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New Technologies in the Insurance Landscape (Part 1 – Artificial Intelligence)

Tom Spencer

Digital disruption is touching every aspect of the consumer market, including the insurance industry. Traditionally, the insurance industry has lagged behind other sectors in the shift into digital technologies, its business model proving to be remarkably resilient. Artificial Intelligence.

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

Tom Spencer

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. Implementing cloud technology into the insurance industry is a positive step towards building a digital insurance landscape. Final Note.

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The Transformative Power of AI in Business

Tom Spencer

This data-driven approach can enhance agility and enable businesses to respond in real time in rapidly changing markets. Risk Management and Fraud Detection AI plays an increasingly crucial role in risk management and fraud detection , particularly in industries such as banking, insurance, and cybersecurity.

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How to Make Sure Agile Teams Can Work Together

Harvard Business

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

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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.

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Consulting Contract Hurdles

Women in Consulting

Upgrade the auto insurance coverage on all of my family cars (keep in mind that I work at home – as a writer – and at the time had teen drivers). Purchase an insurance policy that costs more than the value of the contract. Buy an insurance policy that covers employee theft (Really?

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Hedge Funds: Down but Not Out

BCG

Although the stock market rose to all-time highs, hedge funds returned just 3%. This continued the trend of the previous five years, during which US hedge funds were outperformed by stock and bond markets. But market conditions did not help. For most hedge funds, 2016 was a difficult year.

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