Insurance IVR automation makes reaching a human impossible
Major insurers have stacked automated phone menus and AI assistants to the point where customers can't reach a human agent. Long-term customers are canceling policies over this friction. The pattern reflects an industry-wide over-investment in cost-cutting automation at the expense of customer access.
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