{"id":16254,"date":"2025-11-25T15:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/blog\/?p=16254"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:35:48","slug":"asian-insurance-giant-cut-test-creation-time-with-cotester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/blog\/asian-insurance-giant-cut-test-creation-time-with-cotester\/","title":{"rendered":"How an Asian Insurance Giant Cut Test Creation Time by 90% with CoTester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the largest and most established insurance companies in Asia relied heavily on manual testing to validate its mission-critical applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the QA team was strong in domain knowledge, they lacked automation expertise, leading to long execution cycles, recurring bottlenecks, and delayed releases during each sprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address these challenges, the company adopted <a href=\"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/cotester\">CoTester<\/a>, the first enterprise-grade AI agent for software testing, to accelerate test creation, reduce dependency on automation specialists, and empower every tester, manual or technical, to build advanced test suites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Challenges Before CoTester: Slow Test Creation, Skill Gaps, and Delayed Sprints<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/solutions\/insurance\">insurance enterprise<\/a> operated across multiple business lines, each with complex workflows that needed continuous validation. But before CoTester, their QA setup struggled with three fundamental issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Complex test cases required deep automation skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many critical insurance workflows, such as policy creation, claims processing, and regulatory compliance journeys, were too complex for the manual team to automate. Each test case required:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Script writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Debugging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These steps often delayed releases and overstretched the automation engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Manual testers couldn\u2019t contribute to automation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the team had strong insurance domain knowledge, they lacked the coding background needed to participate in automation efforts, resulting in a significant execution gap in every sprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Long turnaround time for each release cycle<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Delays in test creation often meant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rollovers to subsequent sprints<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High risk of regression failures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased dependency on UAT for catching issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/blog\/insurance-application-testing\/\">A Comprehensive Guide on Insurance Application Testing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Solution: AI-Assisted Authoring and Self-Healing with CoTester<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The enterprise deployed CoTester across its QA teams, integrating it into existing sprint workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within days, testers began using natural language to describe scenarios, and <a href=\"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/blog\/cotester-by-testgrid\/\">CoTester automatically generated robust test cases<\/a>, complete with data variations, reusable components, and optimized execution logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how CoTester transformed their process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. AI-generated tests in minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CoTester allowed QA members to describe test scenarios in natural language. The AI converted them into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Robust automated test scripts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-driven test variations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reusable components for sprint-to-sprint execution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Self-healing to reduce maintenance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CoTester automatically identified broken locators, optimized flakiness, and improved script reliability, cutting debugging and <a href=\"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/blog\/self-healing-test-automation\/\">self-healing efforts<\/a> by 80%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Upskilling manual testers without coding<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CoTester acted as an intelligent testing coach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explained test logic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suggested improvements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guided testers through advanced scenarios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This transformed previously manual-only testers into AI-assisted <a href=\"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/blog\/test-automation\/\">test automation<\/a> contributors, without requiring any coding skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Accurate execution on TestGrid infrastructure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The insurance enterprise executed all CoTester-created scripts on <a href=\"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/real-device-testing\">TestGrid\u2019s real device cloud<\/a>, ensuring accurate results across device models, OS versions, and network conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Results: Faster Sprints, Higher Coverage, and Fewer Bugs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Reduced test creation time from days to minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Test cases that previously took 3\u20134 days to write, debug, and automate were entirely generated, optimized, and executed by CoTester in under 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. 70% faster sprint-based testing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With CoTester automatically generating and maintaining scripts, sprint cycles became significantly faster, enabling QA to keep up with rapid development without compromises on coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Manual testers successfully upskilled to AI-driven test automation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CoTester served as an AI mentor, guiding manual testers step by step. Within weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Manual testers started generating complex automated test flows without writing code<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>QA bandwidth increased by 40% as dependency on senior automation engineers dropped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The team adopted a more proactive testing strategy within each sprint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. 30% fewer production bugs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With more scenarios automated and broader coverage achieved through CoTester, defect leakage has been reduced significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most importantly, CoTester helped the team eliminate their biggest bottleneck\u2014slow, skill-dependent <a href=\"https:\/\/testgrid.io\/blog\/record-and-playback-testing\/\">test creation<\/a>\u2014and replace it with continuous, AI-driven automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What the Client Had to Say<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBefore CoTester, creating a single automated test took days. Our manual testers couldn\u2019t contribute, and sprints were always running late. With CoTester, tests are generated in minutes and heal themselves. We\u2019ve accelerated every release without hiring a single additional engineer.\u201d \u2014 Head of QA, Leading Asian Insurance Enterprise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why AI-Driven Testing Matters for Modern Insurance Teams<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Insurance applications evolve rapidly: new products, regulatory updates, and policy changes introduce workflow changes every sprint. Manual validation and traditional scripting can\u2019t keep up with this pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With CoTester, enterprises can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Build and maintain automation without coding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eliminate delays caused by script creation and debugging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expand coverage across policy, claims, and compliance flows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accelerate every release cycle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Empower manual testers to contribute to automation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready to accelerate your next sprint?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See how CoTester can help your QA team move faster, increase coverage, and deliver higher-quality releases. <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/damanjeet-singh-testgrid\/meet?month=2025-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book a demo with CoTester<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the largest and most established insurance companies in Asia relied heavily on manual testing to validate its mission-critical applications. 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