Amica.
Amica Mutual Insurance Co. relies on Sycurio
to “insure” superior customer service.
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Customers
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The background.
Amica Mutual Insurance Co. is the oldest mutual insurer of automobiles in the United States. Based in Lincoln, Rhode Island, Amica is a national underwriter of auto, home, marine and umbrella insurance. It also offers life coverage through Amica Life Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary.
Employing more than 3,800 people in 44 offices throughout the U.S., Amica takes pride in putting its customers first, building trust and fostering lasting relationships.
The challenge.
Across Amica’s call centers and branch offices, nearly 1,000 customer service representatives (CSRs) were taking credit card payments for insurance coverage over the phone. This meant that Amica must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which provides guidelines for securing payment card data.
To protect customer credit card information, Amica was tokenizing credit card data – a process that replaced Primary Account Numbers (PAN) with a meaningless equivalent.
Amica was seeking a secure alternative that would simplify the payment workflow while allowing CSRs to seamlessly assist customers.
The solution.
Amica selected Sycurio’s payment security software, Sycurio.Voice, as the best solution for its contact centers. With Sycurio.Voice, Amica customers can make a payment by entering their card details directly into their telephone keypad.
The numbers are not viewable by the CSRs and call recordings use Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) masking. The CSRs remain in full voice communication with the customer and there is no need to transfer customer calls to collect payments, which was another key selling point for customer-centric Amica. Sycurio.Voice then sends card data directly to the payment processor, bypassing Amica’s network completely.
The Sycurio implementation went smoothly, despite requiring a complex integration with Amica’s custom application for managing payment methods. The successful deployment also entailed close collaboration between Amica’s IT infrastructure and voice operations teams to get everything up and running without interruption to normal contact center activities.
“We selected Sycurio for its ease of use and its relatively simple implementation. We especially liked how customers are in constant communication with a CSR while they are on the phone. There’s no transfer to a separate system to make a payment.”
Roberta Gosselin
Vice President of Treasury and Risk Management
Amica
The results.
With Sycurio.Voice deployed across Amica’s entire organization, the insurance company is meeting its goal of providing customers with a new level of data security while ensuring they maintain contact with a live CSR during their payment transaction.
In addition, many Amica CSRs have provided positive feedback on using Sycurio.Voice. When issuing new car insurance policies with the “flawless use” of the solution, one CSR commented, “The customers appreciate the privacy afforded to their card information and the speed at which we can process the payments and policies. It’s a definite game changer.”
By proactively seeking and deploying Sycurio. Voice, Amica demonstrated the importance of acting now rather than delaying its security and compliance efforts, as many organizations do.
“Waiting to address data security and compliance is a financial and reputational risk that’s not worth taking,” Gosselin concluded.
Accomplished.
- Took data security to a new level while maintaining superior customer service standards.
- Allowed Amica’s CSRs to remain in constant contact with the customer throughout the payment process.
“Our customers know that we take credit card protection seriously. It’s another way we provide them with exemplary service. Sycurio really takes us to the next level of data security.”
Gregory Calderiso
Assistant Vice President of Corporate Information Systems
Amica
“The Sycurio team was very responsive and accommodating over the course of our deployment.”
Gregory Calderiso
Assistant Vice President of Corporate Information Systems
Amica
