Crayon
MARCH 29, 2022
There’s no denying that 2021 was a troubling year for the supply chain (2022 hasn’t been much better). Catastrophic events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage disrupted supply chains around the world. These events strained the flow of raw materials and goods, slowing down manufacturing.
Smart Data Collective
MARCH 29, 2022
If you’re in the business of helping others, then you need to be in the business of data. In the world of data stacking, which is the theory of data organizing, there are two concepts that center around it: Fact table vs dimension table. This is the topic of harnessing data in a manner that is accessible, and tangible has been posited by many. Entire professions and teams have been built around data analytics and interpretations, an obstacle that has left all but those with enough capital and re
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Zoominfo
MARCH 29, 2022
For an industry committed to innovation, you’d think tech companies would have better employment representation across minority groups. But Black representation remains staggeringly low at the majority of tech companies, where less than 5% of employees are Black. That number drops to less than 2% for Black women. “We know that gender and racial diversity creates higher quality products, companies, and sectors,” said Nicole McAllister, a customer onboarding manager at ZoomInfo.
Netbasequid
MARCH 29, 2022
Leveraging social media means being where your audience is – and for almost every brand or business in 2022, that means Instagram. This isn’t a shocking revelation when you consider how photo-obsessed we’ve become in the digital age – with every smartphone sporting increasingly sophisticated cameras to answer busy consumers’ need to capture moments and communicate life happenings succinctly.
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Domo
MARCH 29, 2022
Data continues to explode—and for many organizations, that’s a major problem. Not because there’s some kind of law of diminishing returns on data as volume increases. But because lots of companies just don’t have the tools to keep pace. “BI (business intelligence) got us all a little closer to the promise of better data leading to better results,” Domo’s new CEO , John Mellor (pictured), said during the opening segment of Domopalooza 2022 ’s virtual keynote.
Netbasequid
MARCH 29, 2022
Leveraging social media means being where your audience is – and for almost every brand or business in 2022, that means Instagram. This isn’t a shocking revelation when you consider how photo-obsessed we’ve become in the digital age – with every smartphone sporting increasingly sophisticated cameras to answer busy consumers’ need to capture moments and communicate life happenings succinctly.
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Dataversity
MARCH 29, 2022
Data integration challenges are becoming more difficult as the volume of data available to large organizations continues to increase. Business leaders clearly understand that their data is of critical value but the volume, velocity, and variety of data available today is daunting. Faced with these challenges, companies are looking for solutions with a scalable, high-performing […].
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
American International Group has given its Life & Retirement business a new name — Corebridge Financial — and filed a preliminary registration for a planned Corebridge stock offering with the SEC. AIG says it expects to sell a large minority stake in Corebridge, through an initial public offering. The shares sold would trade on the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol “CRBG.”.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
Automation and machine learning have digitized core processes and enabled independent marketing organizations to reevaluate their role. Traditional insurance processes such as underwriting are overhauled by algorithms, and practice and management planning tools are becoming platform based. As a result, IMOs with the appetite and ability to analyze big data and accurately forecast customer product and channel engagement demands will outsmart the competition.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
American International Group on Monday announced a money management deal with BlackRock, for up to $150 billion in assets, on its way to a separation from the AIG Life & Retirement business. AIG said that it has formed “significant partnerships” with BlackRock in connection with the deal. Click HERE to read the full story via ThinkAdvisor. The post AIG Makes $150B BlackRock Deal on Way to Life & Retirement Separation appeared first on Wink.
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Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
After a nine-day trial, a jury on Monday in the Northern District of Georgia ruled in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission against a former registered representative of LPL Financial LLC and Keystone Capital Partners, a firm he co-founded. Gurbir Grewal, director of the SEC Division of Enforcement, said in a statement that the SEC is pleased with the jury’s verdict holding former registered rep Jonathan Dax Cooke and Keystone Capital Partners Inc., known as Federal Employee Benefit Co
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
I just sat on a call the other day, learning about a new fee-based life insurance product that Nationwide has rolled out. Given that I am a relatively new learner when it comes to the fee-based market, I wanted to ask all of you if you have heard of the following features in a no-load product before: – VUL with the cost of the life insurance protection isolated from the investment in the separate account; – No sales loads or surrender charges; – Advisory fees can be taken from
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
Fidelity National Financial Inc. is back in the spinoff business. The Jacksonville-based title insurance company, which has a history of buying and spinning off other businesses, announced a plan March 16 for its F&G Annuities & Life subsidiary to become a publicly traded company. Fidelity, which acquired F&G’s parent company for $2.7 billion in June 2020, will give its shareholders 15% of F&G and retain an 85% interest in the business.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
Wink released 4Q2021 deferred annuity sales, peeps! LINE OF BUSINESS SALES % CHNG QTR / % CHNG YR. All deferred annuities $60.92 B 1.73% / 8.19%. Non-variable deferred $28.64 B -1.96% / -0.46%. Indexed annuities $16.94 B -2.31% / 12.30%. Fixed annuities $486.90 M 34.97% / 2.69%. MYG annuities $11.21 B -2.58% / -15.14%. Variable deferred $32.27 B 5.24% / 17.23%.
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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
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley today announced results from the most recent wave of StreetWise, the E*TRADE quarterly tracking study of experienced investors and traders. In recognition of Women’s History Month, the study looked at female trading trends: Confidence climbs. Over half of female investors (51%) said they feel confident that they are making the right decisions for their portfolios—up 6 percentage points from Q1 2021.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
Morgan Stanley securities analysts are assuming that the current quarter has been another terrible period for COVID-19 mortality in the United States. If that prediction is correct, the U.S. pandemic death total will be down from about 192,000 in the first quarter of 2021, but up from 129,000 in the fourth quarter of 2021, and up from about 120,000 in the third quarter of 2021.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
Camp Hill, Pa. – (March 28, 2022) – In these times when expertise is elusive, InsuranceNewsNet, a pioneer in insurance news and marketing, is refining its two decades of innovation into a new platform of services designed to convert deep institutional knowledge into client success – the Insurance & Financial Media Network (IFMN). IFMN combines InsuranceNewsNet, AdvisorNews, First Class Data and Ignite Marketing under one umbrella to provide deeper market insight and seamless service to alig
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
Insurers writing variable annuities in New York will want to focus on newly proposed requirements from the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) on separate account contracts. In guidance published on March 16 (Fourth Amendment to Regulation 47, 11 NYCRR 50, available here ), DFS has proposed new rules for such products issued on or after Sept. 1, 2022 (referred to in this alert as New Issuances).
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Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
Equitable Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: EQH) announced that its AllianceBernstein (NYSE: AB) subsidiary has agreed to acquire CarVal Investors L.P., an established global private alternatives investment manager with $14.3 billion in assets under management (AUM). Click HERE to read the full story via RIJ. The post Equitable to buy CarVal, a $14.3bn alt-assets manager appeared first on Wink.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
TOPEKA, Kan. & MONTREAL–( BUSINESS WIRE )– SE2 , an Eldridge business and leading life and annuity insurance technology and services company, today announced the strategic acquisition of Breathe Life , a new business hybrid distribution and digital engagement platform provider for the life insurance industry. The transaction expands SE2’s end-to-end SaaS solutions to help carriers offer a digital buying experience that exceeds customers’ expectations and reduces operational cost
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
LANSING, Mich.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Jackson National Life Insurance Company ® (Jackson ® ), the main operating subsidiary of Jackson Financial Inc. 1 (NYSE: JXN), today announced it is teaming up with Producers Choice Network ® (PCN) to offer its advisory annuity products to the more than 6,500 investment advisor representatives (IARs) served through PCN’s outsourced insurance desk (OID).
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )–AIG Life & Retirement today announced that it has received the Customer Experience Excellence Award from DALBAR, a leading independent expert for evaluating, auditing and rating business practices, customer performance, product quality and service. DALBAR’s Customer Experience Excellence Award is a recognition of a company’s ability to deliver exceptional customer service across multiple channels and touchpoints, including statements, phone, mobile and
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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.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
OLDWICK, N.J.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) of “aa-” (Superior) of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company (Penn Mutual Life) (Horsham, PA) and its wholly owned subsidiaries, The Penn Insurance and Annuity Company (Wilmington, DE), Vantis Life Insurance Company (Windsor, CT) and The Penn Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (Brewster, NY).
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. , March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ameritas President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Lester announces the following officer elections. Kelly Allsup was elected second vice president, financial reporting and accounting, effective Dec. 28, 2021. Previously at Transamerica Corporation, Allsup holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Northern Iowa , and a Master of Accountancy from the University of Iowa.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
NEW YORK , March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Foundry’s CIO has named TIAA a 2022 CIO 100 Awards winner. For more than 30 years, the CIO 100 Awards have recognized innovative organizations worldwide that exemplify the highest level of strategic and operational excellence in IT. “We’re proud of our commitment to delivering innovative solutions for our clients,” said Sastry Durvasula , TIAA Chief Information & Client Services Officer. “This CIO 100 Award is a
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
CHICAGO , March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Halo Investing (“Halo”), an award-winning platform for protective investments, today announced that Pacific Life has joined its growing digital annuities platform. Halo streamlines execution and management across the annuity lifecycle for advisors and offers different annuity options and strategies from the world’s leading carriers.
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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.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. , March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Midwest Holding Inc. (“Midwest”) (NASDAQ: MDWT ), today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021. Fourth Quarter 2021 Highlights: GAAP net loss was $7.0 million compared with the $11.9 million net loss recorded in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America unveiled the Guardian Secure Index Annuity, with an optional guaranteed living benefit rider – the Guardian Income Magnifier Rider, which is issued by its wholly owned subsidiary, The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (GIAC). With the introduction of the Guardian Secure Index Annuity, the company has expanded its pipeline of annuity options that help mitigate market volatility and longevity risk, the insurer announced in a news release.
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )–American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today announced Directors for the Board of Directors (Board) of Corebridge Financial, Inc. as it continues to prepare its Life & Retirement business to be a standalone company. “Demonstrating another important milestone toward the separation of Life & Retirement from AIG, I am pleased to announce a group of accomplished, experienced and highly credible Directors for Corebridge Financial, the previously
Wink Intel
MARCH 29, 2022
NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )–American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today announced that it plans to rebrand SAFG Retirement Services, Inc., the parent company of its Life & Retirement business, as Corebridge Financial, Inc. when it becomes a public company. “Today’s announcement represents continued progress as we prepare our Life & Retirement business to be a standalone company,” said Peter Zaffino, Chairman & CEO, AIG.
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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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