BiPRO standards in open insurance: 5 important points to take away

BiPRO e.V. (Industry Institute for Process Optimization) is a standardization body in the insurance industry that aims to simplify and standardize communication and data exchange between insurance companies and other financial industry players. BiPRO plays a crucial role in Open Finance / Open Insurance (including FiDA), as it serves as a common framework for interoperability between different systems and platforms.

BiPRO is FiDA-Ready!

Why is the BiPRO standard important?

The importance of the BiPRO standard in Open Insurance lies in its ability to promote interoperability, efficiency and innovation in the industry. Here are some reasons why the BiPRO standard is crucial:

1. Interoperability:

BiPRO provides a unified framework for interoperability between different insurance systems and platforms. By setting clear guidelines and standards for data exchange and communication, BiPRO enables data and services to be seamlessly exchanged between different providers. This makes it easier to integrate systems and services, enabling insurance companies to collaborate more efficiently and implement innovations more quickly.

2. Efficiency:

By adhering to the BiPRO standard, insurance companies can streamline their business processes and make them more efficient. By adhering to common best practices and standards, they can reduce costs, reduce errors, and improve the speed of data processing and transmission. This leads to overall more efficient operations and better customer service.

3. Innovation:

BiPRO promotes innovation by providing a framework for the development and adoption of new technologies and solutions in the insurance industry. By providing clear guidelines and specifications for data exchange and communication, BiPRO enables insurance companies to develop and bring new products and services to market more quickly. This promotes the competitiveness of the industry and contributes to the development of new and innovative solutions.

4. Security:

Compliance with the BiPRO standard contributes to the security of insurance data and transactions. By establishing clear guidelines for secure data exchange and communication, BiPRO helps minimize the risk of data loss, fraud and unauthorized access. This creates trust among policyholders and other stakeholders and helps maintain the integrity and credibility of the industry.

5. Sustainability

Compliance with the BiPRO standard enables insurance companies to optimize their business processes and work more efficiently. By using standardized communication protocols and data exchange formats, companies can save time and resources that would otherwise be needed to integrate different systems and platforms. This helps reduce the industry’s environmental footprint by minimizing energy consumption and waste.

Summary

Overall, the BiPRO standard is an important part of Open Insurance, promoting interoperability, efficiency, innovation and security in the insurance industry. By providing a unified framework for communication and data exchange, BiPRO enables insurance companies to work more efficiently, innovate faster and ensure the security of their data. It is important that insurance companies and other industry stakeholders support and actively participate in the BiPRO standard in order to fully realize the potential of Open Insurance and move the industry forward.

FiDA

BiPRO is FIDA-Ready!

BiPRO focuses on process optimization, standardization and community. The BiPRO standards have created an industry-wide, generally recognized market standard that enables sustainable digitalization of the insurance industry.

Thanks to the large BiPRO community, Germany is becoming a pioneer of digital insurance communication in the EU, while other countries and initiatives essentially have to start from scratch when it comes to standardization.

The BiPRO data model and the specifications of the interfaces already largely cover the requirements of FiDA, including with regard to end customer processes and customer data. The industry-wide implementation of data transmission is well advanced for most members.

Member companies

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Years of work

The BiPRO community consists of more than 300 member companies.

Together, the essential processes of the insurance industry were standardized.

BiPRO community drives digitalization of the industry.

The association has been supporting its community with know-how for almost 20 years.

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