DXC Technology Announces Winners of the DXC Invitational

Insurtech competition identifies latest innovations in Insurance across Asia Pacific

Sydney, Australia, 24 October 2022 – DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) a leading Fortune 500 global technology services company, today announced the winners of its fourth annual DXC Invitational, an insurtech competition aimed at encouraging late-stage startups and scaleups to showcase market-ready solutions relevant to the insurance industry. 

DXC Invitational focusses on identifying insurtech companies with solutions that improve customer experience, increase efficiency and support compliance across the distribution value chain and life cycle of a policy, including prevention and claims management. This year, DXC collaborated with Insurtech Australia and UTS Startups to select companies with the most innovative solutions.

The 2022 winners were announced at the DXC Invitational pitch session streamed on LinkedIn Live and hosted at the UTS Startups Hub:

• Enriching the Insurance Experience Category - BodyGuide
  An app that creates personalised and practical programs to help solve and prevent pain. 
• Digital Insurance Ecosystem Category - e5 Workflow
  A singular platform for building new and extended workflow process solutions while fully leveraging existing operational business systems and applications.

Michael Neary, Regional General Manager, Insurance, Asia Pacific at DXC Technology, “The insurance industry is undergoing a state of transformation with insurers looking for innovative solutions to improve overall customer experience and engagement. Every entry in the DXC Invitational competition demonstrates the potential innovation that can be achieved in the insurance sector.” 

The judging panel who reviewed the final pitches and selected the winners comprised of industry leaders including: Fiona Macgregor, Chief Information & Innovation Officer, TAL; Bronwyn Kirwan, Chief Sales & Service Officer, Fidelity Life; and Prue Willsford, Chief Executive Officer, ANZIIF.

Simone Dossetor, CEO, Insurtech Australia said, “It is exciting to see the diversity of solutions the insurtech start-ups and scaleups presented to leaders of the insurance industry, solving a range of problems through emerging technology and striving to create better outcomes for insurance customers. Insurtech Australia is delighted to be a part of this year’s competition and to see the support DXC offers to insurtechs locally and globally.”

“DXC Technology has a wonderful track record of helping startups grow and find new customers in the insurance industry. I couldn't be more excited to be working with DXC on this wonderful opportunity,” said Murray Hurps, Director of Entrepreneurship, UTS Startups.

To watch the 2022 DXC Invitational pitch session on LinkedIn, click here.

About DXC Technology

DXC Technology helps global companies run their mission critical systems and operations while modernising IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world's largest companies and public sector organisations trust DXC to deploy services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at DXC.com.

About Insurtech Australia 

Insurtech Australia is a national, not-for-profit organisation, run for the benefit of our members and partners across all corners of Australia. We are all about supporting and growing the Australian Insurtech community including Insurtech startups, Insurers, Hubs, Accelerators, Investors and advocating on behalf of our members and partners. Insurtech Australia aspires to make Australia one of the world’s leading markets for Insurtech and insurance innovation. We do this by collaborating with insurers, startups, regulators and investors to create the best possible regulatory environment, and by fostering an ecosystem of supportive partners and networks so Insurtech can thrive and grow in Australia.

About UTS Startups

UTS Startups is the home of entrepreneurship at UTS. We inspire students to be entrepreneurs and support them at scale. Develop the skills, knowledge and confidence that you need to explore entrepreneurship in your career.