North American Insurance 2009 Go-to-Market Strategy Guide: Preparing Insurers for Better Times

Publication Date	April 2009
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	23
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC07219

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Summary

This Financial Insights report presents a comprehensive view of the IT trends, challenges, and opportunities that will shape the U.S. insurance industry in 2009. From reporting on the general health of the industry to zeroing in on the fastest-growing geographic segments and top technology buyers to providing key IT budget and industry metrics, this guide provides technology companies supporting the insurance industry with a bird's-eye view of everything needed to build a go-to-market plan for the coming year.

"It is never been a more critical time for technology firms supporting the insurance industry to prove they understand the pressures insurers are facing and can provide the products, services and, as importantly, quality experiences insurers need to get through this financial crisis. At the other side of this crisis could very well be more single segment insurance companies because multiline insurers will have sold off their life insurance operations. However the insurance industry is structured afterward, the probability is very high insurers will have to comply with the systemic risk and investment transparency requirements of a federal regulator. Keeping their current profitable customers is necessary for insurers but not sufficient. The winning insurers will be those that develop strong enterprise risk management capabilities for both their external and internal risks and, as importantly, develop initiatives required for innovative growth," states Barry Rabkin, senior research analyst, Insurance Advisory Service, Financial Insights.

Content

Financial Insights Opinion
In This Report
Situation Overview
- Industry Health and Outlook for 2009
  - Financially Weakened
- Strategy
Future Outlook
- Business Initiatives That Will Drive IT Investments in 2009
  - 2009 Top 10 North America Insurance Predictions
  - Table: North America Insurance Industry Top 10 Predictions, 2009
  - 2009 Key Business Initiatives
  - Figure: North America Insurance Industry Key Business Initiatives, 2009
- 2009 IT Investment Priorities for the Insurance Industry
- Table: North America Insurance Industry IT Spending by Subindustry, 2008 and 2009 ($M)
- Figure: North America Insurance Industry IT Budget Share by Segment, 2009
  - 2009 Software Investment Priorities for the Insurance Industry
  - Table: North America Insurance Industry Software Spending by Subindustry, 2008 and 2009 ($M)
  - Figure: U.S. Insurance Industry Top Application Investment Plans, 2009
  - Figure: U.S. Insurance Industry Top Insurance Application Investment Plans, 2009
  - 2009 Infrastructure Investment Priorities for the Insurance Industry
  - Table: North America Insurance Industry Hardware Spending by Subindustry, 2008 and 2009 ($M)
  - Table: U.S. Insurance Industry Storage Systems Spending by Installation Environment, 2008 and 2009 ($M)
  - Figure: U.S. Insurance Industry Storage Capacity Share by Subindustry, 2008
  - Table: U.S. Insurance Industry Server Spending by Platform, 2008 and 2009 ($M)
  - 2009 Communications Investment Priorities for the Insurance Industry
  - Figure: U.S. Insurance Industry Communications Technology Investment Plans, 2008
  - Figure: U.S. Insurance Industry Top Telecommunications Services Priorities, 2008
  - 2009 Services Investment Priorities for the Insurance Industry
  - Table: North America Insurance Industry Services Spending by Subindustry, 2008 and 2009 ($M)
  - Figure: U.S. Insurance Industry Business Process Outsourcing Investment Plans, 2009
Essential Guidance
- Going to Market in the Insurance Industry
- Table: U.S. Insurance Industry IT Spending: Top 5 Buyers in Terms of IT Spending, 2009
- Figure: U.S. Insurance Industry IT Spending Growth: Top 5 Buyers in Terms of IT Spending Growth, 2009
- Competing Effectively in the Insurance Industry
- Table: Worldwide Revenue for the Top 5 IT Vendors, 2007
- Table: Worldwide Revenue for the Top 5 Software Vendors, 2007
- Table: U.S. Revenue for the Top 5 Services Vendors, 2007
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