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Per Helmark4 September 2018 0

Skærpede krav kan ses som en mulighed for liv- og pensionsbranchen

Af Per Helmark, Aktuar, SAS, og Kristian Juul Schomacker, Product Manager, Edlund A/S Skærpede europæiske krav til liv- og pensionsbranchen har fået Finanstilsynet til at præcisere, hvordan hensættelsesmodellering under Solvens II skal foretages her i Danmark. Meldingen fra Finanstilsynet er klar: Man skal lave fremregning af balancen ved brug af

Danish

Insurance

Analytics

3 examples of reducing supply chain uncertainty – upstream

Hans Bonde30 August 2018 0

3 examples of reducing supply chain uncertainty – upstream

This is the last article in a three-part series on how to reduce uncertainty in the supply chain to reduce costs. This article deals with reducing uncertainty in the interface with your suppliers and supply network. There are several ways to define uncertainty. I like two angles on uncertainty (which

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Analytics | Data Management

Obligation or opportunity? Rethinking IFRS 17

Lee Thorpe29 August 2018 0

Obligation or opportunity? Rethinking IFRS 17

Every cloud has a silver lining, especially in insurance. The upcoming International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) regulation is certain to unsettle the industry. However, to ignore the bright side would be a big mistake. Achieving compliance is not only for satisfying regulators, it can be a competitive advantage

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Insurance

Analytics

Tonia Calvio29 August 2018 1

Supercharging human resources capabilities with people analytics

The true test of when a technology has become mainstream is when it is being widely used across the whole business, from customer-facing functions to backroom work. Analytics has been customer-focused for some time, and has also been widely used for individual performance, for example, by sports teams. The advent

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Analytics

Luca Garlanda22 August 2018 0

The paradox of analytics platforms

We have been talking about analytics platforms for some time, but it does feel a bit like the debate does not inspire the enthusiasm it deserves. A major SAS study on readiness for AI, carried out in spring 2017, found that only 12 percent of respondents felt that their analytics

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Gregor Herrmann21 August 2018 0

5 takeaways from workshops of data mining and machine learning

At the German SAS Forum, Sascha Schubert and I ran some hands-on sessions or workshops on data science and analytics. You might say that this was nothing new, but I noticed some changes from previous forums that I think may point towards wider changes in the analytical landscape. Here, then,

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Analytics

Hans Bonde17 August 2018 0

3 examples of reducing supply chain uncertainty – internally

This is the second article in a three-part series on how to reduce uncertainty in the supply chain for lower costs. The first was about reducing uncertainty downstream.This article deals with reducing uncertainty within the company. There are several ways to define uncertainty. I like two angles on uncertainty (which are not

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Emanuela Sferco16 August 2018 0

How will you define the future of your organisation?

Twelve years ago, in 2006, Time magazine made an interesting move in deciding on its “Person of the Year.” Instead of one of the many eminent scientists, world leaders, or stars of stage and screen who had influenced the world that year, Time chose to recognise a social phenomenon. It

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Internet of Things

Jennifer Major15 August 2018 0

How AI is driving business model change: The IoT and analytics-at-the-edge edition

When I ask people what they think the Internet of Things (IoT) is all about, the vast majority will say “smart homes,” probably based on personal experience. If I say that it is also about industries making using of data from sensors, then most people’s immediate reaction is to think

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Hidden Insights: How analytically driven decisions can help retailers get the right size to the customer

Aneshan Ramaloo14 August 2018 1

How analytically driven decisions can help retailers get the right size to the customer

In my previous blog post, I talked about how both retailers and consumers can benefit from applications of artificial intelligence and discussed some compelling use cases. I would like to take this post a step further and delve into a particular bugbear of mine: the struggle to find the right size. In

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Retail

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