Accenture Announces Intent to Acquire Optimind, a Consulting Firm Specializing in Financial Services, Insurance and Compliance Risk Management

PARIS; March 17, 2023 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has announced its intent to acquire Optimind, a Paris-based independent consulting firm that provides advisory services and solutions to help insurance firms, banks and large corporate clients to meet major challenges of competitiveness, transformation and regulation. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
March 17, 2023

Qorus and Accenture’s Innovation in Insurance Awards Now Open for Applications

PARIS, NEW YORK and HONG KONG; Feb. 22, 2023 – Qorus and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today launched the eighth edition of the Innovation in Insurance Awards, celebrating the best ideas and projects that are transforming the industry.
February 22, 2023

Accenture Named a Leader and Star Performer in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® for Guidewire Services

NEW YORK; Feb. 9, 2023 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader and Star Performer in the 2023 Everest Group PEAK Matrix® for Guidewire Services. The Star Performer title is given to providers that have achieved the greatest year-on-year positive movement on the PEAK Matrix – highlighting that Accenture’s leading position in the market has strengthened.
February 09, 2023

Accenture Life Insurance & Annuity Platform Achieves “Luminary” Status and Wins XCelent Award

NEW YORK; Jan. 10, 2023 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has received the XCelent Advanced Technology 2022 Award for its new business and underwriting solution from research and advisory firm Celent.
January 10, 2023

Mobilize Financial Services Teams with Accenture to Launch New Usage-Based Insurance

PARIS; Nov. 8, 2022 – Mobilize Financial Services, a subsidiary of the Renault Group, has announced that it is to launch Mobilize Insurance, a car insurance specialist for the European market that will offer integrated usage-based car insurance for Renault, Dacia and Alpine customers. As part of the group’s ambition to create sustainable mobility for all, Mobilize Insurance will offer a ‘pay as you drive’ insurance model, with personalized pricing and offers.
November 08, 2022

Accenture Acquires Blackcomb Consultants to Help Insurance Carriers Accelerate Digital Transformation in the Cloud

NEW YORK and CHICAGO; Oct. 4, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Blackcomb Consultants, a leading independent Guidewire partner in North America. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
 
October 04, 2022

Ohio National Teams with Accenture to Accelerate Technology Modernization

NEW YORK and CINCINNATI; Sept. 14, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Ohio National Financial Services, Inc. have collaborated to modernize the life insurer’s core systems, transforming its processes and helping it achieve significant top-and bottom-line business results.
September 14, 2022

Poor Claims Experiences Could Put Up to $170B of Global Insurance Premiums at Risk by 2027, According to New Accenture Research

NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG; Aug. 3, 2022 – Up to $170 billion of insurance premiums could be at risk in the next five years due to poor claims experiences, with process inefficiencies in underwriting potentially costing the industry another $160 billion over the same period, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
August 03, 2022

Most Companies Struggling to be Relevant to Their Customers, Accenture Report Finds

NEW YORK; July 26, 2022 – The vast majority (88%) of executives1 believe that customers and employees are changing faster than they can change their businesses, which is leading to a crisis of relevance, according to a new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN).  
July 26, 2022

Efma and Accenture Reveal the Winners of Innovation in Insurance Awards 2022

PARIS; June 15, 2022 – Efma, an association of more than 2,550 retail financial services companies in 133 countries, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the winners of the seventh annual Innovation in Insurance Awards during a virtual ceremony.
June 15, 2022