Financial Commentary
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Data Security Will be 2013's Story of the Year
Channel and device proliferation, as well as hunger for big data, mean insurers must be more vigilant than ever about securing policyholders'...
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Top Challenges Facing Financial Services in 2013
The financial services industry is facing challenges on several fronts, many of them intertwined, as we enter the new year.
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Using Data and Analytics to Fight Fraud
As financial institutions enhance the data they are willing to apply toward helping alleviate fraudulent activity, it could have a game-changing...
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Setting the Stage for Innovation, Part 2: Create a Collaborative Working Environment
In part 2 of a series on encouraging innovation in the insurance business, SMA's Deb Smallwood explores the challenges of bringing great ideas to...
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The Top 3 Areas of Claims Investment
Accenture's Michael Costonis concludes a two-part series on claims needs with the areas in which the company finds the most investment coming.
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Setting the Stage for Innovation, Part 3: Leverage Next-Gen Technologies
In the final part of a series on encouraging insurance IT innovation, SMA's Deb Smallwood talks about how technology can be an enabler of new ideas.
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Setting the Stage for Innovation, Part 1 of 3: Incent an Innovative Culture
In part 1 of a three-part series on setting the stage for insurance innovation, SMA's Deb Smallwood discusses how to get IT staff to think...
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Microwave Technology for Low Latency Trading Networks
Microwave networking can deliver a significant speed advantage over fiber for high frequency trading applications between cities such as Chicago...
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What Matters in IT: the Power to Change
How an emerging architectural approach can turn a ‘commodity’ into a strategic weapon.
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What Keeps Claims Execs Up at Night
In part 1 of a two-part series, Accenture's Michael Costonis discusses what a company survey found were claims executives' pain points.
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Cyber Attacks are a Constant Threat
A new plot has emerged that could target U.S. banks in early 2013.
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Things You Should Know About HTML5
Leading front-end trading applications in FX, fixed income and OTC derivatives have moved quickly to adopt HTML5. But this is no technology fad,...
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How Insurers Can Prevent Post-Catastrophe Blowback
The insurance industry's reputation is taking a post-Sandy hit as vocal policyholders express their opinions that their claims are undervalued....
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Distribution Insight – Analyzing Agency Performance and Profitability
Despite many experts predicting the death of the salesman, the agent/broker channel continues to play a prominent role in the insurance value chain.
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The Case for Scenario Planning in Sandy’s Wake
After underestimating the strength of Hurricane Sandy, financial firms need to consider 'risk scenario planning' as a tool for forecasting what...
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Insurance Carriers' Claims Quality Control Conundrum
Insurers call upon approximately 250,000 vendors nationwide for claim purposes. Those vendors range from nationally known brands to local...
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The Road to Big Data
As big data becomes inescapable in today's financial services industry, institutions can prepare by surveying the analytics landscape, targeting a...
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Windows 8: 3 Items for Insurers to Watch
Windows 8 offers some attractive features that savvy insurers can take advantage of, including telematics, portability and legacy support.
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The Dodd-Frank Stress Test Rule is Stressing Out U.S. Banks
Another day, another regulatory rule. And this one seems to be causing stress for risk and compliance managers at U.S. banks.
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Curb-Side Lessons for Self-Service
Self-service options can sometimes lead to unintended consequences, and so any attempted improvement should be subject to some testing of how the...
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How Insurers Can Optimize Legacy Systems to Handle Big Data's BI Challenges
With the right approach carriers can take advantage of the Big Data trend in their business intelligence and predictive modeling efforts and ride...
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Mercury Insurance Torches Car to Illustrate and Study Fraud
From personal experience, I've long known that insurance fraud was what might be called a "burning issue" for insurers and society at large, so it...
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Is Bitcoin Becoming a Bank?
A European Bitcoin exchange says it has been granted payments service provider status by French officials.
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How FATCA Will Impact Asset Managers
FATCA becomes effective on January 1, 2014. Sitting back and waiting for further clarification of the requirements is not an option.
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Anti-Money Laundering: A Multi-Billion Dollar Problem
December 21, 2012 10:36 AM
It’s time for banks to get more serious about AML efforts.