Market study: THE PIONEERS OF EXTERNAL FACING APIs

A study of the pioneers of insurance developer portals before Open Insurance becomes a reality.

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Executive summary

Introduction

A brief introduction to Open Insurance

  • Open APIs
  • Is sharing access to customer data necessary?
  • The Open Insurance Initiative (OPIN)

Platform ecosystem thinking

Research methodology

Experience API approaches

  • Who is winning the open API race?
  • What do those APIs expose?
  • Product served through APIs

The evolving nature of products

  • E-commerce Purchase Protection
  • Rent Guarantee insurance
  • Individual Saving Account (ISAs)
  • Vehicle telematics
  • Micro-mobility
  • Weather related insurance
  • Invoice insurance
  • Global Refund Protection

Business model approach

Complementary services and gamification

Open Banking Portals serving insurance APIs

Claims handling

  • Index based products
  • Usage based insurance
  • Traditional FNOL

The developer portal experience

  • Great developer experience
  • Friendly developer experience
  • Difficult developer experience
  • Barricade developer portals

Case studies - Ecosystem management

Developer portal maturity model

Our recommendations

  • Products
  • Claims management
  • Stimulate commercial interest
  • Build for enter-operability and interaction

Final word

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