Heaptalk, Jakarta — FWD Group Holdings Limited announced its partnership with Microsoft with a four-year agreement to provide access to the latest generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovations while continuing to support FWD’s cloud-first technology strategy.
FWD Group plans to drive its generative AI initiatives by leveraging Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service and other enterprise-grade innovations. FWD Group expects to benefit from the private networking, monitoring, and security capabilities of Microsoft Azure and its advanced AI models.
In response to this affiliation, Group Chief Digital Officer of FWD Group, Ryan Kim, delivered, “Digital innovation has always been core to FWD’s vision of changing how people feel about insurance. This collaboration marries FWD’s pioneering spirit in Asia in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world, with the global scale and skill that Microsoft brings in engineering and AI. We’re excited to harness more next-generation innovations to develop new industry use cases and standards that we believe will shape the insurance journey of the future.”
FWD Group is working to enhance the customer experience and its operations in acquisition, marketing, channel and agent performance, underwriting, claims, and customer service. The company is also an early adopter of Copilot for Microsoft 365, an AI companion that supports employees in their day-to-day work.
Meanwhile, the Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Financial Services of Microsoft, Bill Borden, admitted that AI is driving transformation across the financial services industry, opening new opportunities for innovation and business growth with agility and at scale. With this strategic collaboration, Microsoft aims to strengthen its AI by offering Azure OpenAI Service and Copilot for Microsoft 365 capabilities to enable world-class customer experiences and operations securely and responsibly.
“As a pivotal player in the global financial landscape, the Asia Pacific region stands out for its dynamism and adaptability, fostering continuous growth and driving innovation. We are committed to empowering our customers in the region with generative AI capabilities in a responsible way. With Microsoft’s enterprise-grade AI advancements, we are helping the financial services ecosystem accelerate innovation to drive operational efficiency and greater value creation to customers.” added Borden.
As additional information, FWD Group embarked on its AI journey in 2019 and has almost 200 active AI models applied across its business, with over 600 use cases.
