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The rise of InsurTechs isn’t just predicated on the use of Intelligent Automation covering analytics, AI and integrated systems, but also on creating an easy, transparent and fair consumer experience.

Kunal Kochhar

EY Americas Digital Insurance Lead

Innovator in financial services. Pursuer of disruption. Devotee of design thinking. Disciple of intelligent automation. Enabler of effective teams. Purveyor of mindful living and healthy habits.

Kunal Kochhar is a Senior Manager in the Consulting Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP.

As Senior Program Director, he drives positive outcomes for Property and Casualty (P&C) Tier 1 innovation clients and their customers.

Kunal‘s experience in innovation, design thinking, user experience, business-led digital transformations, InsurTech and Enterprise Product Implementations spans 18 years and ranges from user experience design, business process transformations, new business development and pre-sales to full lifecycle core systems replacement, of which the past 12 years have been for P&C insurance carriers and their innovation groups leveraging leading technology platforms.

Most recently, Kunal advises the Innovation team of a Tier 1 national carrier, using EY's NexusTM ecosystem platform. The underpinning of this effort is a design thinking approach that embodies the philosophy of putting humans at the core of any product you envision building.

How Kunal is building a better working world

“Kunal is building a better working world by enabling Tier 1 P&C carriers‘ innovation teams to disrupt themselves in the market with NextWave insurance market scenarios like direct and digital sales, powered by an ecosystem enabling platform and utilizing a subscription-based pricing model. 

He is accomplishing that by engendering diverse and inclusive teams to create an environment supportive of flexible cooperation and trust.”

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