CIO
AUGUST 14, 2023
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is the largest tribe in the US, with more than 460,000 citizens living across a 7,000-square-mile reservation in Oklahoma and around the world. As a widespread community, when COVID-19 struck, Cherokee Nation’s IT services department knew it needed a way to connect citizens digitally with government services, emergency relief, COVID-19 aid, and other vital resources for support.
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 14, 2023
Big data has significantly changed countless industries around the world. The pharmaceutical industry is no exception. One of the biggest ways that big data is changing the pharmaceutical industry is that it is changing the nature of drug regulatory agencies. The changes brought on by big data have already had a huge impact on the pharmaceutical regulatory landscape in Europe and will continue to change the way regulators in other countries operate.
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CIO
AUGUST 14, 2023
Digi-Key Electronics was digital before digital was even a buzzword. The company launched in 1972 to provide electronic components and automation products to design engineers. Instead of putting salespeople on the ground, we pioneered a business model built around mail-order catalog sales. Before long, we expanded into online sales and, today, Digi-Key offers the world’s largest selection of electronic components that are both in-stock and available for immediate shipment.
Dataversity
AUGUST 14, 2023
Companies are driving ahead with data transformation – but many run into challenges right from the start. So, where are they going off track? First, it’s important to define what it means to be data-driven. Data-driven organizations not only collect data, they collect the right data and use it to inform all decisions made across the business. These […] The post A Data-Driven Organization Requires Everyone’s Hands on the Wheel appeared first on DATAVERSITY.
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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
AUGUST 14, 2023
This is the story of how one aromatics leader found a way to make a digital bouquet in the cloud. With 128 international companies under its corporate umbrella, China’s largest aromatics enterprise, the Huabao Group , has struggled with updating its technology to meet the challenges and opportunities that come with rapid growth. Up until 2021, it often fell short – and for good reason.
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CIO
AUGUST 14, 2023
Innovation and agility are key indicators of business success. For many enterprises, the focus is on modernizing and transforming their operations to innovate and stay agile – all with an eye on growth and embracing new opportunities. “Every company today is a technology company. The question is, how do we provide the right technology and ease of use so our customers can gain a competitive advantage and solve their business challenges?
Netbasequid
AUGUST 14, 2023
Companies need proper tools, techniques, and talented teams to succeed—and also, an AI-powered competition analysis tool! Using this tool, you can uncover important insights about how your competition operates and its performance. Without it, you risk everything on guesswork. We’ll talk briefly about how to use these tools and the key features they must have.
CIO
AUGUST 14, 2023
When it comes to IT projects, Daragh Mahon likes to think small. The CIO of transportation and logistics company Werner Enterprises has spent the bulk of his career doing full-blown transformation projects that often took two or three years to complete and ended up being a “massive, monolithic platform.” But by then, the business requirements had changed, “and frankly, it doesn’t work,’’ Mahon says.
Vable
AUGUST 14, 2023
It’s nearly that time of year again! We are ready to introduce new joiners, trainees and students to their library and information training. Over the past few years, we have seen a revolution in innovative knowledge sharing - remote learning, interactive sessions, virtual reality tours, and creative ways of keeping people engaged. Vable has also been exploring short webinars and looking at ways to inspire learning and development.
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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.
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
American National Insurance is continuing what it says is an effort to cancel life insurance policies obtained by people who used fraudulent applications to take out life insurance on unrelated people. The insurer has asked for court permission to cancel a life insurance policy owned by Michelle Sherlock of North Augusta, South Carolina, in a complaint filed last week in South Carolina District Court and available on Law.com Radar.
CIO
AUGUST 14, 2023
comdivision and VMware show how leading-edge cloud solutions help customers gain a competitive lead in their industries For more than 25 years, comdivision has drawn from its deep well of infrastructure knowledge to help organizations gain business value from leading-edge technologies. And for the majority of that time, the company has done it in partnership with VMware.
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
Changes in some life insurers’ sales and marketing strategies might have shaped U.S. individual life insurance application activity in July. MIB Group, an organization that helps life insurers share some of the information used in the life insurance underwriting process, found that overall individual life application activity was 0.6% lower than in July 2022.
Zoominfo
AUGUST 14, 2023
After more than two decades of market saturation, trends across B2B SaaS are shifting toward consolidation. Why? Necessity. Sales and marketing professionals are overwhelmed with data, tools, and services. In a recent industry survey , virtually every CMO said they were using at least 10 separate data providers, with more than half using 14 or more data sources.
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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
AUGUST 14, 2023
The Federal Reserve Board is recruiting members for its Insurance Policy Advisory Committee, or IPAC, according to a Fed notice that’s set to be published in the Federal Register. Traditionally, the Fed has focused on regulating banks. IPAC helps the Fed understand the insurance industry. Click HERE to read the full story via ThinkAdvisor The post Fed Seeks Life Insurance Experts for Advisory Panel appeared first on Wink.
Dataversity
AUGUST 14, 2023
Data contracts are formal agreements between a data provider and a data consumer. They abstractly describe the data as well as the exchange structure, format, and characteristics and schema of information. Why is a data contract required? Data contracts establish guidelines and rules for data sharing, storage, deletion, or archival. Moreover, they ensure that the data […] The post Do Enterprise Data Contracts Require Data Democratization?
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
Executives at Brighthouse Financial are predicting that competition in the market for registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) will continue to grow. RILAs, which are sometimes called index-linked variable annuities, are variable annuities that tie crediting rates to the performance of investment indexes, not to menus of mutual funds. Click HERE to read the full story via ThinkAdvisor The post Brighthouse Executive Expects RILA Market to Get More Competitive appeared first on Wink.
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
Executives from Jackson Financial said Wednesday that registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) appeal to a somewhat different market than the other annuities the company writes. “The average age of a RILA policyholder is five years younger than our traditional variable annuity buyer,” Jackson CEO Laura Prieskorn told securities analysts during a conference call.
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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
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
Nationwide is going outside to expand its annuity menu. The Columbus, Ohio-based, policyholder-owned insurer said it will court registered investment advisors by offering them fee-based, non-variable indexed annuities from Massachusetts Mutual Life’s MassMutual Ascend unit. Click HERE To read the full story via ThinkAdvisor The post Nationwide to Distribute MassMutual Indexed Annuities for RIAs appeared first on Wink.
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
Annuities can be a great tool for many clients looking to build a retirement income stream. They offer a number of potential advantages, but also disadvantages, and are not always the right retirement income solution for a client. Still, annuities can take many forms and come with a range of options that make them a good fit for many investors. It’s simply a matter of finding the right annuity to match your client’s unique situation.
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
With each passing year, the gig economy continues to grow, with some estimates projecting that by 2027, 86.5 million people in the U.S. will be freelancing. As contract workers instead of employees, most of them won’t have access to any traditional employee benefits. For life insurers, this is a massive opportunity to tap into a new market, because while freelancers hear about health insurance all the time, almost no one is talking to them about life insurance.
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
Term life insurance is commonly perceived as a financial shield, a measure put in place to safeguard a family’s financial future should an untimely event occur. Many agents have underwritten hundreds, if not thousands, of term life insurance policies with the primary objective of protecting their clients’ assets. The premise is simple yet profound: to ensure the beneficiaries or dependents are not left in a financial bind if the family’s primary earner dies unexpectedly.
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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
AUGUST 14, 2023
The role of captive insurance companies has undergone a remarkable metamorphosis in the ever-evolving landscape of modern business. Captive insurance has transcended traditional risk mitigation to become true pioneers of financial empowerment. Much like the transformative journey of banks, captive insurance companies now play a pivotal role in enabling businesses to safeguard their assets while actively managing risks, unlocking untapped financial potential and securing a path to lasting success
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
Brighthouse Financial Inc., one of the nation’s largest providers of annuities and life insurance, surprised investors a bit this week with what it said was “solid” second quarter financial results, buoyed by increased life insurance sales and some accounting wizardry. The company reported an adjusted net income of $271 million, or $4.13 per share, (a loss of $175 million before accounting for non-recurring costs) compared with $144 million, or $1.91 per share, beating Wall Street estimates by $
Wink Intel
AUGUST 14, 2023
Jackson Financial touted progress in the second quarter rebuilding its annuity suite to compete better in a strong sales market. During a conference call with analysts today, CEO Laura Prieskorn pointed to several positive developments in the second quarter: Click HERE to read the full story via INN The post Jackson Financial touts indexed-linked annuity sales gains in Q2 appeared first on Wink.
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