--- title: Zurich Case Study description: Here is the case study of Zara, a new claims chatbot for first notification of non-emergency car and home claims. image: https://www.spixii.com/hubfs/Assets_Mar2018/Zurich_testing.jpg --- **WINNER** **British Claim Awards** Innovative Use of Technology [![Spixii logo](https://www.spixii.com/hubfs/Assets_Mar2018/logo_blue.svg "Spixii logo")](https://www.spixii.com?hsLang=en-gb) [**GET STARTED** ](https://www.spixii.com/infobot?hsLang=en-gb) ![winner banner from British Claim Awards for Innovative Use of Technology](https://www.spixii.com/hubfs/Assets_Mar2018/Awards_banner.svg) ![zurich-prototyping-min](https://www.spixii.com/hubfs/zurich-prototyping-min.jpg "zurich-prototyping-min") # How Zurich launched Zara, their first claims chatbot, in just 5 weeks [ Get the Case Study ](https://www.spixii.com/success-stories/zurich-case-study-download?hsLang=en-gb) [All Case Studies](https://www.spixii.com/success-stories?hsLang=en-gb) ### Overview Between February and March 2018, Zurich launched a six-week trial period for a sophisticated chatbot programme. Their mission? To allow customers notify Zurich of a claim efficiently, intuitively and quickly. #### Use case Claims Your browser does not support HTML5 video. ## Challenge Zurich Insurance could only provide open office hours for their customers to report their claim, which was increasing operational costs plus time waiting on hold for customers. The team at Zurich wanted to test their customers’ appetite for a 24/7 solution for their digital native customers. ## Solution Zurich and Spixii worked closely together in a series of collaborative workshops. These aligned cultures, company objectives and a rapid pace of working. In just one day, the teams iterated the chatbot conversation five times through vigorous user testing and customer feedback. These sessions embedded customer feedback, empathy and behavioural analysis early on in the process to truly return the human to the conversation. For Rob Brewer, Zurich’s Service Design Executive, “Spixii’s approach of validating user testing was really interesting and fresh - a very different way of working. I can’t remember achieving as much as we did in six hours! It really set the chatbot up for release”. Using Spixii’s trademark methodology, Zara was designed in one week, then built and implemented within 2 weeks. ![testing session with 6 people around a table and post-it on wall](https://www.spixii.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WebAssets/img/Webp.net-resizeimage-min.jpg?width=700&height=394&name=Webp.net-resizeimage-min.jpg "testing session with 6 people around a table and post-it on wall") The name Zara (Zurich Automated Response Agent) was selected after an internal competition to name the prototype chatbot. She was then put through her paces by Zurich employees, ensuring the tone of voice and language was on-brand and resulted in great digital customer service. Zara works on first notification of non-emergency Home and Motor claims. The day of her launch coincided with the arrival of the ‘Beast of the East’, resulting in a surge in claims. Zara was able to help customers quickly log their first notification of a claim at a time that suited them, despite the high number of calls. She gathers enough information at any hour, seven days a week, to pass onto a human handler. Ultimately, with Zara’s support Zurich can now process the claim within three working hours, compared to the previous targeted 24 hours. ## Results In the first 6 weeks, Zara received **765 customer interactions** (20% of the reported claims volume) and received a great feedback from both customers and Claims Handler. A claims team manager based in Zurich’s First Notice of Loss (FNOL) Centre in Glasgow was “hugely impressed” by the solution. There was also a good pickup from both insurance and insurtech media, including The Insurance Times and Insurance Business. Here are the results: ## 35% Claim requests managed ## 30% Time saving ## 80% NPS Zara helped customers make claims at any time of the day. So far, around 60% of claims were made outside of office hours via Zara. This was Zurich’s first business unit (BU) to launch a chatbot offering for their customers. There are currently 5 in development with different IT partners in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Brazil and Spain. So stay tuned!   Your browser does not support HTML5 video.   ![Alex Last headshot](https://www.spixii.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Assets_Mar2018/quote_alex2.jpg?width=227&name=quote_alex2.jpg "Alex Last headshot") ### "Without the support, enthusiasm and dynamism of the talented team at Spixii, our first-to market Claims reporting chatbot would not have been possible. At the core, this is a proposition which proves innovation doesn't have to take months or years - a mere 6 weeks, with the right approach, attitude and commitment." **Alexander Last**, Continuous Improvement Consultant of Zurich UK ![David Nichols headshot](https://www.spixii.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Assets_Mar2018/quote_david.jpg?width=312&name=quote_david.jpg "David Nichols headshot") ### "In a digital age, our customers expect to be able to interact with their insurer online. This pilot with Zara allows us to gauge interest in this type of innovative and exciting technology. Robots are here to help and shouldn’t be viewed as a hindrance. Our outlook is that it’s not the job that the robot’s doing but the specific task." **David Nichols**, UK Chief Claims Officer ![robot with outstretched hand](https://www.spixii.com/hubfs/WebAssets/img/Illustrations/CPA2.svg "robot with outstretched hand") ## **Start the conversation** Discuss your business needs with us, and let's share experiences. 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