Benjamin Turner & Thomas Swire: Salesforce: More than just a CRM (325)

2024-10-20

Ben Turner joked that he’d “be a rich man for every pound [he] had somebody asking” what Salesforce has to offer the insurance world. Robin Merttens is joined this week by Ben Turner and Tom Swire at Salesforce, who touch on their journey to joining the company, the trouble with legacy systems and the exciting prospects for the future including an agency management system to be launched in 2025. If you enjoyed this conversation and would like to hear more, our October evening event hosted in collaboration with Salesforce and Azur Technology was recorded. The videos...

Ben Turner joked that he’d “be a rich man for every pound [he] had somebody asking” what Salesforce has to offer the insurance world.

Robin Merttens is joined this week by Ben Turner and Tom Swire at Salesforce, who touch on their journey to joining the company, the trouble with legacy systems and the exciting prospects for the future including an agency management system to be launched in 2025.

If you enjoyed this conversation and would like to hear more, our October evening event hosted in collaboration with Salesforce and Azur Technology was recorded. The videos will be available on our website soon.

Key talking points include:

On working as an underwriter or in insurance market standards to joining Salesforce - the journey
Salesforce’s place in insurance
The importance of the workbench
Case studies from the front line - N2G and Crux Underwriting
The Salesforce approach to AI - creating your own bot
Looking ahead to the future - all the exciting launches
A match made in heaven - working with ecosystems and partners
Transformation - making the unknown and scary just that tiny bit more familiar

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Continuing Professional Development

This InsTech Podcast Episode is accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening, you can claim up to 0.5 hours towards your CPD scheme.

By the end of this podcast, you should be able to meet the following Learning Objectives:

Describe how Salesforce operates in the insurance sector and the benefit of pre-built templates
Specify how a CRM system can be a strong foundation for building an underwriting workbench
Explain how ecosystems work and how do you pick a successful partner

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