CIO
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
IT freelancing offers multiple benefits, including flexible working schedules, location choice, engaging assignments, diverse clients, and an opportunity to apply one’s talents in several different areas. But freelancing is also a business, and skilled IT freelancers know what it takes to find and keep great clients, as well as how to drop organizations that make unreasonable demands or fail to pay on time.
Crayon
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
It doesn’t matter if you’re building a strategy from scratch or overhauling tired practices established by marketers of yore: Sales enablement shouldn’t be an afterthought. In fact, if you aim to succeed over the long term in a competitive niche, it should be at the forefront of your efforts. In this post, we’ll discuss the 7 steps to implementing a successful sales enablement strategy, which include: Establish measurable goals.
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CIO
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
What is the future of analytics and AI? And how can organizations thrive in an era of disruption? We asked Bryan Harris, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of analytics software company SAS, for his perspective. Q: What is your advice to technology leaders for improving organizational resiliency? A: Right now, we are all in a race against disruption and data.
Smart Data Collective
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Big data and AI technology has led to some major breakthroughs in online video technology. Irwin Lazar, president and principle analyst at Metrigy Research, writes that AI has opened a ton of new doors for video streaming technology. AI technology can help improve the user experience and capture information during meetings more easily. “AI initiatives are coming from endpoint vendors, meeting software vendors and startups offering unique capabilities on their own or in partnership with mee
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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.
CIO
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Based in Italy and with more than 20 years of experience helping enterprises, from large international firms to emerging mid-sized operations, grow their businesses with technology, WIIT serves a rapidly expanding and diverse customer base. With a full portfolio that includes an extensive array of cloud offerings – including private, public, and hybrid cloud services – the company is well-known for its track record of success in helping organizations realize the full potential of the cloud while
Elegant BI
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Smarten is pleased to announce the launch of its FREE online Citizen Data Scientist course. This self-paced, online Citizen Data Scientist course can help businesses make the most of the Citizen Data Scientist experience by providing foundational training for business users who are Citizen Data Scientist candidate. It is also suitable for those that wish to find out more about the Citizen Data Scientist approach to Data Literacy and fact-based decision-making.
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Elegant BI
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Planning Will Help Your Business Get the Most Out of a Citizen Data Scientist Strategy! Technology research firm Gartner has predicted that 50% of data scientist activities will be automated by artificial intelligence, easing the acute talent shortage. As a business owner, executive or manager, you are likely aware of the term, ‘Citizen Data Scientist.
CIO
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
CIO.com: Can you give us a snapshot of your role and responsibilities as CPTO at Ovo? Christina Scott: I joined Ovo, the UK’s third largest energy supplier, in September 2021 as chief product and technology officer. In this role, I lead Ovo’s technology, product and data teams, who provide intelligent energy technology solutions as we work towards decarbonising UK homes, an integral part of ‘plan zero’: Ovo’s journey to net zero.
Infegy
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
How many typed words are out there? Trillions? What about the words in text messages, chats, surveys, reviews, call center logs, one-to-one emails, legal documents, bank records, health records, and loyalty program data? Text. Text. Text. Text. Text. It’s everywhere. And it’s out there floating in a murky abyss, seemingly impossible to grasp its true massiveness.
Owler
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Get a prospect's attention and demonstrate how your product can address their business needs. You are preparing to contact a prospect for the first time and wondering what it is you should do to equip yourself with accurate information and the thing that will transform a cold call into a warm conversation full of learning. Start with a strategy. How will you open the call?
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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.
Dataversity
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
By now, we’ve probably all heard that “every company is a tech company” after the evolution of where and how we work in the previous few years. However, if every company is a tech company, what has become of what we traditionally think of as technology companies? Just as every company has become reliant on technology […]. The post Big Data, Big Responsibility appeared first on DATAVERSITY.
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Get out your financial calculators, spectacles, and your pocket protectors because we are going to have some fun with this column. We are going to create a product. Of course I am being somewhat facetious because there’s much more that goes into “creating a product” than just the numbers, such as: Non-forfeiture requirements, state filing, illustration parameters, surrender charges, MVAs, utilization rates, etc.
IBI
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes. Today, we are excited to announce the release of WebFOCUS ® version 9.1! This latest WebFOCUS release packs new features in the key areas of Designer, the Hub, Data Science, and Cloud. WebFOCUS ® version 9.1 creates the bridge to a unified authoring tool with new features like Designer Document Mode, Designer Interactions, and major improvements to other existing features.
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Sheryl Moore is founder and CEO of Moore Market Intelligence. The TruChoice acquisition is a major boost for AmeriLife, she said this morning. “Two of the biggest marketing organizations in life insurance just formed a force to be reckoned with,” she said. “It will be interesting to see how many FMOs are left standing when all of this aggregation is over.”.
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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
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
HORSHAM, Pa. , Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company (Penn Mutual), a Fortune 1000 company, announces the introduction of Survivorship Indexed Universal Life (SIUL), a permanent life insurance product for two people in one policy. The product provides protection and cash value accumulation potential backed by more than 175 years of financial strength. .
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
CLEARWATER, Fla. and MINNEAPOLIS | November 07, 2022 03:30 PM Eastern Standard Time. AmeriLife Group, LLC (“AmeriLife”), a national leader in developing, marketing, and distributing life and health insurance, annuities and retirement planning solutions, an Add New nounced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire TruChoice Financial Group (“TruChoice”) and its affiliate Inforce Solutions, LLC (“Inforce”), from Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (“Allianz Life”).
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
You can compare products or riders, and put them in the order you want. #ControlFreaksLoveUs. Have you used the Side-by-Side product comparisons menu on our analysis tools? Click HERE to view the AnnuitySpecs Side by Sides Demo. Click HERE to view the LifeSpecs Side by Sides Demo. Jamie Johnson, Manager of Awesomeness at Wink, Inc. has been hosting a monthly webinar series in 2022.
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa–( BUSINESS WIRE )–American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (NYSE: AEL), a leading issuer of fixed index annuities (FIAs) today reported on its third quarter 2022 results. These results include improved yields in the investment portfolio through continued ramping of our investment portfolio toward target allocation to privately sourced assets, and continued share repurchase activities in-line with our capital return goals for this year.
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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
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
LANSING, Mich.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Jackson National Life Insurance Company® (Jackson®), the main operating subsidiary of Jackson Financial Inc. (NYSE: JXN), held its Legal and Compliance Executive Council on October 27-28, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The goal of the meeting was to promote partnership, collaboration and transparency between distribution, legal and compliance leaders at Jackson and counterparts at more than 20 distribution partner firms.
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
LANSING, Mich.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Jackson ® ), the main operating subsidiary of Jackson Financial Inc. (NYSE: JXN), has developed a premier career exploration program — Ignite by Jackson — to help young professionals learn about opportunities within the financial services industry. Ignite offers hands-on experience across multiple financial disciplines, including banking, insurance and asset management, as well as information technology (
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Equitable Holdings, Inc. (“Equitable Holdings”, “Holdings”, or the “Company”) (NYSE: EQH) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022. “In the tough economic environment, we delivered solid results reporting third quarter Non-GAAP operating earnings of $1.28 per share which, after adjusting for a favorable assumption update in the quarter, were in line with our expectations reflecting a 5% decline in AUM this quarter.
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Americans are heading into this holiday season increasingly stressed and less optimistic about the economy, according to the latest Consumer Spending & Saving Index from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ( MassMutual ). The financial impacts of inflation and the increasing concern about a recession are continuing to put pressure on Americans’ financing, impacting their optimism and leading them to seek change.
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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
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
OLDWICK, N.J.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a+” (Excellent) of the U.S. life/health (L/H) subsidiaries of Aegon N.V. (Netherlands) [NYSE: AEG]. Aegon’s U.S. L/H companies are Transamerica Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company and referred to collectively as Aegon USA Group (Aegon USA).
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. , Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF ) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the Company’s quarterly cash dividend, to $0.45 per share, from the previous quarterly cash dividend of $0.44 per share. The dividend will be payable December 30, 2022 , to stockholders of record as of December 16, 2022. .
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
SUMMIT, N.J. , Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Simplicity Group (“Simplicity”) today announced its 46 th acquisition: Springfield, Missouri -based, Marketing Financial. The company, led by Alan Lockhart who becomes a Simplicity Group partner following this transaction, is a full-service wholesaling firm focused on supporting advisors within banks, credit unions and broker-dealers with life insurance, annuities, executive benefits, disability, and long-term care insurance prod
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
SUMMIT, N.J. , Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Simplicity Group (“Simplicity”) today announced the acquisition of Connecticut -based Daly Brokerage, which was founded in 1997 by Kelly Daly. Over the last 25 years, Daly Brokerage has established itself as a leading, full-service wholesaling firm dedicated to providing superior service and products in the areas of life, annuity, and long-term care.
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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
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Lincoln Financial is counting on agents, advisors and other distributors to help it recover from a $2.6 billion third-quarter net loss , by increasing sales of products that can generate the most profits per dollar of capital. Ellen Cooper, the Radnor, Pennsylvania-based company’s CEO, told securities analysts Thursday that the company plans to increase capital levels by cutting costs and reducing its exposure to benefits guarantee risk.
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
A Securities and Exchange Commission form reviewer said Thursday that he wants to make sure life insurers give investors a clear picture of how their registered index-linked annuity contracts will work. Michael Kosoff, an attorney on the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, talked about how that goal affects RILA filing approvals at the Life Insurance Products Conference, held recently in Washington, D.C.
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Some life insurers may not understand what rising interest rates and increased market volatility will do to their investment cash flow, an insurance investment expert said last week. Edward Toy, an insurance company financial examiner, said those life insurers have focused mainly on long-term asset adequacy without thinking enough about how much money might be going into their investment portfolios — and coming out — in the near term.
Wink Intel
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Overall U.S. individual life insurance activity fell in October, but the number of applications coming from people ages 61 and older increased, according to MIB Group. The Braintree, Massachusetts-based life insurance underwriting organization says overall application flow was 5.2% lower last month than in October 2021. Click HERE to read the full story via ThinkAdvisor.
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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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