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Paul RidgeAugust 2, 2021 0

A risk worth taking: Making data a company’s best friend, not its most costly mistake

Within both the business world and our personal lives, data is becoming increasingly intrinsic to everything we do. Whether it’s picking which restaurant to order from, a tailored advert or figuring out the quickest route home, data is a part of our everyday decision making. For businesses, the value of

Cloud | Risk Management

Dean LowsonJuly 20, 2021 0

Fairer pricing: how insurers can win back customers’ trust

The introduction of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s new policy on pricing practices in the general insurance market is one of the biggest shake-ups the insurance industry has seen in more than a decade. It’s not just a significant implementation challenge that needs to be delivered in a short deadline.

Risk Management

Tony CartiaJuly 8, 2021 0

Save time and effort through automation of model validation and monitoring

One of the lesser-known effects of COVID-19 has been on analytical risk models. Around the world, the pandemic has created a new reality. The situation became so unpredictable that financial institutions’ risk models lost their ability to make accurate predictions. Past performance, it turned out, was very definitely not a

Analytics | Risk Management

Brian HoldenJuly 6, 2021 0

No time for heroes?

Our key workers deserve more than just a round of applause — so why do we still expect the people who have the least to pay the most for banking services? To most people, social justice and the banking sector probably seem like strange bedfellows. Over the past couple of

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization | Risk Management

Luis BarrientosJune 29, 2021 0

IFRS17: ¿Importante o Urgente?

Una prioridad para enero del 2022 en el sector asegurador, para aquellas entidades que deban cumplir con IFRS 17, pues estará en marcha el paralelo de esta norma. Aunque si retomamos la frase: “No deje que algo importante se vuelva urgente”, esta tarea debería estar en la agenda del staff

Analytics | Risk Management

Enzo RoccasalvaJune 7, 2021 0

Sommelier de Riesgo - Entrega 9: “Move to cloud: SAS Risk Analytics Management”

Sólo podemos ver poco del futuro pero lo suficiente para darnos cuenta de que hay mucho por hacer...”. Alan Mathison Turing La nube se ha convertido en sinónimo de la forma en que las organizaciones pueden romper las barreras de IT para brindar agilidad, elasticidad y velocidad que tanto necesitan.

Thais CerioniMay 18, 2021 0

TIM Brasil apresenta resultados de seu programa de Tax Analytics

Durante o SAS Global Forum 2021, a TIM Brasil apresentou os resultados de seu projeto de Tax Analytics. Na sessão Tax Analytics: Straight to the Bottom Line, Auana Mattar, CIO da TIM, e Gustavo Alves, diretor de finanças administrativas e impostos da operadora, contaram sobre o complexo ambiente tributário brasileiro,

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Analytics | Risk Management

Cindy TurnerApril 21, 2021 0

The business risks of climate change: Where technology and nature meet

Analyzing climate change business risk helps companies choose the most effective actions.

Analytics | Risk Management

Thorsten HeinApril 13, 2021 0

Beyond insurance accounting standards: A long-term vision

A solid business strategy addresses insurance accounting standards and much more.

Analytics | Risk Management

David FergusonApril 8, 2021 0

Collections optimisation: balance the books and treat vulnerable customers with patience

With unemployment at a three-year high, the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the UK hard. While significant progress has now been made on the clinical side of the crisis, and the success of the vaccination programme is a cause for optimism, the impact on the economy will

Energy & Utilities

Artificial Intelligence | Risk Management

Joanna NoerholmMarch 23, 2021 0

Climate risk: What is it and why is it important?

In 2020 alone, the global losses from natural disasters amounted to a staggering US$210 billion! This is just short of the 2020 GDP of Portugal, or a little more than twice the market cap of HSBC, Europe’s largest bank. The causes of these huge losses include drought-fuelled wildfires, severe floods

Analytics | Risk Management

Thorsten HeinFebruary 15, 2021 0

Using the cloud to unlock business value and comply with IFRS 17 and LDTI

4 tips to help insurers comply with regulatory reporting requirements as they move to the cloud.

Analytics | Risk Management

Anthony MancusoFebruary 8, 2021 0

Modernize the risk modeling life cycle by moving to cloud

Go from gridlocked model development to accelerated innovation by moving to the cloud.

Analytics | Risk Management

Xavier VandermostenJanuary 28, 2021 0

3 forces driving modern asset liability management strategies

Economic, tech and regulatory trends are shifting asset liability management strategies.

Banking | Insurance

Analytics | Risk Management

John VoigtJanuary 13, 2021 0

The future of bank stress testing with SAS Analytics on Azure

SAS Cloud solutions on Azure help banks by delivering reliable stress test results fast.

Analytics | Risk Management

DooHo LeeDecember 29, 2020 0

코로나 시대, 은행의 리스크 관리

코로나19가 광범위하게 확산되면서 생산활동 중단, 소비 감소, 교역 감소 등 세계 경제에 심각한 타격이 이어지고 있습니다. 이 충격파를 최대한 완화하기 위해 각국 정부는 다양한 재정적 지원을 투입하고 있습니다. 그럼에도 대부분의 기업과 개인은 코로나19로 경제적 어려움을 겪고 있으며, 이로 인해 은행에서는 다음과 같은 과제에 직면하고 있습니다. 여신관리 코로나19의 영향을 가장 크고

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Kenneth KohNovember 18, 2020 0

The future of insurance with SAS Analytics on Azure

Learn how SAS and Microsoft can help insurers accelerate digital transformation efforts.

Analytics | Risk Management

Enzo RoccasalvaNovember 12, 2020 0

Sommelier de Riesgo: Entrega 8– Riesgo de Crédito: “Técnicas de Inferencia de Denegados”

“Los encantos de esta ciencia sublime, las matemáticas, solo se revelan a aquellos que tienen el valor de profundizar en ella” Carl Friedrich Gauss ¡Estimados lectores, ha vuelto el Sommelier del Riesgo! En este breve artículo, hablaremos de las metodologías de inferencia de denegados que se utilizan en la construcción

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Yuri RuedaOctober 13, 2020 0

Inteligencia artificial, la solución al combate del lavado de dinero en la era COVID-19

A nivel mundial, los bancos han gastado un estimado de US$321 mil millones en multas desde 2008 por no cumplir con los estándares regulatorios, facilitar el lavado de dinero, el financiamiento del terrorismo y la manipulación del mercado. De hecho, se estima que el total de dinero lavado anualmente en

Artificial Intelligence | Risk Management

Hidden Insights - Risk assessment for competitive advantage

Iain BrownSeptember 28, 2020 0

Risk to reward: Risk assessment for competitive advantage

The more information they have to learn from, the better. Naturally, this will not allow you to predict global pandemics or financial collapses.

Analytics | Risk Management

Andreas BecksSeptember 23, 2020 0

The evolving role of actuaries for insurance innovation

Digitalization, big data and AI are changing the role of insurance and, therefore, the role of actuaries. A lot of reports – like McKinsey’s Insurance 2030, Deloitte’s “The Exponential Actuary," or the Big Data and Insurance report by the Geneva Association (a leading think tank of insurance CEOs) depict aspects

Analytics | Risk Management

Michael RabinSeptember 16, 2020 0

Transforming Actuarial Work With Better Risk Modelling and Dynamic Pricing

Whenever I talk to actuaries across EMEA, they are very consistent in the many anchor points they see for actuarial modernization in order to be future-proof. In this article, I would like to share some of them. Anchor points for actuarial innovation The most time-consuming task is, of course, getting

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Ilkay AydogduAugust 31, 2020 0

Three digital transformation challenge areas ahead for insurance providers in Turkey

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, SAS has formed dedicated global teams to predict and monitor the pandemic’s course and identify the likely impact for customers. In Turkey, we have identified three main risk areas for insurers and have set out some strategies to help our clients respond, recover

Analytics | Risk Management

Brian HoldenAugust 24, 2020 0

Decisioning at scale: Why banks need to radically change their operating models now

Twelve years ago, the banking industry suffered deep reputational damage in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. Bankers took the blame – in some cases deservedly – for large-scale economic problems that took a severe toll on many of society’s most vulnerable people. The crisis severely shook banks

Customer Intelligence | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Alexander TikhonovAugust 21, 2020 0

How banking in Russia is embracing digital transformation and resilience

It is becoming common to attribute huge changes in any sector to part of the global response to the pandemic. I’d argue that the pandemic has simply accelerated changes that were already happening in this sector. To test this hypothesis, I caught up with Alex Kwiatkowski, Principal Industry Consultant for

Analytics | Risk Management

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Katherine TaylorAugust 10, 2020 0

Risk modeling during a crisis requires new data

Katherine Taylor explains how and why new data improves risk models.

Analytics | Risk Management

RIsk analyst considers how to evolve the modeling process after COVID-19

Katherine TaylorJuly 23, 2020 0

5 ways to evolve the modeling process after COVID-19

Move from rapid response to long-term resiliency based on these 5 tips.