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High-growth startups should start de-risking their path to IPO now

TechCrunch

Carl Niedbala is COO and co-founder of Founder Shield, a commercial insurance broker. However, there is no better time than the middle of a market downturn to start planning for the leap from a private to a public company. De-risking the path to going public requires strategic planning, which takes time. Carl Niedbala.

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Perficient Quoted in Two Forrester Reports Exploring How Health Plans Can Better Engage Members

Perficient

We often hear from our payer clients that, due to the highly matrixed nature of health insurance organizations, no one group feels that it truly owns the entire experience of its members. Rather, we see the greatest success when organizations define desired business outcomes then approach technology as a strategic enabler of those goals.

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Gamification: A Game Insurers Must Play

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When it comes to influencing customer behavior, gamification is one of the most powerful digital levers for insurance agents and insurers. With radical changes in customer expectations and low tolerance for long drawn out processes, what becomes the turning point for an insurance business is the experience it consistently delivers.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

Still, some CIOs are taking a hybrid approach, for example, by hiring a small number of highly skilled employees to lead the strategic initiatives and then partnering with providers to jump-start capabilities. D ue diligence pays off.

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IT leaders face reality check on hybrid productivity

CIO

At insurance company National Life, CIO Nimesh Mehta says his IT team saw productivity increase 26% during the pandemic “because I think people didn’t have anything better to do than work,” Mehta says. “It comes down to finding a balance” of what can be done effectively remotely and what needs to be done in the office, he adds.

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Ceiling breakers: Women IT execs shake up the status quo

CIO

She’s now CEO of her own business, CIO Concierge LLC, a niche consultancy that provides executive-level coaching as well as IT branding and strategic planning services. She explains: “I was intrigued by the opportunity to help transform the insurance industry with technology and data in a very meaningful way.”

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Canada Life’s efforts to equally strengthen talent and tech

CIO

So we’ll have to prioritize strategic planning, invest in upskilling our workforce, and collaborate with tech experts to secure technology integration. Artificial Intelligence, Careers, CIO, Emerging Technology, Financial Services Industry, Generative AI, Insurance Industry, IT Leadership, Women in IT