What Does a Director of Analytics & Underwriting Do?
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Every broker likes to hype up their data capabilities, pointing to piles of reports with visually appealing graphics and claiming to be at the forefront of analytics technology. However, it’s one thing to say you have data analytics and underwriting capabilities, and quite another to use that data to help your clients effect change. That’s where our Director of Analytics & Underwriting, Brian Meyer, comes in.
Brian joined our team in 2014, and over time, has created a niche for himself as an expert who not only approaches data with an analytical mind but also explains it in a way that drives real change for our clients.
Brian’s approach combines predictive analytics with deployable experts to drive your employee benefits strategy. This sets him apart from the average data director at an insurance broker. While others may claim data expertise, they often lack the ability to break down information in simplified terms for business leaders and highlight actionable insights that can improve employees’ health and wellbeing, as well as manage healthcare costs.
M3 is uniquely set up to ensure that all our clients can rely on their executives to bring a strategy that utilizes data effectively. This is due to our franchise model, wherein each client executive has direct access to Brian.
The analytics work your client executives present is often consulted on by Brian and his team. Clients also can meet with Brian directly. During key times throughout the year, such as strategy sessions and renewal discussions, M3 client executives may bring Brian to the table to provide market insights and pair that with his knowledge of your organization’s data to build a strategy that helps you achieve your goals. Brian can assist with large-scale analyses that provide retrospective views on your data or predictive views to help you make decisions for future opportunities.
Doing Data Differently
Every session where M3 client executives present data is structured to show how the data can affect strategy and help clients achieve their goals. We believe that presenting data without the opportunity for action has little value. Brian ensures our team applies this perspective to every strategic session. As a client, you won’t receive a litany of reports just to “check the box” on data.
This approach exemplifies the world-class resources and individual attention we provide to our clients. Contact your M3 client executive to discuss how data is being used to enhance your employee benefits strategy.
