Remember when insurance customers were content to wait? When “4-6 weeks for processing” was an acceptable response? Those days are gone forever. In 2025, your customers live in a world of one-click purchases, instant downloads, and same-day delivery. Yet many carriers are still developing products like it’s 1999.
Instant gratification
Personalized experiences
Simple, intuitive processes
Digital-first interactions
Real-time updates
But look at how most insurance carriers develop and deliver products.Multi-month development cycles. Rigid, one-size-fits-all designs. Paper-heavy processes. Manual underwriting. The disconnect is stark – and costly.
The Real Cost of the Digital Divide
This isn't just about customer inconvenience. The financial impact is real:
- 71% of consumers research insurance online before buying
- Digital-first insurers are growing 5x faster than traditional carriers
- Two-thirds of customers would switch insurers for a better digital experience
Yet many carriers are stuck with product development processes that:
- Take 12-18 months to launch new offerings
- Can’t easily adapt to digital distribution channels
- Require manual intervention for basic changes
- Struggle to incorporate digital payment and service options
The 50% Solution
What if you could cut your time-to-market in half? What if you could launch products in weeks instead of months? Forward-thinking carriers are doing exactly that by:
Embracing Digital-First Design
Products are conceived from the ground up for digital distribution and servicing, not retrofitted as an afterthought.
Enabling Real-Time Responsiveness
Modern product platforms allow for instant updates to rates, rules, and offerings based on market feedback.
Supporting True Omnichannel Distribution
Products are designed to be sold and serviced seamlessly across all channels – direct-to-consumer, agent, and independent advisor.
Leveraging Pre-Built Components
Smart carriers use configurable templates and calculation engines instead of building everything from scratch.
The Warning Signs
You might be at risk if:
- Your product development
process takes longer than your customer's patience - Your digital offering
is just a PDF of your paper application - Your customers
have to call to make basic policy changes - Your agents
are creating workarounds to serve digital-savvy customers - You
are still debating whether to "go digital" instead of asking how fast you can get there
The Competitive Reality
The stakes have never been higher. In the digital age, speed and adaptability aren’t just competitive advantages – they’re survival skills. Every day spent with outdated product development processes is:
Consider this:
While you're in month 8 of developing a new product, a digital-first competitor has already launched, tested, and optimized three different offerings.
The Path Forward
Leading carriers are transforming their approach with platforms that deliver:
50% faster
time-to-market through pre-built components and templates
Multi-channel distribution
that works seamlessly across D2C, agent, and advisor channels
Real-time
policy lifecycle management with digital event processing
Modular architecture
that integrates with existing systems without disruption
This isn’t just about modernizing your technology. It’s about fundamentally rethinking how you bring products to market in a digital-first world.
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