Our insurance team is just returning from InsureTech Connect (ITC). What a great week in the desert! ITC is one of the, if not largest, industry gatherings of insurance carriers, solution provers, implementation partners, and startups. Over 2,400 companies were in attendance, and it was said that there were over 8,500 attendees present this year. […]
Brian Bell
I am the Delivery Director and Insurance Practice lead within Perficient’s Financial Services group. I bring over 25 years of financial experience across several industries, most recently having worked at a top 100 P&C carrier for almost 15 years. I have proven experience to strategically deliver in complex business environments through data & analytics, project management, and technology innovation.

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Addressing the Need for Personalization in the Financial Services Industry
Across financial services – industries such as banking, wealth management, and insurance – the need for greater personalization has been a theme for several years. Fueled by consumers’ willingness to share their data in return for timely and relevant experiences, personalization requires continually learning about the customer and applying this knowledge into the relationship and […]
How to Commit Your Entire Organization to Your Commerce Strategy
It’s hard to believe we are more than halfway through our blog series on commerce for the insurance industry. Reflecting on opportunities to improve commerce in the insurance industry and find ways to positively impact this industry with new opportunities with my colleague Beth Duerr has been exciting. Now we’re focusing on internal commitment. We’ve […]
Why the Shopping Cart is Irrelevant in Insurance
In our previous blogs, we’ve documented how insurance is a complicated product for the traditional commerce process. Let’s recap what we’ve covered: It’s a product mandated by the state, financial institutions, and professions for many parts of life – driving, homeownership, rental, professional liability, and others. But it’s not a product that most of us […]
A Digital Mindset: The Key to an Enhanced Strategy for Insurance Commerce
The connection between technology and consumers in the insurance industry has never been more relevant. Although the insurance industry was already facing rising competition and customer expectations, the global pandemic forced our industry to take legacy processes and technologies, and transition to “digital” seemingly overnight. With the rise in vaccination rates and a hopeful return […]
GEICO, State Farm, Nationwide, Progressive, USAA Top Q1 2022 Mobile Insurance Scorecard
Recently, Digital Insurance issued the findings from Keynova Group on the 2022 Mobile Insurance Scorecard. While mobile has long been a part of the carrier offering – pay a bill, get an ID card, file a claim – this survey reflects the evolution of insurers from transactional into personalized servicing. I’ve long advocated that personalization […]
How to Optimize Your Business’ Purchasing Journey for the Modern Insurance Customer
In today’s evolving digital world, our insurance partners are trying to increase awareness and consideration for their brand through digital commerce strategies such as social media platforms and third-party adjacent platforms to garner the attention of customers in a new way. And we don’t want insurance carriers to just stop at the brand awareness and […]
How the New Experience Economy Is Reshaping Insurance (Part 5 of 5)
Harvard Business Review defines the New Experience Economy as the fourth evolution of economic value, which includes commodities, products, services, and now, experiences. It is at this point where the product is most differentiated and pricing most premium. In a commoditizing marketplace such as personal lines, a personal experience is an opportunity for carriers to […]
Data Is the Foundation…for Everything in Insurance (Part 4 of 5)
Data fuels the engine of the digital economy. Connected experiences, in the context of the customer relationship, are driven by a robust data set that confidently presents integrated, diverse data to enable actionable insights that can be automated across the customer’s journey. Internally, data creates the foundation for increased analytic application of fraud detection, at-risk […]
Using Personalization To Create Authentic Relationships in Insurance (Part 3 of 5)
While the thought of changing policies can be daunting, carriers are throwing hundreds of millions (if not billions) into advertising budgets to make the consumer aware of ways to save by switching. As a result, the industry is experiencing a decline in brand loyalty in favor of pricing. A brand may bring a customer in […]
Insurance Operating Models Need to Put the Customer in the Middle (Part 2 of 5)
In my last post, I discussed how insurance companies that demonstrate empathetic knowledge of their consumers and deliver tailored, real-time solutions will build on their noble purpose and gain competitive advantages in a digital operating environment. So, where can you begin? It starts with putting your customer in the middle of your operating model. Instead […]
A Digital Environment Is Essential For Insurers to Gain Competitive Advantages (Part 1 of 5)
Insurance serves a noble purpose: to protect individuals & businesses and their property, liability, and financial obligations. At their roots, many of the large, well-known carriers today began by serving the distinctive needs of businesses and individuals who could not find coverage elsewhere. Rural residents paying city insurance rates, government employee affinities, and experiences tailored […]