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OCTOBER 4, 2022

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax. From delightful consumer experiences to attacking fuel costs and carbon emissions in the global supply chain, real-time data and machine learning (ML) work together to power apps that change industries. New research co-authored by Marco Iansiti, the co-founder of the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School, sheds further light on how a data platform with robust real-time capabilities contribute to delivering competitive, ML-driven e

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CXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Since 2015, clothing brand ASOS has grown revenue by an average of 22% year over year. Not for lack of competition, but as the result of a carefully designed ecommerce marketing strategy. This is what drives growth for online stores like ASOS, despite existing in a saturated market. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a powerful ecommerce marketing strategy using customer research and messaging development, and how to use it to determine which marketing tactics will best reach your target

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Parting may be a sweet sorrow, but it can be inevitable when a CIO detects a tell-tale sign that a quick and clean employment departure represents the best course of action. Most CIOs at one time or another have found themselves working at an enterprise that has seriously altered course, lost its focus, neglected competitiveness, or changed in some other significantly detrimental way.

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Dataversity

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The rise of data lakes and adjacent patterns such as the data lakehouse has given data teams increased agility and the ability to leverage major amounts of data. However, this ability comes with potential consequences. Constantly evolving data privacy legislation and the impact of major cybersecurity breaches has led to the call for responsible data […].

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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The CIO has a real ability to achieve a competitive advantage for its business through data. This is the underlying purpose of the digital transformation exercises that have been so significant to IT in recent years. For the CIO to be successful with this, there needs to be a comprehensive strategy that extends far beyond simply deploying new technologies.

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Elegant BI

OCTOBER 4, 2022

How Do I Know if I Need to Integrate Analytics with My Tally ERP Solution? You made sure you gave your business users the software they need to support their business function. Tally® ERP is popular among your team members. Accountants are using the appropriate module to enter data and print reports. Inventory managers are managing stock, and purchasing managers are coordinating suppliers, supplies and expenses.

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Weidert Group

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Content is king. Yet, even the king needs to deliver messages the right way. In today’s digital age of ever-available, consumable content, a solid strategy for content delivery is a must, with these two tactics leading the way: content distribution and content promotion. Too often seen as interchangeable, there is a difference, and it’s important to understand what each means.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The end of the Great Resignation — the latest buzzword referring to a record number of people quitting their jobs since the pandemic — seems to be nowhere in sight. “New employee expectations, and the availability of hybrid arrangements, will continue to fuel the rise in attrition. An individual organization with a turnover rate of 20% before the pandemic could face a turnover rate as high as 24% in 2022 and the years to come,” says Piers Hudson, senior director in the Gartner HR practice.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Wink office will be closed on Monday, October 10th in observance of the holiday. . The post Wink office will be closed on Monday, October 10 appeared first on Wink.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In the digital age, customers expect seamless experiences from the brands they do business with, regardless of where or how they buy goods and services. Customers gravitate to personalized interactions and show a preference for companies that anticipate and cater to their unmet needs. PwC research found that customers are willing to pay a 16% price premium on products and services associated with great experiences – but one in three customers say they’ll walk away from a beloved brand after just

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Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Equitable Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: EQH) announced today that it has successfully closed the transaction between the Company’s principal operating subsidiary Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company and Global Atlantic Financial Group subsidiary, First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company. The transaction reinsures 1 a 50% quota share of pre-2009 Group Retirement VA contracts supported by approximately $4 billion of general account asse

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Your customers expect their payment experiences to be simple, secure, and consistent, whether they’re buying online, on their devices, or in store. They also want to pay the way that best suits them. Customers are increasingly adopting alternative payment methods, such as eChecks and digital wallets. However, all that choice has made the payment environment increasingly complex.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

RADNOR, Pa.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) announced today that Jim O’Boyle will join as senior vice president and head of Life & Annuity Operations, effective Nov. 1. In this role, O’Boyle will focus on accelerating the company’s efforts to enhance customer experience and continue to improve internal operating efficiency.

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Domo

OCTOBER 4, 2022

One of the big challenges today with data is that we just have too much of it. While we may be able to access that data, it can be hard to easily find the data that is relevant. Domo helps solve part of this problem by bringing data at scale into a single platform. However, sometimes we need to make data even more easily accessible to a basic user.

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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

RADNOR, Pa.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) announced today that Sharon Scanlon, senior vice president, Customer Experience and Transformation, Producer Solutions and Retirement Plan Services Operations, has been recognized by Profiles in Diversity Journal on its 2022 Women Worth Watching list. The prestigious award recognizes dynamic women who have made significant contributions to their industry and exhibit excellence in the workplace and the marketplace.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

For nearly two years, consumer concerns about COVID-19 and the economy went hand in hand. However, the two concerns diverged more recently as fears about the virus waned this year and the flailing economy took center stage. LIMRA’s quarterly Consumer Sentiment in the Time of COVID-19 study found only 29% of Americans expressed a high level of concern about COVID-19 in July 2022, down from 50% just six months earlier. .

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Allianz Investment Management LLC (AllianzIM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life ® ), announces new upside Caps for the October series of its U.S. Large Cap Buffered Outcome Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) suite. The series includes two ETFs with a twelve-month Outcome Period: the AllianzIM U.S.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–The Pacific Life Foundation has awarded five $15,000 college scholarships through Life Happens ( www.LifeHappens.org ) and its annual Life Lessons Scholarship Program to aid the financial burden of students who have lost a parent without life insurance. The scholarships are part of September’s Life Insurance Awareness Month , designed to help educate individuals on the importance and benefits of life insurance.

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

. . LOUISVILLE, Ky.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–DPL Financial Partners (“DPL”) announced today that its two outside investors, Eldridge and Atlas Merchant Capital, have invested an additional $20 million (combined) in the turnkey insurance management platform for registered investment advisors. The new equity commitment coincides with DPL surpassing $1 billion in commission-free annuity purchases by advisors on behalf of their clients.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

OLDWICK, N.J.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–An active year for mergers and acquisitions in 2021 and large block reinsurance transactions led to a 41% increase in admitted assets owned by private equity firms in 2021, according to a new AM Best special report. In its Best’s Special Report , “Private Equity Continues to Make Inroads in Insurance Industry,” AM Best states that as life/annuity insurers’ earnings have been pressured, with capital that has been strained due to reserve adjustments,

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

RADNOR, Pa.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) today announced a new partnership between Lincoln Financial Distributors (LFD), its wholesale distribution franchise, and Modern Life , a tech-enabled life insurance brokerage. The partnership will enable Lincoln’s life insurance product portfolio to be delivered on Modern Life’s digital platform, providing an improved digital end-to-end experience – an important pillar of both companies’ shared commitment to innovati

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

ST. PAUL, Minn.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–To provide greater assistance to employees growing their families, Securian Financial—in a first among insurance carriers 1 —is adding “BenefitBump” as a value-added service. 2 The BenefitBump service can be used with Securian Financial’s group hospital indemnity insurance issued by Securian Life Insurance Company.

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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

OLDWICK, N.J.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–September’s Best’s Review looks at the U.S. life/health insurance industry in Total Life Issued Down in 2021; Ordinary Life Climbs in Mixed Year , which includes Best’s Rankings for: 2021 Ordinary Life Average Policy Size and Lapse Ratios — 2022 Edition. Group Life Issued — 2022 Edition. Group Life In Force — 2022 Edition.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

NEWARK, N.J.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–For the second year in a row, Prudential Financial, Inc. ( NYSE: PRU ), in collaboration with Playbill , Times Square Alliance, and The Broadway League, is proud to be the title sponsor of the Curtain Up Broadway Festival. The free, three-day outdoor event will take place Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 in the heart of Times Square and celebrates Broadway, a cultural icon that drives inclusion and economic growth in New York City and beyond.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

HAMILTON, Bermuda–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Monument Re announced today that AME Life Lux S.A. will merge into Monument Assurance Luxembourg S.A. following receipt of regulatory approval from the Commissariat aux Assurances. As a result, Monument Assurance Luxembourg S.A. will be the sole Monument Luxembourg entity following the merger. Monument Re Limited is a reinsurer and asset consolidator with a proven track record in the acquisition and operation of portfolios or direct insurers in Eu

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

DES MOINES, Iowa–( BUSINESS WIRE )–The Principal Charity Classic today announced its 2022 tournament raised more than $8.2 million in support of Iowa children’s charities, surpassing the event’s previous record of $7.3 million set in 2021. The annual PGA TOUR Champions event in Des Moines has now raised more than $45.6 million for Iowa children’s charities since Principal Financial Group ® became the title sponsor in 2007.

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (Brighthouse Financial) (Nasdaq: BHF) announced today that it plans to hold a conference call and audio webcast to discuss its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The call will follow the issuance of the Brighthouse Financial third quarter 2022 earnings release and financial supplement on Monday, November 7, 2022, after market close.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Company’s Black Founder Accelerator Program expands to 20 businesses nationwide with the addition of five promising tech startups. MILWAUKEE , Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Northwestern Mutual, in partnership with gener8tor, today announced the addition of five dynamic tech startups to its Black Founder Accelerator, an initiative launched to provide targeted resources and financing to promising Black entrepreneurs.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS , Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – RBC Wealth Management is teaming up with Transamerica and FuturePlan by Ascensus to introduce an innovative new pooled plan retirement solution for U.S. business owners called RBC Group Retirement Plan (GRP). According to a 2021 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , just 53% of private industry employers with less than 100 workers offered a retirement savings plan, while 91% of employers with 100 or more workers had a retirement pl

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 4, 2022

These Providers Make it Easy to Begin Doing Business with Them. MARLBOROUGH, Mass. , Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — DALBAR ‘s 2022 review of Universal Life consumer web experiences identifies Nationwide, USAA, Thrivent, Lincoln Financial and Prudential as leaders in addressing clients’ and prospects’ self-service needs. Demystifying the complexities of life insurance for those seeking protection solutions is essential to clients feeling assured that they are making the

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In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.

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