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Dec 19, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Nancy Casbarro
I recently hosted the Datos Insights Women’s Network virtual webinar on the topic of Leadership Development: Guiding Leaders. Our panel included Jennifer Ham (Chief Revenue Officer at Datos Insights), Jessica Hampton (Chief People Officer at Datos Insights), and Deb Zawisza (Senior Principal at Datos Insights).
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Chris Eberly |Nancy Casbarro |Steven Kaye
The message was clear at our recent Insurance CIO Council Meeting at ITC Vegas: Artificial intelligence is no longer just a buzzword in insurance—it’s delivering real results. Over 90 CIOs and insurance technology leaders gathered to discuss how AI is transforming core insurance processes and creating measurable business value across the enterprise. Several success stories highlighted AI’s growing impact.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Steven Kaye |Jack Krantz |Nancy Casbarro
The group life and voluntary benefits sector is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by artificial intelligence adoption, changing workforce demographics, and evolving employee expectations. Carriers and benefits administrators are rapidly incorporating AI, including generative AI, to revolutionize how benefits are delivered and managed, as well as for benefits communications, customer service, product recommendations, and education.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Nancy Casbarro |Jack Krantz
Datos Insights’ latest Market Navigator report on Life/Annuity/Benefits (L/A/B) Policy Administration Systems highlights how insurers are rapidly adopting new technologies and flexible approaches to stay competitive in an evolving marketplace. Here are the key trends shaping the future of policy administration: Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a buzzword in insurance—it’s becoming a core component of modern policy administration systems.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Julie Conroy |Deb Zawisza |Steven Kaye |Nancy Casbarro
As we look ahead to 2025, our industry is poised for transformative change, facing the confluence of continued global economic uncertainty, rapid technological advancements, and evolving customer expectations. Below are just a few of the top trends that Datos Insights believes will shape the landscape over the next one to two years. Our expert team of former practitioners continues to examine these trends (and more!) and is your best resource to help you navigate these turbulent times.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Steven Kaye |David Barnhardt |Nancy Casbarro |Deb Zawisza
The individual life insurance market in 2024 presents a paradox: While term life insurance sales are expected to reach an all-time high of US$3 billion, the industry continues to grapple with market penetration challenges. Despite projected record sales, only three out of five product lines—indexed universal life, term life, and variable universal life insurance—have seen year-over-year growth in policies sold.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Enrico Camerinelli |Nancy Casbarro
UniCredit’s acquisition of Vodeno and Aion Bank marks a significant milestone in the evolution of embedded finance, signaling a shift in how traditional banks approach financial technology. This move by a major European bank underscores the growing importance of Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platforms and highlights the strategic value of controlling such technologies in-house. The deal brings UniCredit a suite of embedded finance products, including payments, accounts, and lending services.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Neill Campbell |Nancy Casbarro
In law enforcement, SWAT team members often serve the department with normal responsibilities but are called in for SWAT-specific duties as needed. The same can be set up for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) that cannot afford to have full-time or robust cybersecurity and incident response (CSIRT) teams but rather pull CSIRT members from multiple teams across the organization. For SMBs, even CSIRT team members may not be enough during a substantial cyber event.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Nancy Casbarro |Mitch Wein |Caitlin Simmons
As women in leadership roles, we often face unique challenges in our career journeys. While external barriers certainly exist, a significant obstacle can be our own internal mindset and behaviors. I hosted the most recent Datos Insights Women’s Network meeting on the topic of how to stop being your own worst enemy, which offered insights on how women can overcome internal barriers and reach their full potential as leaders.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
datos-insights.com | Datos Insights |Nancy Casbarro |Jack Krantz
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and a leading technology provider to capital markets firms, recently announced its plan to acquire private markets data provider Preqin for US$3.2 billion. But why? For starters, bringing together Preqin’s data and research tools with BlackRock’s Aladdin platform, and in particular its private markets solution eFront, would significantly bolster BlackRock’s alternative investment data and technology offerings and expand its client base.
