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MARCH 12, 2024

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others. Still, gen AI for software development is in the nascent stages, so technology leaders and software teams can expect to encounter bumps in the road.

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Smart Data Collective

MARCH 12, 2024

AI technology is reshaping the way we experience music. Learn how AI can transform your music journey and take it to new heights!

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CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

It’s common knowledge among CIOs that disaster recovery investments are always de-prioritized by company boards — until disaster strikes. But disaster recovery is just one example of projects that are of an important and preemptive nature that CIOs want to fund but find de-prioritized when it comes to budget approval. Others include preparation for zero-day attacks, almost anything having to do with data stewardship, as well as IT training and social engineering audits.

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Domo

MARCH 12, 2024

We spend much of the year planning Domopalooza and trying to find the most innovative, curious, creative people to join us in Salt Lake City to talk everything Domo. That means we’ve also spent time trying to understand who isn’t the best fit for Domopalooza. With the conference coming up soon, we want you to be able to make an informed decision. There are plenty of reasons you shouldn’t attend Domopalooza 2024 —here are our top five. 1.

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CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

Workflow automation software provider Creatio has added a suite of generative AI capabilities to its customer relationship management (CRM) offerings. The new generative AI features include Copilot, the generative AI-based assistant, and Copilot Designer, a centralized workplace where enterprise users can tweak pre-built Copilot scenarios to suit their business requirements, akin to Salesforce’s Einstein 1 Studio.

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CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

Government and public sector agencies are already exploring the potential of generative AI in delivering more effective services from the inside. As AI technologies and practices mature, however, we’re likely to see more projects that transform the citizen experience. New research by McGuire Research Services for Avanade shows that 98% of government and public service organisations believe that citizens prefer to engage with them via new technologies like AI.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

— FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION — NEWS RELEASE INDEXED LIFE SALES BREAK RECORDS Wink, Inc. Releases Fourth Quarter, 2023 Life Sales Results Des Moines, Iowa. March 12, 2024 – Wink, Inc. released the fourth quarter, 2023 life sales results in its 106 th edition of Wink’s Sales & Market Report. Wink’s Sales & Market Report is the insurance industry’s #1 resource for life insurance sales data, since 1997.

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CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

Oracle’s latest financial report boasts substantial increases in revenue, net income, and earnings per share, largely thanks to cloud sales, which the company was quick to credit to the rise of AI. The report for Q3 of fiscal 2024, released yesterday, said that Oracle had signed multiple large-scale cloud infrastructure contracts in the previous three months, with no end in sight, as CEO Safra Catz touted the company’s bright prospects in cloud.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

BELLEVUE, Wash.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Symetra Financial Corporation received a 2024 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award from the Bank Insurance & Securities Association (BISA), which annually recognizes the successful diversity efforts of organizations from the financial services industry. “Symetra is honored to receive this recognition from BISA.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Empower your stakeholders with our new feature, personal alerts from dashboards in InfoDesk.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

WASHINGTON , March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A new survey commissioned by CFP Board reveals that nearly 97% of Americans agree that the financial professional who provides one-time recommendations or other one-time advice about retirement investments should be required to act in their client’s best interest. This includes a recommendation to roll over funds from a workplace retirement savings program (such as, for example, a 401(k) plan) into an IRA or an annuity.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

OMAHA, Neb. , March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Senior Market Sales ® (SMS), one of the industry’s premier insurance marketing organizations, is expanding its distribution in the southern United States with the acquisition of Seniors Advisory Services (SAS), Louisiana’s largest senior insurance brokerage agency. “Seniors Advisory Services is a pillar in Louisiana in Medicare Advantage, with a solid reputation and strong relationships that will help SMS expand its r

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

DALLAS , March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Integrity Marketing Group, LLC (“Integrity”), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, today announced it has partnered with MoneySmartMovement, a rapidly expanding independent marketing organization based in Dallas, Texas , and led by Sheena and Matt Sapaula.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

The Insured Retirement Institute has published a new version of a free reference book, the “Retirement Saving and Income Handbook.” The handbook provides the institute’s views about the value of annuities, along with a glossary that gives plain-English definitions of such terms as “living benefits,” “roll-up” and “step-up.” Click HERE to read the full story via Think Advisor The post Insured Retirement Institute Updates Annuity Sellers’ Handbook appeared first on Wink, Inc.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

Whole life insurance was more popular with life insurance shoppers in February, according to new application activity from MIB. Total application activity was 3.7% higher last month than in February 2023, and whole life application activity was 5.9% higher. MIB found that whole life application activity was especially strong for shoppers ages 31 through 59 and shoppers ages 61 and older.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

The lead plaintiff in a California state court class-action lawsuit has accused Genworth’s Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Co. of terminating hundreds of life insurance policies without lawful reminders and allegedly disregarding the grace period provisions required by state law. Click HERE to read the full story via Think Advisor The original version of this story was published on The Recorder The post Genworth Accused of Wrongly Terminating Life Policies appeared first on Wink, Inc.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

Owners of empty office buildings could eventually fail, stop making payments and add drama to big U.S. life and annuity issuers’ quarterly financial reports. At this point, though, there’s not much real estate-related drama. Weakness in the commercial real estate sector is “a big risk across the financial markets,” Anika Getubig, an S&P director, said Wednesday during an S&P Global Ratings update on the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

Now that the Labor Department’s final fiduciary rule has landed at the Office of Management and Budget for review, industry officials and attorneys anticipate that Labor’s final rule doesn’t include many changes and that there will be a quick review by OMB. Labor filed its final rule at OMB on Friday. Click HERE to read the full story via Think Advisor The post Experts Predict Quick OMB Review of Final DOL Fiduciary Rule appeared first on Wink, Inc.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

Some wealth advisors turn red, white or gray at the thought of their high-net-worth clients buying annuities. For high-net-worth clients, the concern is that annuities create taxable income. The last thing most wealth advisors want is to increase their clients’ tax bills. Jack Elder, a tax attorney who serves as the senior director of advanced sales at CBS Brokerage , believes that wealth advisors should consider using immediate annuities to clients and their families rather than tapping invest

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

“For the second consecutive year, annuity sales have surpassed previously held records, largely due to broader engagement with independent distribution,” said Bryan Hodgens, head of LIMRA research. “Rising interest rates have made annuities very attractive to a larger group of investors who are served by independent advisors and broker dealers.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

With criminals seeking to plunder American retirement accounts, LIMRA and SPARK Institute are joining forces to address this rising threat with a series of actions and initiatives for the near- and long-term. “Criminals are working together to attack American retirement accounts, so it’s incumbent on industry members to cooperate to defend these accounts,” said Tim Rouse, executive director of the SPARK Institute.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

Embattled entrepreneur Greg Lindberg is weighing options after a North Carolina Court of Appeals decision this week clears the way for his former insurance companies to be liquidated. His adversary, Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, said long-suffering policyholders could be paid back as early as this summer if Lindberg accepts the ruling. “We are evaluating all of our options,” Lindberg said in a statement to InsuranceNewsNet.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

WASHINGTON – American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) President & CEO Susan Neely announced today that she will retire from association leadership at the end of 2024. “Susan brought vision, strength, and purpose to her leadership of ACLI. She leaves a legacy of impact and inspiration that will serve our industry for years to come,” said Paul A. Quaranto, Jr., Chairman, CEO and President of Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company and Chair of the ACLI Board of Directors.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

There’s a new Guinness World Record for the most valuable life insurance policy ever sold, and it’s worth $250 million. Issued and fully underwritten by HSBC Life, global banking giant HSBC’s insurance business in Hong Kong, the record-breaking policy was taken out by an unnamed individual customer earlier this year, the company announced on Feb. 28.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

The U.S. Treasury Department hopes to keep very wealthy individuals and families from using customized life insurance policies and annuities to cut their taxes. The department has added a proposal to “Limit Tax Benefits for Private Placement Life Insurance and Similar Contracts” in its “Greenbook,’ or detailed discussion of revenue-raising proposals, for fiscal year 2025.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

SEATTLE–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its two 2023 Fixed Indexed Annuity Industry Experience Studies. These comprehensive studies analyze policyholder behaviors, including factors such as the age when a person attains their policy, length and magnitude of the contract, methods of distribution, and tax implications.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

Question: We are a couple in our 70s who live in Boca Raton and have managed our money without a financial adviser all of our life. We have rental properties, equities, bonds, income from Social Security, a small annuity from a retirement account and a net worth of a couple of million dollars. Click HERE to read more via MarketWatch Wink’s Moore on the Market: Insurance agents get no love from MarketWatch.

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Wink Intel

MARCH 12, 2024

Imagine a sales landscape where every presentation is a showcase of confidence, creativity and unique ideas, a scenario in which prospects ask you, “How does that work?” or “How do I do that?” How would your conversations be different if every prospect you spoke with disclosed the reason for their hesitation or the history of their failure to take action; or better yet, what if they actually came out and told you “This is the problem I’m having, the concern I have, the fear that’s held me back

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