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New Technologies in the Insurance Landscape (Part 3 – Cloud)

Tom Spencer

Productivity: IT teams can allocate their time to more important business tasks, rather than time-consuming IT management chores essential for on-site data centers. For this reason, any reticence the insurance industry showed early on has been replaced with a holistic embrace of trusted cloud platforms. Cloud in the Insurance Sector.

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The Transformative Power of AI in Business

Tom Spencer

These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy. For example, businesses like Netflix, Youtube, Amazon, and Airbnb use AI-powered recommendation systems to suggest movies, videos, products, and rental properties based on a user’s browsing history, past purchases, and revealed preferences based on past behavior.

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Empowering Small Business Growth Through Consulting

Business Consulting Agency

Operational Efficiency and Process Improvement Efficient operations are crucial for small businesses to streamline workflows, reduce costs, and enhance productivity. This includes cybersecurity measures, data protection, insurance planning, and crisis management strategies to safeguard business continuity and reputation.

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Wealth Management: Building and Protecting Fortunes

Tom Spencer

Wealth managers may also make recommendations about tax-efficient investment strategies and assist with estate planning to help clients pass on their wealth to future generations. This may include setting up insurance policies, creating a retirement plan, and other risk management strategies.

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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. There’s certainly some truth to that argument.

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Remote Work: Ways to Think About “Fair” Compensation and Benefits

Johanna Rothman

Because most (US) health insurance is location-based, how does the organization decide on which health insurance to buy and how much does the company contribute? And she wants the teams to create products the customers want to buy. Over her career, Jenny has learned that it's easier to sell more product than to manage costs.

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Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Overlooking Artificial Intelligence - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business

The insurance industry has not been immune to AI’s advancement – whether implementing robo-advisors for investment management (Vanguard and Charles Schwab) or applying AI to insurance and loan underwriting (the Chinese search giant Baidu, which provides enhanced risk assessment capabilities). Assess readiness.