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As insurers look to be more agile, data mesh strategies take centerstage

CIO

In this way, data may just be the ultimate disruptor – a fact that the insurance industry knows all too well. As data volumes continue to increase alongside a correlating number of business requests, modern insurance data leaders face a nuanced set of challenges. Enter data mesh.

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CIO risk-taking 101: Playing it safe isn’t safe

CIO

To illustrate, some examples: Applications portfolio rationalization : The most fundamental guiding principle of technical architecture management is to fill each required service exactly once. An unrationalized application portfolio, and for that matter poor rationalization of the other architecture layers, creates, in a word, “risks.”

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Allstate’s cloud-first approach to digital transformation pays off

CIO

But home and automobile insurance company Allstate is taking a different approach. based insurer has rebuilt its core application for claims processing, sales, and support, and plans to overhaul its entire portfolio of business processes, all with the aim to enhance and accelerate the customer experience.

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The Case for Software Architecture Makeover

Dzone - DevOps

This paper described the concept of distributed application architecture through small self-contained application components deployed across a larger corporate network. Sometime later, I hosted a technology leadership forum at a major insurance company in New York.

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Bangkok-based insurtech Sunday banks $45M Series B from investors like Tencent

TechCrunch

Its products currently include motor and travel insurance policies that can be purchased online, and Sunday Health for Business, a healthcare coverage program for employers. The new funding will be used to expand in Indonesia and develop new distribution channels, including insurance agents and SMEs.

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Express Cloudera POV on 2021 data trends in insurance

Cloudera

We’ve written about the changes forced on the traditionally risk-averse insurance industry by COVID-19. In 2021, with the crisis hopefully fading, insurance will have time to evaluate the changes made in 2020, assessing what worked and what didn’t, and planning a new way forward rather than reacting in real time. .

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What the Digital Operational Resilience Act means for you

CIO

Every business in some form or another is looking to adopt and integrate emerging technologies—whether that’s artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud architectures, or advanced data analytics—to help achieve a competitive edge and reach key operational goals. We’re at a critical time for digital transformation.