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APRIL 30, 2023

Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. If there’s any lesson brands should have taken from the last three years of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s that investing in digital can deliver even more engagement – online and in-person.

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Chris Webb BI

APRIL 30, 2023

This post is a follow-up to my recent post on identifying CPU and memory-intensive Power Query queries in Power BI. In that post I pointed out that Profiler and Log Analytics now gives you information on the CPU and memory used by an individual Power Query query when importing data into Power BI. What I didn’t notice when I wrote that post is that there is also now information available in Profiler and Log Analytics that tells you about peak memory and CPU usage across all Power Query quer

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

Consumers across the nation are still grappling with the recent bank failure news. For agents and advisors, your clients will have two questions that you might want to prepare for: How does this affect my financial position, and is this the start of something bigger? Here’s some information we’ve gathered along with some suggestions on how to position the bank failure news when speaking with your clients.

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

SUMMIT, N.J. , April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Simplicity Group Holdings, Inc. (“Simplicity”) today announced the acquisition of California -based Total Financial and Insurance Services, LLC. (“Total Financial”). Diana Greenberg and her partners Scott Whitehead and Kimberly Fleming will continue to drive Total Financial’s business in concert with Simplicity and each of them becomes a Simplicity Group partner as a part of this transaction. “Simplic

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

MILWAUKEE , April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Northwestern Mutual, a leading financial services company, announced that it was selected by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity for the seventh year in a row. This honor – among a series of awards and accolades recognizing Northwestern Mutual’s exceptional culture and workplace – was based on a national survey of employees who rated companies based on their diversity-related practices. “Northwestern Mutual

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

NEW YORK , April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® ( Guardian ) has been named to the Forbes list of 2023 Best Employers for Diversity , ranking in the top quartile of all companies earning the distinction. This is a first-time honor for the company, which earlier this year appeared on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Large Employers 2023. “At Guardian, we strive to ensure that our workplace reflects our world and that our colleagu

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

Economic icebergs crashed against the life and annuity operations at Ameriprise Financial in the first quarter — but warm currents abound. The Minneapolis-based financial services company was the first major U.S. life and annuity issuer to post results for the quarter. CEO Jim Cracchiolo told securities analysts during a conference call streamed live online on Tuesday, that Ameriprise has no exposure to problem banks , and that the deposit base at its own bank is strong and stable.

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

RADNOR, Pa.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE: LNC) released new research today that shows small business owners have big personal finance concerns. According to the company’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker , there are several insurance and retirement planning issues that top their lists. Specifically, respondents who own small businesses (versus those who do not) are most concerned about: Having enough income in retirement (65% vs. 48%) The impact of taxes on retirement s

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

SALT LAKE CITY – Market volatility did not help variable annuity sales. Nor did COVID-19 or ramped-up regulatory activities. And the changing face of the advisor force wasn’t keen on VAs either. Some of these variables will get better and some will get worse in the coming years. Click HERE to read the full story via INN The post Variable annuity sales on the ropes, but LIMRA forecasts mild rebound appeared first on Wink.

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

The trial of the self-styled “Annuity King” will continue into a fifth week after a Florida judge denied defendant Phillip Roy Wasserman’s motion for a mistrial. Wasserman is standing trial in Tampa, accused by the federal government of perpetrating a $6.3 million fraud via sales of life insurance and annuity products. The three most serious charges – wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud – all carry maximum sentences of 20 years.

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

After a decade and a half of hoping, life insurance companies are finally seeing an increase in interest rates that improves yield on assets they can purchase, but carriers might be afraid to exchange their low-rate bonds for higher-rated ones because of an accounting standard. As rates dropped after the 2008 economic crash, insurers could sell bonds for a gain before their maturity and count as a plus in its interest maintenance reserve (IMR), an accounting standard that helps carriers smooth t

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Wink Intel

APRIL 30, 2023

American International Group said it has finalized an agreement with private equity firm Stone Point Capital to form Private Client Select (PCS) Insurance Services. PCS will be an independent managing general agent serving the high net worth and ultra high net worth market. PCS is expected to start doing business in the third quarter, AIG said. Click HERE to read the full story via Insurance Journal The post AIG, Stone Point Finalize Deal to Start MGA for High Net Worth Business appeared first o

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