How we work
From experimenting with emerging technologies to engaging with innovative companies in the startup community, we're making innovation a priority in solving customer problems and preparing for the future.
What's new
Here are some recent examples of our innovation teams at work.
OnRamp Insurance Conference
June 2023
Securian Financial and Allianz Life are co-sponsoring the OnRamp Insurance Conference at Allianz Field in St. Paul, MN. The conference brings together 1000+ attendees from the insurance industry’s leading corporations, investors and startups. The conference highlights innovations disrupting the insurance industry, the leaders making such innovations possible and how new technologies and business models will reinvent the industry.
Learn moreNextGen Lab Tech Summit – Modern and emerging technologies showcased
October 2022
The event, which showcased how Securian Financial is exploring and using emerging technologies, featured hands-on demos, keynote sessions and the opportunity to learn how advancements in technologies including artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and natural language processing are supporting our company and our customers.
Nearly 400 associates participated in the event over the course of three days, attending sessions in-person and virtually on topics including blockchain, quantum computing, using natural language processing for customer insights and augmented and virtual reality.
Realizing a cloud transformation journey in collaboration with Slalom
January 2022
Securian Financial collaborated with Slalom to envision what it means to adopt the cloud from a company-wide perspective, addressing both technical and cultural components. The multi-year cloud journey has yielded faster product innovation and empowered teams to learn and experiment in the AWS cloud.
Read moreSecurian Financial launched Benefit Scout® ChatBot
August 2021
Utilizing artificial intelligence, the Benefit Scout® ChatBot engages with customers in a meaningful way by creating a conversational flow that is continuously learning based on previous interactions and social norming. Benefit Scout ChatBot is a unified experience that provides information and tools to help employees understand and make decisions about their benefits, leading to increased enrollment and improved participation.
Industry consortium completes POC for blockchain claims tool
February 2021
We are a member of The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative™, the risk management and insurance industry’s largest enterprise-level blockchain consortium. RiskStream recently completed a proof of concept of its Mortality Monitor™ application, which would create a decentralized death registry using blockchain to facilitate reliable, secure and traceable exchange of information, with potential to enable faster payment of death claims.
Read more about Mortality Monitor™Innovation teams compete using AWS DeepRacer™
January 2020
In coordination with AWS, Securian hosted an AWS DeepRacer™ event in 2020. AWS DeepRacer™ provides a new way to learn more about Reinforcement Learning and Machine Learning models by teaching a 1/18th scale race car how to drive autonomously around a race track.
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