CASE STUDY - COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL

Nearly $400K Savings Amid Industry Challenges

How Procurement Australia’s expertise secured better insurance coverage, service, and savings for a leading dairy company.

Commercial Case Study
Cost Savings

Nearly $400K Savings

Achieved nearly $400,000 in premium savings, breaking the cycle of year-on-year pricing increases.

Coverage

Improved Insurance Coverage

Enhanced coverage addressing major gaps revealed during the Request-For-Proposal process.

Elevated

Elevated Service Standards

Secured innovative broker services and strategies, leading to more efficient and cost-effective risk management.

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BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW

Revisiting Insurance Strategies for Growth

A popular Australian dairy company, known for manufacturing and exporting a wide range of products such as ice cream, yoghurt, and cottage cheese, engaged Insure Right to oversee a comprehensive review of their insurance strategies.

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THE CHALLENGE

Adapting Insurance to Fuel Ambitious Growth

Established in the early 1900s, the company had grown into a leading brand in the Foodservice, QSR, Industrial, and B2B sectors. And while satisfied with the performance of their incumbent broker, years had passed since they  last tested the market and, given their ambitious growth plans, they felt it was important to revisit their insurance arrangements.

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THE SOLUTION

Strategic Request-For-Proposal Approach for Enhanced Insurance Solutions

Following an initial round-table discussion to workshop potential strategies with the client’s key executives, it was agreed that our Request for Proposal (RFP) tender management service would be the best course of action.

This appealed to the client for several reasons. Firstly, it allowed them to capitalise on the knowledge, market intelligence, and technical input of multiple insurance brokers to measure the quality of their insurance program.

Secondly, the client would not be forced to change from their incumbent broker to benefit from the SOC process. The client was able to tap into the expertise of the competing brokers while positioning themselves to retain their long-term broker (if they elected to), who had developed an intimate knowledge of their business throughout their many years of working together.

Lastly, they saw it as an excellent corporate governance exercise demonstrating that proper due diligence had been carried out in managing the company’s insurable risks to senior executives and board members.

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The Result

Achieving Superior Coverage, Innovation and Savings

Each broker submitted a high-quality proposal, providing detailed analysis and insights into the client’s insurance program. This process revealed several major gaps in coverage, along with solutions to address them.

Notably, all brokers demonstrated their ability to think creatively, offering innovative strategies to help the client manage their insurable risks more efficiently and cost-effectively, including alternative risk transfer solutions that can be used to compliment the more traditional forms of insurance.

Ultimately, the client moved away from their long-term provider and appointed a new broker who delivered a vastly improved insurance program. They also managed to break the cycle of the year-on-year pricing increases that the client had experienced in previous years and deliver sizeable cost savings of almost $400,000 at a time when many of their peers were still experiencing increases of 10% - 15%.

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A Partnership Driving Sustainable Success

Partnering with Procurement Australia provided the dairy company with the expertise, clarity, and cost efficiency required to transform its insurance strategy. The expertly managed RFP process delivered significant cost savings while ensuring improved coverage and broker services, setting the company up for sustained success in a challenging industry landscape.

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