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DECEMBER 5, 2022

What is project management? Project management is a business discipline that involves applying specific processes, knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools to successfully deliver outcomes that meet project goals. Project management professionals drive, guide, and execute company-identified value-added goals by applying processes and methodologies to plan, initiate, execute, monitor, and close all activities related to a given business project in alignment with the organization’s overall strateg

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Crayon

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A product launch. An acquisition. A groundbreaking go-to-market partnership. Sooner or later, your competitor will do something big—something that directly threatens your market share.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Watch the episode: Listen to the episode: CIO Leadership Live.

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Chris Webb BI

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There was a time when a new release of SQL Server – and therefore a new release of SQL Server Analysis Services – was the most exciting thing in the world for me. New functionality! New things to blog about! Not so now that my focus, and Microsoft’s, is on Power BI and we get cool new functionality there every month. All the same there are still a lot of people running SSAS on-premises and SQL Server 2022 has just been released, so what’s new and is it worth upgrading?

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Citing currency fluctuations, Microsoft is all set to increase prices of its on-premises software, online services and Windows licenses in India by up to 11%. The new prices that are expected to take effect from February 1, 2023, are expected to “harmonize” prices of Microsoft software and services between India and the Asian region, the company said, adding that it “periodically assesses the impact of its local pricing for software products and online services to ensure there is reasonable alig

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Machine translation has come a long way since it was first developed in the 1950s. It’s said that the machine translation market will have a compound annual growth rate of 7.1% from 2022 to 2027. Neural machine translation is the latest development in this sector. Today, we will discuss Neural Machine Translation (NMT) and how it’s a key player in software localization.

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Contify

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The post One of the lesser-known and most powerful features of Contify that helps users to contextualize competitive intelligence appeared first on Contify Market and Competitive Intelligence Platform - Blog.

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Dataversity

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As a business owner, executive, or manager, you are likely aware of the term “citizen data scientists.” Perhaps you have even implemented this type of initiative in your organization. While business journals and industry and technology publications discuss the advantages of the citizen data scientist approach, many businesses fail to get the most out of […].

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Last month saw the release of the Global Consumer Study , new research carried out on consumers across the world and their attitudes towards insurance. 12,728 people from 22 global markets were asked about a range of topics, including: Buying and claiming insurance, purchase triggers, causes of stress, road and cyber insurance, mental and physical health and the use of wellness apps.

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Dataversity

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Kubernetes is an infrastructure platform commonly used in modern IT environments. It supports cloud-native applications and offers many benefits but also introduces complexities and operational challenges. Operating Kubernetes reliably requires detecting errors and fixing them quickly. You can only achieve this by establishing visibility into your containerized environments.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A few weeks ago I was preparing an indexed annuity illustration for one of our agents who had a client that wanted guaranteed lifetime income. So, I was running one of my favorite indexed annuities with the GLWB rider. As I looked at the printout, I came across something that I hadn’t seen in years. Click HERE to read the full story via Broker World.

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Happy Market

DECEMBER 5, 2022

My guest today is Susan Fader, keynote speaker and founder of FaderFocus. Susan has run FaderFocus as a Business Strategist & Transformationalist Catalyst specializing in Qualitative methods and strategic consulting. She helps clients achieve focus and get “unstuck”, reframing their energies, their confirmational biases, and the traditional ways of segmenting their customers.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Life Insurance Direct Marketing Association (LIDMA) awarded Denis Clifford , senior vice president and chief distribution officer at The Savings Bank Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts (SBLI), the 2022 LIDMA Vision Award. The presentation took place at LIDMA’s 19th Annual Fall Meeting and Showcase in Manhattan Beach, CA. Click HERE to read the full story via Broker World.

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Happy Market

DECEMBER 5, 2022

My guest today is Susan Fader, keynote speaker and founder of FaderFocus. Susan has run FaderFocus as a Business Strategist & Transformationalist Catalyst specializing in Qualitative methods and strategic consulting. She helps clients achieve focus and get “unstuck”, reframing their energies, their confirmational biases, and the traditional ways of segmenting their customers.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

LIBRA Insurance Partners and Insurance Designers of America, LLC (IDA) announce the merger of the two organizations, creating the largest independently owned life insurance marketing organization (IMO) in the United States. The combined company will operate under the LIBRA Insurance Partners (LIBRA) brand. Click HERE to read the full story via Broker World.

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GoodData

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Stop building exhibitions of charts. Start with the single most important question and choose the best chart type for your data and your users.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The number of registered investment advisors, or RIAs, in the industry continues to grow along with the percentage of overall assets they manage. As they become more relevant, so does the attractiveness of their business model for many financial professionals currently at broker-dealers and wirehouses. Click HERE to read the full story via Broker World.

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Elegant BI

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Predictive Algorithms CAN Be Easy for Business Users. Here’s How! When a business or a manager is trying to illustrate the value of augmented analytics to its business users, there is nothing more helpful than providing examples. Sample business use cases that relate to a team member role or responsibility, or an illustration of an analytical technique can allay user fears about the complexity of augmented analytics or about the real value of integrating an augmented analytics solution into the

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

U.S. residents who were shopping for immediate annuities in the third quarter were looking for 13% more income than they were when they conducted similar searches in the third quarter of 2021. Although the average income sought increased 13%, the average proposed premium increased just 5.2% from the average figure included in the queries processed in the third quarter of 2021.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The third quarter was a better quarter for sales of indexed life insurance than for other forms of non-variable cash-value life insurance, according to new life sales survey data from Wink. Annualized premiums from sales of indexed life insurance increased more than 10%, but sales of whole life insurance and traditional fixed universal life insurance fell, Wink analysts say.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Accelerated underwriting, or a AU, as a fluidless alternative to traditional full life insurance underwriting, can speed the insurance process and provide better coverage and pricing options for applicants. This evolving approach applies applicant data in a mortality-neutral way, acting as a proxy for paramedical visits and lab work necessary in full underwriting.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa–( BUSINESS WIRE )–American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (“American Equity”) (NYSE: AEL), a leading provider of financial dignity solutions through general account annuities, is pleased to announce that it will be holding an “Investor Symposium” on December 7, 2022 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET. Speakers will include Anant Bhalla, Chief Executive Officer and President of American Equity, Axel Andrè, Chief Financial Officer of American Equity, Don Mullen of

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

. . PORTLAND, Ore. & ST. PAUL, Minn.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Standard Insurance Company (“The Standard”) and Securian Financial Group, Inc. (“Securian Financial”) today announced the closing of the acquisition of Securian Financial’s retirement plan recordkeeping business by The Standard, in accordance with the terms of the agreement reported on Oct. 18, 2022. .

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 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 ICR) of “aa-” (Superior) of the members of Nationwide Group (Nationwide). Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the FSR of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term ICRs of “aa-” (Superior) of Nationwide Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries, Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company and Jefferson National Life Insurance Company.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

CHICAGO–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Jackson®), the main operating subsidiary of Jackson Financial Inc. (NYSE: JXN), announced it will serve as the presenting sponsor of the 2023 Chicago Polar Plunge , the largest polar plunge in the Midwest, with over 4,000 participants annually. All proceeds from the event will help fund year-round activities, events, transportation, uniforms and equipment for athletes of the Special Olympics Chicago and Special Chi

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. , Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF ) (“FNF” or the “Company”), a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries and a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life customers and institutional clients through FNF’s subsidiary, F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. (“F&G”), today announced completion of the

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

DURHAM, N.C. , Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A binding stock purchase agreement for the sale of all of Greg Lindberg’s North Carolina insurance companies was signed on Friday, Lindberg reports. The sale of stock by GBIG Capital, LLC to Universal Financial Holdings, LLC will allow all four of Lindberg’s North Carolina insurance companies to exit rehabilitation and will allow policyholders to access all of their policy benefits upon closing, Lindberg says. . “The buyer

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

BALTIMORE , Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Transamerica announces today that Todd Buchanan is appointed President of World Financial Group Insurance Agency, LLC (WFG), Senior Vice President at Transamerica, and head of Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (TFA). He reports to Jamie Ohl , President of Transamerica’s Individual Solutions division.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

SUMMIT, N.J. , Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Simplicity Group (“Simplicity”) today announced the acquisition of Triton Brokerage Group (“Triton”). Founded by industry veterans, Bob Ogurcak and Matt Woodson , both of whom become Simplicity Partners following the transaction, Triton is a national distributor of annuity products, life, long-term care, and disability insurance.

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Wink Intel

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Disgraced billionaire Greg Lindberg is welcome to come up with plans to make policyholders of his insurance companies whole again, but state regulators will control the process, said a spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Insurance. Regulators reacted today to a surprise announcement from Lindberg that he has a stock deal to sell his four insurers for $307 million.

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