Background

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance promotes ‘care’ in all aspects of life and business, and has a brand promise of "Caringly Yours" (where it understands the problem people go through and offers solutions). Health insurance is the biggest seller for the brand and health was a top consideration for the audience too, but the conversation around health had shifted in a big way towards negativity because of the pandemic. Need Of The Hour: As a brand that promotes the power of care, how can Bajaj Allianz create or engage with people during lockdown and early stage of pandemic? Our objective was to help people feel connected in a positive manner. We had to engage and connect with the audience in a way that stays true to the brand while being empathetic to the global pandemic scenario.

Describe the strategy

- All conversations around the pandemic were filled with despair and negativity (death toll, lockdown anxiety, vaccine uncertainty). - We hence, chose to strategically use the phenomenon of kindness contagion that says watching kindness inspires acts of kindness (promoted by United Nations for global support generation in pandemic communication). - Historically the anthem - We Shall Overcome, has been invoked in times of crisis and unrest for over 100 years all over the world. - Given the pandemic is a global issue, we chose to make an online globally resonant campaign that brings people from across the world together. - Our approach: An anthem video (Care will Overcome) was made by recreating ‘We shall overcome’ using vocals in 7 international languages, each representing a country from the list of ‘most affected’ (no. of cases) by the pandemic at the time of making the campaign (April 2020).

Describe the execution

- An international team of vocalists and musicians was put together from the 7 countries (Italy, Iran, India, China, United States, Germany, Spain) most affected by coronavirus at that time (April 2020). Each vocalist contributed one paragraph to the anthem. Visuals featured in the video were real on-ground images (sourced from Reuters) from each of the featured countries showing people facing the pandemic with acts of kindness that inspire. Vocals: Delraaz Bunshah – Hindi Zevraan Bunshah - Farsi Ena Marley- Spanish Charlotte- English Spike Ste- Italian Florian- German Cyrus Dot- Mandarian - Released on World Health Day, 7th April - The video went live on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter simultaneously and was promoted to frontline workers and medical professionals globally. - As part of the extension to show hope, we created a virtual human chain on Instagram where people could participate and show their support for Care Will Overcome.

List the results

36 million+ Reach 11 million + Engagement 20 million+ Views 99% Positive Sentiment seen in April 2020 on the Bajaj Allianz General Insurance social pages which continued for over a month and was the most important objective We received approximately 1000+ direct messages and comments from the online audience appreciating the campaign.