Claims Expense Study

Why it's important

Efficient cost management is critical for insurers in today’s markets. Especially for claims handling, insurers need to tailor their organizational structure to best serve their customers. Our robust claims expense methodology is combined with the expertise from our indemnity benchmarks to create unique insights and provide a holistic view of claims handling.

Insurers use our benchmark to address critical questions such as:

• After accounting for differences in GWP composition and product lines, are we spending more to run our business than our competitors?
• How much do we spend per FTE and how does this compare to average claim indemnity payouts in the market?
• How effective are our people? Do we use more FTEs per claim than our peers?
• How does our geographical footprint and organizational structure compare with peers and does it result in a cost advantage?
• To what extent do our peers utilize external service providers and offshore operations and does it achieve a cost benefit?

Methodology

Our unique methodology utilizes expense-level data to identify differences in performance. We examine expense items across the value chain with a focus on the claims function. We employ granularity to generate comparability, rather than manipulating data, to account for differences in risk mix and strategy. Our experienced analysts understand the trade-offs in claims strategies and help to identify opportunities in the context of each insurer’s individual needs.