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The 10 most in-demand IT jobs in finance

CIO

The US financial services industry has fully embraced a move to the cloud, driving a demand for tech skills such as AWS and automation, as well as Python for data analytics, Java for developing consumer-facing apps, and SQL for database work. The push is part of an industrywide trend toward making banking more accessible by giving customers better access to savings accounts, investments, and loans through digital services, according to careers website Dice.com.

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What Is Retail Media? Benefits, Challenges, & Best Practices

Tinuiti

Retail media isn’t a new concept – but as with commerce overall, it’s been reimagined for the digital age. The immediacy and contextual relevance of those promotions such as those you might see in a grocery store have been translated into new online formats representing big business opportunities for brands. With careful planning, execution, and […].

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IT Issues that Need Cleaning Up: Herzog’s Dirty Dozen

CIO

If you are at a supermarket, the “dirty dozen” is a list of foods that are considered the most tainted. Similarly, if you are working in an enterprise or for a service provider, the dirty dozen is a list of issues that tarnish IT infrastructure, “contaminating” current enterprise-grade implementations and exposing the dangers and risks associated with them.

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Cloud Computing Can Improve Human Resource Management

Smart Data Collective

Cloud technology is changing the future of business in many different ways. Countless companies have discovered the benefits cloud computing has to offer. As a result, 60% of companies have migrated to the cloud. One of the many benefits of cloud technology pertains to human resource management. A growing number of companies are storing employee data on the cloud, which makes it easier to handle certain HR tasks.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

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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Schrodinger’s Open Banking

CIO

By David Andrzejek, head of financial services, DataStax. Schrodinger’s Cat is a quantum mechanics thought experiment in which a hypothetical cat can be considered to be both alive and dead simultaneously. I can’t help but think of open banking in the United States — it’s not here, and, at the same time, it’s very much here. Pushed in part by an assault by upstart fintechs and non-financial tech giants like Google and Apple, North American financial institutions are turning to application progra

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SECOND QUARTER 2022 ANNUITY SALES

Wink Intel

Deferred Annuity Sales. Total 2Q2022 deferred annuity sales were $72,804 million, compared with sales of $64,492 million for the second quarter of 2021. Second quarter deferred annuity sales were up nearly 22% when compared to the previous quarter and up nearly 13% when compared to the same period last year. Deferred annuities include sales of fixed, indexed, multi-year guaranteed, structured and variable deferred annuities.

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7 Keys to Drug Launch Success

Netbasequid

The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a transformation in the way new drugs are introduced into the market. Before the industry gets it right, we will see many failed drug launches. Here’s how to make sure it’s not yours! The reality of drug launches is harsh. In one study , less than 10% of drug launches were rated as Excellent. And it is estimated that up to 80% of drug launches do not improve a company’s already established sales curve in the initial two years.

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Integrated Tally Mobile Analytics Improves ROI and TCO!

Elegant BI

Increase the ROI and TCO of Tally ERP with Integrated Tally Mobile Analytics! If you are considering, or have already purchased software, you probably faced the questions from your management team about return on investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO). No doubt, your team did their homework when the business acquired Tally ® ERP software.

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A Roadmap for Data Center Migration: Challenges and Solutions (Part 2)

Dataversity

In part one of this series, we discussed data center migration challenges, migration best practices, and the importance of planning. In this part, we break the migration process into six steps and detail each to help you create a comprehensive strategy. Data Center Migration Strategy As a data center migration includes multiple steps, each of which is […].

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

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.

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Wink, Inc. Releases 2nd Quarter, 2022 Deferred Annuity Sales Results

Wink Intel

— FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION — NEWS RELEASE. . MULTI-YEAR GUARANTEED ANNUITY SALES SURPASS ALL OTHERS, WHILE VARIABLE SALES PLUMMET . Wink, Inc. Releases 2 nd Quarter, 2022 Deferred Annuity Sales Results. Des Moines, Iowa. August 30, 2022 – Wink’s Sales & Market Report , the insurance industry’s #1 resource for annuity sales data since 1997 released its 100 th edition report for 2 nd Quarter, 2022.

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Coen and Warrenton Oil Company – leveraging Engage3’s Price Image Optimization suite!

Engage3

A very warm welcome to Coen and Warrenton Oil Company , two fantastic convenience brands now leveraging Engage3’s groundbreaking Price Image Optimization suite ! One of the oldest and largest chains in the Pittsburgh area, Coen has been delighting customers since 1923. Their 60 locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia are known for top-tier amenities and famously friendly service.

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“Secret weapon” to running multiple businesses

Wink Intel

. Kelly Augspurger and Sheryl J. Moore chatted about business and their personal lives. Click HERE to listen in and learn what Sheryl’s “secret weapon” is and how she manages to run multiple businesses successfully. . The post “Secret weapon” to running multiple businesses appeared first on Wink.

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Why this is a golden age for life insurance

Wink Intel

Every generation has defining moments, but few experience an event like the COVID-19 pandemic — an inflection point that delineates the “before” from everything that follows. Historians and future generations will undoubtedly use the past two-plus years to study significant societal change. In the life insurance industry, we felt change too. Consumer interest in life insurance spiked at the outset of the pandemic and we’ve seen steady demand ever since.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

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

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9 Lessons From John Hancock’s $26M LTCI Settlement

Wink Intel

To make up for early cancellation of benefits payments for 156 holders of New York State Partnership for Long Term Care policies, John Hancock agreed last week to pay a total of $26.3 million. The settlement includes a $21.6 million in extra benefits to policyholders and beneficiaries, a $2.5 million penalty to the New York State Department of Financial Services, and a $2.2 million payment to the New York state Medicaid program.

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Life and Annuity Issuers Look Strong: S&P

Wink Intel

The big, well-known life insurers that back many of your clients’ life insurance policies and annuities are getting high grades from rating analysts at S&P Global. S&P analysts tell lenders and insurance buyers how strong insurers are. The strength ratings affect how much insurers pay to borrow money, and how much they can charge for insurance and annuities.

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Life Insurers Need to Balance Speed With Risk Assessment: Brett Laker

Wink Intel

Brett Laker helps life insurers figure out how dangerous their clients are. Laker is the head of North America at UnderwriteMe, a life insurance underwriting technology firm that is owned by Pacific Life’s reinsurance arm. Your clients might turn to life insurers to protect loved ones’ financial well-being, and to use life insurance and annuities in retirement income planning arrangements.

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Annuities May Be Winning Over Advisors Who Were Fence-Sitters: Survey

Wink Intel

Advisor apathy toward annuities may be fading, but advisor hostility toward the products still looks strong, according to results of a new survey organized by RetireOne and Midland National. The percentage of advisors who said they were either likely or very likely to recommend annuities has increased to 64% this year, from 52% in 2021. Click HERE to read the full story via ThinkAdvsior.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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AmeriLife Opens Two Career Agency Offices: The Gameboard

Wink Intel

AmeriLife Group revived an old concept: starting career insurance agency offices, rather than buying existing agencies. The Clearwater, Florida-based financial services distributor announced Monday that it has opened one career agency in Mansfield, Texas, and another one in Cranston, Rhode Island. Click HERE to read the full story via ThinkAdvisor. The post AmeriLife Opens Two Career Agency Offices: The Gameboard appeared first on Wink.

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Principal Protection Is Out There: Annuity Moves

Wink Intel

Some life insurers are still introducing annuities that protect the value of premium contributions, despite worries about stock market, bond market and interest rate volatility. National Western Life Insurance Company and North American Company for Life and Health Insurance — a Sammons Financial subsidiary — are two companies that have added non-variable indexed annuities in recent weeks.

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NAIC’s LATF solicits feedback on options to address concerns related to AG 49-A

Wink Intel

On August 15th, the NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF) re-exposed for comment four options to address a concern raised by state insurance regulators regarding the use of illustrations for indexed universal life insurance (IUL) policies with volatility-controlled indexes that allow for crediting fixed bonuses under the policies. The four options include a brief revision to amend Actuarial Guideline (AG) 49-A with the possibility of opening up NAIC Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regul

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How Advisors Are Tackling Gaps In Financial Literacy

Wink Intel

Let’s be frank: Clients are often financially ignorant. Advisors devote a lot of time to explaining the most elementary principles. When a client’s family gets involved, that learning curve can get even more complicated; different generations have differing degrees of comfort with money. Some advisors are working to improve the situation. By contributing to financial literacy programs, they hope to alleviate the knowledge gaps and add value to their clients and their communities.

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

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.

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Flight to safety propels New York Life, others to top of annuity hill

Wink Intel

The macroeconomic factors dominating 2022 are about as dramatic as it gets: 8-9% inflation rate, interest rates up 2% and the Dow Jones down 10%. To annuity buyers and sellers, it signals one thing: a flight to safety. In other words, a turn away from riskier, equity linked products toward safer, guaranteed rate return products such as fixed annuities.

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Banks have spoken

Wink Intel

Let this sink in for a minute. Bank certificates of deposit are averaging a credited rate of less than 0.75%. Fixed annuities, however, are averaging credited rates of 3.43% today. Banks have spoken. FOR THE FIRST TIME, BANKS SOLD MORE ANNUITIES THAN ANY OTHER DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL IN THE BUSINESS. More than Full Service National Broker/Dealers. More than Independent Broker Dealers.

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The Life Insurance Distributor That Can’t Stop Buying Other Firms

Wink Intel

Sheryl Moore , CEO of market research firm Wink , said she thinks Integrity wants to become a “preeminent distributor” of annuities, life insurance, and medical supplement and long-term-care products. Click HERE to read the full story via Life Annuity Specialist. The post The Life Insurance Distributor That Can’t Stop Buying Other Firms appeared first on Wink.

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Wink’s demo: Slice and dice sales data (in any way you can imagine!)

Wink Intel

Wink released the 2nd Quarter, 2022’s sales in its 100th Wink’s Sales & Market Report. Be sure that you know how to slice and dice that sales data in the online Sales Data Query! The query is available for Wink’s Sales & Market Report subscribers. The Sales Data Query allows subscribers to search for sales of indexed annuities, fixed annuities, multi-year guaranteed annuities, structured annuities, variable annuities, indexed life, universal life, indexed whole life, i

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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.