CIO
JULY 11, 2023
Consultants aren’t always held in the highest regard. The 90% who are bad, the old joke goes, ruin it for the rest of us. Knowing the 90%’s tricks of the trade is the canny CIO’s first line of defense. Here are seven of the most pernicious consulting misdeeds you will encounter as an IT leader. 1. Fixing anecdotes Bad stuff happens in even the best-run IT organization.
Smart Data Collective
JULY 11, 2023
We have talked about the many industries that have been shaped by artificial intelligence. The healthcare industry is among them. In one of our articles, we mentioned that many nurses have used AI to provide better services to their patients. You might be surprised to learn that artificial intelligence is changing the mental health profession as well.
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CIO
JULY 11, 2023
Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax Ignoring the potential of generative AI to increase productivity is a surefire way to fall behind as an individual, a team, and an organization. You should put it to work as an “eager intern” or “autonomous agent” (or both) ASAP. But positioning yourself, your team, and your organization to get ahead requires some strategic thinking.
Vable
JULY 11, 2023
Business development and marketing efforts have been evolving for years. Professional service providers can't solely rely on lunches, networking events, and overseas conferences etc for visibility. This is why we are working hard on content marketing - blogging, social media, email newsletters, podcasts, e-books, videos, webinars. A post on business development for law firms stated, “law firm newsletters are a lot of work.
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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
JULY 11, 2023
As CIO of Anglo-South African international banking and wealth management group, Investec, Shabhana Thaver has a multi-purpose approach to tech trends. On the one hand, there are foundational forces, which protect the existing business and include talent, information security and modernization. Then, on the other, there are pioneering forces, which drive business growth and include information, interaction and computation.
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CIO
JULY 11, 2023
Balfour Beatty finances, develops, builds, and maintains vital infrastructure projects – such as airports, hospitals, schools, and office buildings – on three continents. The company was responsible for Britain’s largest road project, the £1.5 billion A14 improvement, and built the $429 million North Metro Commuter Rail Line in Denver, Colorado. It’s an enormous operation and, given the size and scope of Balfour Beatty’s business, delivering services to its 24,500+ global employees is complex.
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
ATLANTA–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Younger generations struggle with accessing financial advice, often unsure how to get advice or feeling as if they don’t have enough saved to receive it. This is one of the topics explored in a recent intelliflo survey. intelliflo is the leading cloud-based technology platform for financial advisors and their clients.
CIO
JULY 11, 2023
In a relatively brief time span, technologies like cloud, edge computing, artificial intelligence, and IoT have taken center stage, and new innovative technologies keep emerging. We’re now navigating a technological landscape that’s growing exponentially more complex and rapidly changing, one that increasingly exceeds the ability of human intelligence to keep pace.
Data Hut
JULY 11, 2023
Diapers are a necessity for parents of young children, and with so many brands and options available, it can be tough to know which ones are the best. Online shopping platforms like Flipkart and Amazon have made it easier for parents to compare diaper brands and find the best deal. This blog post will compare the top 7 kids' diaper brands available on Flipkart vs.
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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.
Alpha Sense BI
JULY 11, 2023
As one of the four main resources for market intelligence , broker research possesses a priceless value for every job function within an organization, from C-Suite leadership to global supply chain partners. Since it’s produced by thousands of analysts worldwide, broker research provides valuable information on companies, industries, and market trends—especially useful in times of market uncertainty.
Dataversity
JULY 11, 2023
Advertising has a data problem. Outwardly, marketers enthuse about their ability to target consumers with precision, harnessing a wealth of data to drive them through the sales funnel and towards purchase. With every customer interaction, every ad impression, every dollar of ad spend being collated and turned into a data point, the insights available should […] The post Why a Data Diet Can Drive Better Results for Marketers appeared first on DATAVERSITY.
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
2022 saw an increase in the sale of annuities due to volatility in the equities markets and increasing interest rates. According to the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association, (LIMRA), in 2022 total U.S. annuity sales hit $310.6 billion, a 23% increase over 2021 and 15% higher than the sales record set in 2008. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, by the year 2040, 80 million Americans will be over the age of 65.
CIO
JULY 11, 2023
In recent years, we have witnessed a tidal wave of progress and excitement around large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and GPT-4. These cutting-edge models can potentially transform industries, especially in regulated sectors like healthcare and life sciences, where they could be used for drug discovery, clinical trial analysis, improved diagnostics, personalized patient care, and more.
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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
JULY 11, 2023
Prosperity Life Group’s WealthSecure SM Fixed Indexed Annuities offer multiple crediting strategies linked to two exclusive indices from Fidelity Investments®. WealthVest, a financial services marketing and wholesaling firm, in partnership with Prosperity Life Group, is please to introduce WealthSecure SM , a fixed indexed annuity offering multiple crediting strategies, including two exclusive indices from Fidelity Investments®.
CIO
JULY 11, 2023
Better together In a time when organizations can seamlessly access the cloud to unearth tools like analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), “collaboration with customers and partners around the globe can drive sustainable, impactful innovation,” Timo Elliott, SAP’s global head of partner digital selling and marketing director, told the audience. Let’s think about the recent past – companies were largely reliant on the people skills of employees to ensure that customers had a pleasant experien
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
After resisting takeover attempts for several years, the board of West Des Moines-based American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. will cash in on an acquisition offer with a large premium. The fixed annuity provider disclosed in a news release Wednesday that Brookfield Reinsurance will purchase it in a deal valued at $4.3 billion. Brookfield will pay $55 per share ― well above what another suitor offered in December and a 38% premium over American Equity’s stock price before the latest o
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
NEW YORK , July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The InsurTech market size is estimated to grow by USD 61,756.27 million from 2022 to 2027, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 44.05% during the forecast period. Europe will contribute to 50% of the market growth. For more insights on the historic data (2017 to 2021) and forecast market size (2023 to 2027) – Request a sample report What’s New?
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Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
Partnership Also Marks SMS’ Entry Into the Life Settlement Market as Interest Grows OMAHA, Neb. , July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Senior Market Sales ® (SMS), one of the industry’s premier insurance marketing organizations (IMOs), has acquired The ASA Group, a Little Rock, Arkansas , brokerage general agency serving insurance and financial planning professionals across the country for more than four decades. “The ASA Group is an outstanding fit as SMS expands our acquisi
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
Financial advisors are jumping onto Threads, but the new social media app from Meta Platforms Inc. could create a new set of compliance headaches for the wealth management industry. Click HERE to read the full story via InvestmentNews The post Advisors jumping onto Threads could create compliance headaches appeared first on Wink.
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
84 Percent of Students Report Feeling More Prepared to Manage Finances Following Program BOSTON , July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – Today, John Hancock, a unit of Toronto -based Manulife (TSX: MFC), announces the start of its annual MLK Scholars Program, which provides summer jobs, financial education, and professional development opportunities to Boston youth.
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
Overall average is $8,000 lower than it was in 2019, but 35% of Americans say they’re carrying close to or at their highest level of debt ever while 43% say their debt is close to or at a historic low Credit cards account for more than double any other single source of personal debt People with personal debt say 30% of their monthly income goes toward paying it off, and most expect to remain in debt for years MILWAUKEE , July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The average American’s
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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
JULY 11, 2023
NEW YORK–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Global Atlantic Financial Group (“Global Atlantic”) has announced the final close of Ivy Co-Invest Vehicle II LLC (“Ivy II”), a reinsurance co-investment vehicle. With the final close, Ivy II brings its total capital to more than $2.4 billion, which it will deploy, on behalf of its investors, alongside the Global Atlantic balance sheet in qualifying life and annuity reinsurance transactions.
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (Brighthouse Financial) (Nasdaq: BHF) announced today that it plans to hold a conference call and audio webcast to discuss its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. The call will follow the issuance of the Brighthouse Financial second quarter 2023 earnings release and financial supplement on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, after market close.
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Pacific Life today announced it has added a new competitively priced survivorship variable universal life insurance (VUL) product designed to help clients maximize their financial legacy. With $84 trillion projected to be passed down to heirs over the next 25 years, 1 the death benefit protection-focused Pacific Legacy Survivorship VUL 2 features competitive premium solves for an array of pay patterns, especially short- and single-pay designs
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
OLDWICK, N.J.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– AM Best has commented that the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company of New York (Lake Success, NY) and Eagle Life Insurance Company, remain unchanged following the announcement that a definitive agreement has been reached whereby Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. will
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Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
A second federal court dealt a blow last week to the Department of Labor’s ongoing bid to extend fiduciary status to more rollover transactions. U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Rutherford recommended against the DOL’s broad interpretation of the “five-part test” to determine what constitutes investment advice. Dating to 1975, the five-part test is utilized to determine fiduciary status under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
Kenneth Rossman, the accountant sidekick in a $6.3 million fraud led by self-styled “Annuity King” Philip Roy Wasserman, cited a bipolar disorder in arguing for a lighter sentence. In a presentencing report filed Wednesday in a Tampa, Fla. court, Rossman – represented by federal public defenders – added that he is the “sole caregiver” of two special-needs sons.
Wink Intel
JULY 11, 2023
A North Carolina judge approved a settlement with former insurance executive Christopher Herwig, who the Securities and Exchange Commission accused of teaming with financier Greg Lindberg to defraud investors of $75 million. Herwig agreed with the SEC’s findings and “shall pay disgorgement of ill-gotten gains and prejudgment interest thereon,” the order states. “The amounts of disgorgement and civil penalty shall be determined by the Court upon motion of the Commission.&#
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