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  Nathan Golia

  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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  Lee Kidder- CCG Catalyst Consulting Group

  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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  Lou Anne Alexander- Early Warning Services

  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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  Deb Smallwood- SMA

  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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  Michael Costonis- Accenture

  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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  Deb Smallwood- SMA

  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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  Deb Smallwood- SMA

  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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  Travis Mitchell- Aviat Networks

  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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  Ravi Koka- Polaris Financial Technology

  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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  Michael Costonis- Accenture

  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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  Bryan Yurcan

  Cyber Attacks are a Constant Threat

  A new plot has emerged that could target U.S. banks in early 2013.
  

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  Mazy Dar- CEO- OpenFin

  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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  Nathan Golia

  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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  Stuart Rose- SAS

  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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  Andrew Waxman

  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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  Anthony O'Donnell

  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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  S. Ramakrishnan- Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications

  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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  Nathan Golia

  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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  By Daniel Parker- vice president- SunGard's capital markets business

  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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  Anthony O'Donnell

  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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  Philippe Torres- InEdge

  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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  Anthony O'Donnell

  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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  Bryan Yurcan

  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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  Rick McCarthy- Managing Director- Americas- DST Global Solutions

  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.