers
  • 2. A few years ago, property and casualty insurers in some markets could have been forgiven for thinking that aggregators would take over the world. 2 The aggregators’ business model—a strong online presence comparing insurance quotes and coverage, supported by extensive advertising to build visibility and drive traffic—attracted customers on the basis of convenience and cost. The aggregator model has not changed much. Customers seeking automobile or homeowners’ coverage click on a site and provide basic information. For an automobile owner, that might be year and make of car, as well as the driver’s age and pertinent information about his or her driving record. Based on levels of coverage sought, the aggregator site displays a range of carriers and prices; if the customer is interested in more information, the site allows “click– through” to the carrier’s own site for further processing. Aggregators are compensated by the carriers that choose to participate on the site. The aggregator is strictly “in the middle” with the carrier taking all responsibility for account servicing and claims processing. In the United Kingdom, consumers were quick to embrace the use of the aggregator channel to buy insurance, particularly automobile insurance. By 2009, aggregator purchases accounted for more than half of total private auto insurance sales in the UK, and for 36 percent of home insurance sales.1 Today, UK aggregators have attained an even larger share of the private automobile insurance market, accounting for an estimated 60 to 70 percent of new business premiums.2 There are signs, however, that their growth has leveled off. New entrants in the field—as well as the incumbents’ success in attracting customers—may have brought the UK aggregators to a saturation point, especially as they jostle for position in costly broadcast advertising. In the US, meanwhile, aggregators have found it difficult to penetrate a market in which large P&C carriers allocate huge amounts of capital to marketing to establish brands and direct customer flow, posing a significant barrier to entry. US carriers leverage programmatic marketing to target customers directly and direct customer flow to the carrier sites. Another barrier to entry for aggregators in the US is state level regulation; each state has its own rules requiring aggregators to attain licenses, making it hard for aggregators to participate at a national level.
  • 3. 3 About the Authors Roy Jubraj leads the digital/innovation agenda for Accenture’s Insurance practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including its Digital Insurance Solution Centre. He has extensive experience leading business and technology transformation programs for a diversity of clients. Contact him at kadesh.r.jubraj@accenture.com. “Aggregators will continue to grow, but they will face more competition—from retailers, technology vendors, and online giants such as Google—as well as from insurance carriers.” Erik J. Sandquist is a managing director, and leads Accenture’s global Insurance Distribution and Marketing Services. He helps insurers reinvent their distribution models through strategic transformational change programs. Contact him at erik.j.sandquist@accenture.com. “Pricing is always important, but so are brands. We have seen that strong brands can grow even in a market with a large aggregator presence.” Talbert Thomas is a senior manager in Accenture’s Insurance Strategy practice. His experience has been mainly in the areas of growth, operations and marketing strategy as well as distribution and underwriting. Contact him at talbert.thomas@accenture.com. “In key markets aggregators have proven that they can change the way people think about buying insurance, and in the process change the economics of insurance distribution.”
  • 4. 4 Some major US carriers have refused to work with aggregators, leaving the intermediaries with only lesser-known brand names. Other carriers have agreed to work with aggregators, but have been unwilling to integrate their systems. This can be a major obstacle, because if the customer going onto an aggregator site cannot get an immediate, accurate quote and complete the purchase, the aggregator becomes nothing more than a lead generator. While aggregators have not generated vast amounts of revenue,3 their impact on the insurance distribution model in the UK and other markets has been much larger than these revenues would indicate. In a relatively short period of time, aggregators have: • Levelled the playing field by injecting simplicity of service and transparency into the range of offerings and product coverage provided by insurers; • Pushed the entire direct channel to change its pricing structures, frequency of customer contact, volume of quotes and many other features, with insurers forced to adapt their systems to integrate with aggregators, generate high volumes of quotes on a near real-time basis, and slash prices to be included in the top tier of cheapest quotes; • Changed customer expectations and purchasing behaviors; and • Increased the incidence of insurance fraud, as some customers intentionally provide inaccurate information, and see the prices quoted online come down immediately as a result. Aggregators have also helped commoditize insurance, with more and more carriers selling customers on an inexpensive, bare-bones product—albeit one from a trusted company— to gain primary position on aggregator sites and then pushing to up-sell the customers by offering needed features. In addition, aggregators have changed the way people think about buying insurance, with a significant impact on the economics of insurance distribution in general and on the broker channel in particular. In the UK, for example, the broker commission for private auto insurance can range from 10 percent to 20 percent of annual premiums. Brokers can obtain additional fees and revenues from add-ons, negotiating credit packages, and handling claims, although recent regulation has brought these revenue streams under pressure. Nevertheless, brokers do turn to aggregators to obtain quotes. But, with an average private annual automobile premium of £530 (US$828) in the UK, the aggregator fee of £50 ($78) would erode 50 to 85 percent of broker revenue.4 This places pressure on brokers to retain existing customers and to cross- or up-sell them rather than risk losing them to an aggregator, or risk using an aggregator to place the business. While competitive pricing remains critical to the prospective insurance customer, it is not the only consideration in a purchase. Brand attributes—and the perception of value for money—play a vital role, and strong brands can continue to grow, even in a market with a large aggregator presence. New research from Accenture also indicates that insurers are responding to perceived pressure from aggregators. Our global survey of more than 400 senior insurance distribution executives found that they are adopting a targeted approach to using aggregators—tailoring their products and using aggregators mainly under the heading of sub-brands. The percentage of insurers using aggregators under a sub-brand is set to jump from 43 to 53 percent over the next three years, with an additional 21 percent answering “Perhaps/Don’t Know.” Just more than half of the insurers surveyed (51 percent) are defining a set of low-cost products for use specifically by aggregators, and 57 percent said they are thinking about setting up their own aggregators. The aggregators’ focus on price drew skeptical comments from some insurers interviewed, who saw commoditization as a dead-end street for insurers and, ultimately, for the aggregators themselves.5
  • 5. 5 Growing around the world Although they have not attained the same share of market as they have in the UK, aggregators in other countries are enjoying rapid growth. In France, for example, aggregators have grown at an average rate of 18 percent per year over the last five years,6 and while in Spain and Italy they have low penetration they have achieved the highest growth rates in Europe in the past two years.7 The aggregators’ growth story is not limited to Europe. In Japan, they now represent approximately five percent of total personal lines insurance sales and are estimated by Celent to have grown by 33 percent from 2009 to 2015.8 The expanding online market in India is driven by large aggregators such as PolicyBazaar.com and MyInsuranceClub.com. UK aggregators have taken the basic business model of providing price comparisons—which has worked successfully in industry after industry including travel, energy, and mobile phone services—to other markets in attempts to replicate their success throughout Europe and beyond. For example, BGL, the parent company of comparethemarket.com, one of the leading UK aggregators, has launched Les Furets in France, Hoy Hoy in the Netherlands and comparethemarket in Australia. Admiral Group, the second largest auto insurer in the UK (and the owner of aggregator Confused. com), has launched aggregators LeLynx in France and Comparenow in the US. In the US there are a large number of life insurance comparison sites (e.g., SelectQuote, PolicyGenius, and AccuQuote) for consumers to use in shopping for simple term-life coverage from widely known carriers. Yet, sales originating from these sites are not a meaningful source of new business for insurers. The extent of penetration by aggregators in specific markets depends upon a number of factors. These include: • Consumer habits and culture Buying habits such as consumers’ price sensitivity, the value of personal interactions, and consumer loyalty, vary dramatically from country to country. In the UK, for example, 68 percent of respondents in Accenture’s 2013 Consumer-Driven Innovation Survey named aggregators as the first place they would go to get insurance information, but only 42 percent of German respondents named aggregators as their first choice. In the US, 45 percent of respondents said they would go first to independent agents to obtain information, with only 34 percent naming aggregators. These consumer traits partially explain the substantially lower level of penetration aggregators have achieved in the German and US markets compared to the UK. • Marketing expenditure by insurers There is an emphasis on building strong, immediately recognizable brands through high levels of marketing spend to attract customers. The top seven UK aggregators allocate more capital to marketing than their carrier counterparts; aggregators’ marketing spend equates to approximately one percent of the total premium of the UK personal auto insurance market. That figure is half of what the top seven carriers in the US spend on marketing, which is roughly two percent of total automobile insurance premiums (Figure 1). The US market is at a much greater scale, with GEICO alone exceeding $1 billion in spend, compared to the top UK aggregators spending some £120 million ($187 million) in total.9
  • 6. 6 • Carrier participation Carrier participation in aggregators’ quoting and selection services also varies from country to country. In Germany, three of the top ten carriers, including the largest carrier, do not participate in aggregator sites, in contrast to the UK, where the top carriers engage directly with aggregators to meet customer demands for more online interaction and to reduce high acquisition costs. • Digital sophistication of carriers and aggregators Some carriers have been much more aggressive than others in offering a digital customer experience, or in using programmatic marketing to quickly identify and target the most attractive customers. Similarly, aggregators have seen more success in markets where they offer a complete purchase experience online and a more advanced user experience than their carrier counterparts. • Distribution cost pressures P&C insurers are facing high distribution costs. In the US, for example, distribution costs represent approximately 18 percent of each premium dollar in personal lines, and the top 10 personal lines insurers spend approximately $3.8 billion on advertising in total, with the top five accounting for $3 billion of that amount.10 In the face of such high costs, some P&C carriers are spending heavily on technological advances such as mobile and social media, bolstering their online and contact center presence and essentially bypassing agents, brokers and the commissions they receive. High distribution costs may also drive more carriers to consider engaging with aggregators, especially if aggregators continue to improve the experience they provide to the customer at lower cost. Figure 1. Percentage marketing spend by UK aggregators is one-half that of top US carriers Size of personal auto market in billions Aggregator and carrier marketing spend UK Top 7 aggregators in the UK Gross written premiums in 2013 (billions) Percentage of personal auto gross written premiums £18 1% US Top 7 insurance carriers in the US $181 2%
  • 7. While past performance will not guarantee future results, the recent past does provide strong indications of how aggregators’ business strategies will evolve. We anticipate that three major trends will characterize aggregators’ future: 1. Continued growth We believe that aggregators will continue to grow at a rapid pace, both through expansion into new markets and offering new products—such as travel insurance or basic life insurance coverage—in existing markets. This is driven in part by consumers’ growing trust in online advice and their comfort with making increasingly complex purchases online. Where aggregators are achieving success they are concentrating on “share of wallet” and extracting more value from the customer relationship; they are also making use of their distribution power to obtain better terms of trade from carriers, whether in the form of new pricing models or other concessions. In addition, aggregators are using new platforms, including social media and mobile, to find and attract new customers. 2. Disruption of insurance industry economics Aggregators are disruptive by nature and will continue to demonstrate their ability to significantly change distribution economics for carriers, producers and customers. • Carriers dealing with (or competing against) aggregators tend to suffer from the “winner’s curse;” that is, they sell more lower-priced policies, limit the number of product features that they offer or otherwise diminish the quality of the product, develop low-cost brands, or reduce their marketing expenditures in an effort to maintain margins. For carriers with established brands, this represents a competitive dilemma as, in selling through aggregators, they may cannibalize their higher-profit lines. They also run the risk of diluting their hard-won brand value. • Producers such as exclusive, captive and independent agents find themselves providing at least the same value and personalized services for a lower level of commissions after paying the aggregator. They subsidize the payments made to aggregators, putting more pressure on their own profitability and accelerating the transition to more centralized operating models from branch-based models. • Customers find it easier to choose insurance products based exclusively on price. This erodes customer loyalty, decreasing retention rates and making switching more prevalent. It also makes customers selecting cheaper options more vulnerable to being under-insured—as evidenced in the aftermath of the record- breaking floods in the UK in 2014, when many customers who purchased their insurance through aggregators discovered they did not have the breadth of coverage they needed. 3. Evolution of the business model As aggregators move into their next evolutionary phase, we expect to see new areas of focus. These might include: • New geographies Successful aggregators are taking their show on the road to markets where they believe the environment is receptive to their proven value proposition, with a particular interest in consumer comfort with online transactions and low digital sophistication among carriers. • New lines of business Some aggregators have begun to expand into commodity-type insurance products such as pet and travel insurance; adding ancillary products such as legal expense coverage or response to home emergencies; or moving into small commercial lines, such as for non-fleet commercial vehicles. Aggregators are also in a position to offer simple term-life insurance policies and some basic financial products such as consumer loans and credit cards, as well as online wealth management advice related to budgeting, expense management and other everyday financial concerns. BGL Group has added online life insurance quotes through its Beagle Street subsidiary. Moneysupermarket, another UK aggregator, has acquired Money Saving Expert to offer financial sector advice and product comparisons. • Larger share of the value chain After diversifying into new products and markets, we expect aggregators to increasingly carve out a larger share of the insurance value chain, expanding their value proposition beyond price comparisons. This includes services more associated with producers including evaluations of product features and education, needs analysis, “people like you” comparisons and even some policy servicing processes. • Expanded services Finally, aggregators are expanding into other business-to-consumer and business-to-business services. These include “white label” products, the resale of data and analytics, product endorsements, and experiments with non-risk goods and services such as energy and other utilities. Areas under study encompass renewal shopper subscription services, financial advice, price auctions and “name your price” initiatives. And, while aggregators seek to expand, they must also remain cognizant of new competitive threats, not only from carriers, but from retailers, technology vendors, and online giants such as Google (see sidebar, page 8). 7 The future of insurance aggregators
  • 8. 8 Keeping an eye on Google Aggregators and carriers alike have watched nervously as Google has explored the personal lines insurance market. Google acquired UK aggregator Beat That Quote for £37.7 million (US$59 million) in March 2011, then consolidated and re-launched comparison services under the Google brand in September 2012 with comparisons of automobile insurance and credit cards. However, in the face of EU regulatory issues, Google removed all other former Beat That Quote services in early 2013. The company has stated its intent to launch comparison services in Italy and Germany, as well.11 As might be expected, Google’s comparison sites are user-friendly, clear and simple, with the transparent interfaces to which customers have become accustomed and which enable customers to complete the purchase journey online. While Google is clearly well-positioned to establish strong customer relationships in the insurance sector, insurers and aggregators are major buyers of advertising on Google. Worldwide, the insurance industry spends an estimated $7 billion on advertising and Google receives a significant piece of that expenditure.12 Google has not yet revealed its overall insurance strategy—although Google Compare Auto Insurance Services has obtained licenses to sell insurance in 48 states with an initial focus on California. USAA, a major US auto insurer, has made rate quotes and coverage information available to California drivers through Google Compare. Google has also created partnerships with other established US aggregators and online independent agencies (such as Compare.com, CoverHound, and Bolt Solutions) to augment its value proposition. Google has some inherent advantages including: • Instant brand recognition—Google can position itself as an aggregator in the US with instant brand recognition and ideal placement for key search inquiries. • Local search—Google can provide local search capabilities in a cost- effective manner for both independent and captive agents, and has stated its intention to do so. • Monetization of customer insights— Google can offer robust customer insights to monetize its data to carriers, subsidizing the cost of customer acquisition. It could substantially enhance leads by supplementing them with additional data insights, which would be extremely valuable to carriers. • Broad ecosystem—Google has the potential to create a broad ecosystem with Android operating models in vehicles, Nest homes and phones that could provide data—including usage- based data—for accurate and timely quotes that are pushed out or offered upon request. In media interviews, Google Compare’s US executives have stressed the importance of agents and have noted that, even with price comparisons, more than half of all auto insurance sales in the UK still take place through a live person, whether in a call center or via an agent. They have also emphasized the importance of speed, particularly in not making the customer wait more than 30 seconds for an accurate quote.13 The insurance industry can be expected to monitor developments on this front very closely indeed.
  • 9. 9 Aggregators and insurance carriers: Mixed results When it comes to the impact of aggregators on insurance carriers, some insurers have ridden the aggregator wave more successfully than others. In the UK, the big players in direct insurance have probably lost the most to aggregators, as they have not always been able to leverage their scale and brand. Aggregators can force insurers to accept wafer-thin margins, hoping to make up in volume what they lose in quality; the alternative is to lose sales. Aggregators can also take advantage of carriers whose unattractive or cumbersome websites cause consumers to explore new options on the Internet. The carriers suffering the least from the aggregators’ presence are those with highly segmented and/or highly differentiated offerings, a low cost base, and leadership ability in terms of price setting. They write high-value business and also tend to have a strong, integrated customer-centric presence on the web. Due to the low barriers to entry that aggregators facilitate, new market entrants, as well as companies with well-known brands, may also find it easier to co-exist (or compete) with aggregators. Aggregators give smaller insurers with less well-known brands an advantage that they may not enjoy when they compete in the open market against more powerful brands. Insurers have tended to respond to aggregators in one of four ways: 1. Rejection Aggregators offer large carriers no additional sales; instead, they simply interpose themselves in the sales process and take a share of carriers’ revenue. Therefore, some insurers have refused outright to work with aggregators, even making their lack of presence on aggregators’ sites a selling point. These insurers often have large quantities of direct sales and large investments in brand building that they feel they need to protect, and may believe that competing on brand attributes and price can enable them to continue selling at profitable volume levels. 2. Cooperation An increasing number of carriers worldwide have accepted aggregators as an additional distribution channel and have made their products available through them. Leading price comparison sites in North America and Europe have as many as 50 brands on display including products designed specifically for the online/aggregator channel and distinct online brands. In cooperating with aggregators, carriers may be taking another course of action to support and protect their own direct sales, and may also have confidence that their ability to compete on price can generate profitable volume from the aggregator channel. 3. Crowding out Another course of action by carriers involves “crowding out” competitors, either by offering multiple brands, or by offering multiple quotes on a single brand, to achieve a dominant position on the aggregators’ all-important first page. 4. Participation Some insurance carriers have chosen to pursue a dual-path strategy, either by setting up an aggregator, forming a close alliance with an existing aggregator or making strategic investments in already established aggregators. For example MAPFRE USA has taken an 11 percent interest in Comparenow in the US.
  • 10. In our view, insurers should view aggregators as an additional distribution channel—with its own unique characteristics—and then consider strategies for maximizing the value of the channel. For new aggregator markets, the key lesson from the UK is that carriers and aggregators that work in concert can create a mutually beneficial value proposition that enables the customer with both transparency and high quality products. Insurers that choose to engage with aggregators may do so primarily in one of two ways: 1. Integrate and optimize Insurers can pursue a digital optimization strategy designed to make the most of both their own online presence and their presence on the aggregators’ sites. This may involve closer integration of the carrier and aggregator sites, so that the customer experience is comparable in both locations, or providing a richer user experience for aggregator customers. Carriers could also employ multi-variant testing of the aggregator site to maximize both the rate of conversion and the attractiveness of customers obtained this way. 2. Develop a tailored aggregator value proposition Insurers can also choose to “play to win” in the aggregator channel by competing in areas outside pricing. They can make exclusive offers, or provide new niche products involving telematics or rewards for “green” behavior. They can take alternative marketing approaches by using vouchers, cash rebates, or promotional gifts. 10 Dealing with aggregators: Strategies for insurers
  • 11. To grow profitably in a crowded, competitive, price-sensitive environment, insurers will need specific capabilities. These are essential for participating in the aggregator channel but are also needed to meet the demands of an increasingly digital customer base. The four key building blocks are, in our view: 1. A differentiated customer proposition Insurers need to make it immediately clear what they are offering customers; this means a value proposition that is simple, modular and packaged in a way that is readily accessible and understandable. The offering should be configured to work in a multi-channel world; it should be customer-centric (meaning that it is primarily something the customer wants to buy, rather than something the insurer wants to sell) and it should focus on long- term value. 2. Tight market segmentation supported by sophisticated analytics Insurers should focus on clearly defined market segments—with a view of the customer that supports profitable pricing right down to the level of the individual policyholder—rather than one-size-fits- all offerings. With a good understanding of customer needs in chosen segments —and the products that such customers want—insurers can engage in aggressive lead generation, branding and pricing to win market share in those segments. Sophisticated risk selection and dynamic pricing capabilities can optimize conversion rates in the market sectors selected. 3. A compelling digital offering Whether working through aggregators or through other channels, insurers should be using digital optimization tools to fine-tune their real-time performance. Such tools personalize the insurer’s value proposition, customize the user experience, and provide immediate feedback on what does and does not appeal to the customer. In conjunction with digital optimization, better digital marketing can enhance the insurer’s brand value and maximize the return on marketing investment. 4. Lean and agile operations A low-cost, configurable technology platform makes it possible for insurers to change course rapidly and to introduce new products and modifications as needs are identified. Process management, automation of previously manual processes, and an iterative, collaborative approach to change management are prerequisites for digital success. The insurance industry has entered a period of rapid change and we anticipate even more accelerated evolution in the short- to mid-term future. The moving force behind this change is the demand of savvy online consumers who, to put it simply, want to receive more value for less money. Aggregators have grown rapidly in this environment. Insurers, by joining forces with them (or adding their own aggregator-type channels), can protect their own business while adding new customers. No matter how successful aggregators are in disrupting insurers’ distribution models, the future of personal lines insurance is digital. Insurers with integrated, multi-channel distribution models, a clearly differentiated value proposition, and the ability to conduct personalized campaigns aimed at specific market segments—even individual customers —will be in the best position for profitable growth in the years ahead. No matter how successful aggregators are in disrupting insurers’ distribution models, the future of personal lines insurance is digital. The foundation for growth 11
  • 12. Copyright © 2016 Accenture. All rights reserved. Accenture, its logo, and High Performance Delivered are trademarks of Accenture. This document is produced by consultants at Accenture as general guidance. It is not intended to provide specific advice on your circumstances. If you require advice or further details on any matters referred to, please contact your Accenture representative. About Accenture Footnotes Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions—underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network—Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than 358,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com. 1. Admiral Group 2013 Full Year Results - presentation 2. AM Best statutory data 3. In 2013, the top four UK aggregators had total revenue of £423 million (US$663.7 million), in a £18 billion ($28.2 billion) personal auto market. 4. Accenture research and analysis 5. Accenture Distribution & Agency Management Survey, 2015 6. Google Trends 7. London-based CP Consulting 8. Celent–The evolution of aggregators in Japan 9. US carrier marketing spend: Statista; UK aggregator marketing spend: Datamonitor, Data Plus Insight, and Accenture analysis 10. AM Best and Statista 11. RGA Quarterly: Europe 12. Google, Accenture Analysis 13. Interview: Google Compare’s Tech Backbone by Chris McMahon http://www. insurancenetworking. com/news/distribution-channels/ interview-google-compares-tech- backbone-36133-1.html