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Insurance & Technology May 28, 2008 Mark Roth |
New Technology and Functionalities Aid Compliance and Improve ROI Technology has gotten smarter in the past few years, helping insurance companies to comply with changing regulatory requirements. |
Insurance & Technology September 5, 2008 Gary Kirkham |
BPM Creates a More-Agile Business The business demands process improvements that increase customer satisfaction and automate corporate functions to ensure good business practices. |
Insurance & Technology May 28, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Accounting and Financial Systems: Technological Enhancements Offer Promise -- and Questions Insurers' accounting and financial systems -- including billing, annual reporting, portfolio management and investment management platforms -- are becoming increasingly integrated with other enterprise systems. |
CIO December 11, 2008 Jarina D'Auria |
Achieving Compliance As economic tough times continue, there's one thing companies can count on: more regulations. So, should you buy a GRC tool or leverage existing applications? A company's size and the scope of its operations can help guide that decision. |
Insurance & Technology September 5, 2008 Michael P. Sciole |
Selecting the Right BPM Solution Begins With Understanding Business Needs From packaged workflow solutions to customizable tools, selecting the best business process management technology requires an understanding of business requirements. |
CFO September 1, 2007 Scott Leibs |
One for Three Should governance, risk management, and compliance be tackled as one problem, or is this a classic case of scope creep? |
Insurance & Technology March 27, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Industry Groups React to Treasury Secretary's Statements to House Committee Speaking before the House Financial Services Committee, Geithner was forthright about the need for systemic risk regulation but his comments on optional federal charter were subject to interpretation. |
U.S. Banker November 2007 Patrick Conte |
Embrace This Acronym: IT GRC. It Could Save Banks a Bundle. Used to describe the interdependent disciplines of governance, risk and compliance, GRC refers to the people, processes and technology banks invest in to comply with regulations and manage risk as part of effective corporate governance. |
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2006 |
IT Not Aware of GRC Needs Says Compliance Pros A survey of more than 200 governance risk and compliance professionals, 37.8% of whom represent financial services companies, reports that the majority of respondents believe their IT departments aren't meeting the GRC needs of the business. |
InternetNews December 7, 2009 |
Oracle Enhances Risk, Compliance Offerings GRC gets some new duties in Oracle's latest update to its enterprise governance, risk and compliance management suite |
National Defense February 2014 Jay B. Stephens |
Companies Need Sound Governance In publicly-traded aerospace and defense companies, strong internal controls in an organization -- especially in business units far from the mother ship -- are essential to transparency and process fidelity. |
Insurance & Technology May 18, 2004 Julie Gallagher |
IT Isn't Tapped for Compliance The insurance industry fails to embrace the full business value of IT when it comes to addressing regulatory requirements and instead relies primarily on manual processes and ad hoc measures |
Registered Rep. March 6, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Federal Regulator For Insurance Firms? Barney Frank says Yes. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank gave insurance lobbying groups something to argue about, saying he wants lawmakers to create an optional federal charter for insurance companies. |
Wall Street & Technology February 15, 2007 Cory Levine |
Paisley Consulting Released Its Enterprise GRC Platform To help firms break down the barriers between audit, risk and compliance groups, Paisley Consulting released its Enterprise GRC (governance, risk and compliance) platform. |
InternetNews January 4, 2010 |
EMC Buys Archer in IT Risk Play EMC starts the new year with yet another acquisition. |
Insurance & Technology May 3, 2006 Maria Woehr |
Opting In or Out? As the optional federal charter for insurers hits the Senate floor, industry leaders weigh cost savings and enhanced competition against possible risks to insurance carriers -- and policyholders. |
Insurance & Technology December 23, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell |
Reform in Sight According to a recent study, regulatory compliance under the present state-by-state system will cost the life insurance industry $11 billion over the next decade. Still, given the recognition by all parties that change is needed, some kind of regulatory reform is inevitable. |
CIO June 28, 2012 Kim S. Nash |
6 Steps to Improve BPM in a Social-Media-Driven World Mobile and social media have changed how we do business, and your business processes need to catch up with the times. We talked to experts in the field to provide CIOs with where to start. |
Insurance & Technology January 5, 2007 Chris Smith |
Content Management And BPM Converge Moving into 2007, insurers should be looking at ways to further integrate document and business processes, creating fully automated, end-to-end document and content solutions. |
Insurance & Technology April 3, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Industry Reacts to Federal Insurance Regulation Bill Insurance industry associations argue the benefits or drawbacks of federal regulation, optional federal charter and the priority of addressing systemic risk over shortcomings of the existing state-based regulatory regime. |
Insurance & Technology September 14, 2006 Maria Woehr |
One Charter to Rule Them All? Insurers, analysts and vendors are weighing the benefits and risks of the National Insurance Act of 2006 - a plan to adopt an optional federally chartered regulatory system - as well as the impact the federal regulation could have on IT systems. |
Bank Technology News October 2008 Kyle Duckers |
Strategic GRC Yields Clear Payback Can a financial institution's governance, risk and compliance effort be a strategic tool, or is it simply a cost of doing business? Can best practices actually improve shareholder value? These are important questions that some financial services executives continue to ponder. |
Insurance & Technology July 23, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Conning: Life Insurers Prepared for Optional Federal Charter Will Enjoy Competitive Advantage Insurers prepared for what Conning calls a likely single-licensure will gain a significant advantage in the event of federal regulation of some portion of the life insurance industry, according to the research firm. |
Insurance & Technology June 15, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Five Insurance Trade Groups Sign Statement Supporting Optional Federal Charter The statement will be presented at the June 16 hearing on Risk and Insurance House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. |
InternetNews September 7, 2006 Michael Hickins |
SAP Pushes Compliance as Strategy SAP suggests that governance, risk and compliance management can become more of a strategic asset than simply a burdensome cost. |
Insurance & Technology May 28, 2008 Nathan Conz |
Insurers Taking More Unified Approach to Compliance Compliance is becoming the key component of core systems -- especially within the insurance industry. It means complying with state-to-state insurance regulations; but it also means establishing an anti-money laundering program. |
CFO January 1, 2009 John Edwards |
A Defining Moment Stung by charges that customers never saw risks coming, vendors of governance, risk, and compliance software are rebuilding their image. |
Insurance & Technology November 15, 2006 Anthony O'Donnell |
One Step Closer Another step toward the adoption of an optional federal charter was taken at the end of September when Congressman Ed Royce introduced the National Insurance Act of 2006. |
Insurance & Technology November 14, 2007 Kim Dorgan |
Life Insurance Industry Would Benefit From Optional Federal Charter The future of insurance regulation remains one of the most critical issues facing the life insurance industry. |
Insurance & Technology September 5, 2008 Jeff Goldberg |
Internal Processes Should Define a BPM Solution, Not the Other Way Around A business process management solution should be selected based on business processes; available BPM solutions shouldn't define the process. |
Insurance & Technology August 10, 2006 Maria Woehr |
Compliance Automation Responding to growing pressure on insurers to comply with federal regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Federal Information Act and HIPAA, ControlPath launched ControlPath Compliance Suite 3.0. |
InternetNews May 3, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Mercury Refreshes SOX Tools As the annual rash of compliance deadlines looms, Mercury Interactive updates its IT governance software. |
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
The Compliance Challenge Industry experts offer opinions on what the biggest challenges carriers currently face in terms of regulatory compliance. |
Wall Street & Technology June 20, 2008 Cory Levine |
MEGA Improves Its GRC Suite Version 3.0 of MEGA International's governance, risk and compliance software offers solutions designed to appeal to different types of users and ensure integration with current systems. |
InternetNews March 5, 2007 Michael Hickins |
Oracle Hot For Governance Governance, risk and compliance is emerging as a major center of investment, and Oracle won't leave the field to SAP. |
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Michael Sisk |
Governance, Risk and Compliance Budgets March Higher A recent survey finds that governance, risk management and compliance budgets at financial institutions will rise an average of 10.3 percent this year. |
Insurance & Technology January 5, 2007 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
An Eye on the Future Insurance industry association executives speculate on the most important issues and challenges facing the insurance industry in 2007. |
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Federal Insurance Regulatory Proposal Draws Fire, Support Opponents of the National Insurance Consumer Protection and Regulatory Modernization Act (NICPRMA) call the bill an attempt to shoehorn optional federal charter into government regulatory activity meant to address systemic risk within financial services. |
Insurance & Technology April 3, 2008 Katherine Burger |
No Surprises in Insurance Industry's Mixed Reception for Treasury Department's Endorsement of Optional Federal Charter Concerns about competitive advantage inspired the life insurance industry's welcome of the Treasury's call for an optional federal charter as part of broad regulatory reform proposals for financial services. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 19, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Microsoft and BearingPoint Team to Offer Compliance Solution Microsoft and BearingPoint have collaborated to offer the BearingPoint Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance solution for financial institutions. |
InternetNews October 16, 2009 |
Novell, SAP Partner for Governance, Compliance Software companies promise to bridge gap between business processes and IT security and controls. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2005 |
Finance -- On Balance Senior executives, especially in this Sarbanes-Oxley era, remain hesitant to outsource finance functions. Done selectively, however, such outsourcing might actually benefit governance and compliance. A recent survey of 203 senior executives reinforces this premise. |
Bank Systems & Technology November 24, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Agiliance Launches RiskVision, IT Risk, Compliance Management Platform San Jose, Calif.-based Agiliance, a provider of governance, risk and compliance software solutions, has launched RiskVision 4.0, a risk and compliance management platform. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 26, 2008 Nancy Feig |
BPM's Strategic Benefits Offer Greater Agility Enterprisewide Business process management enables banks to link their IT systems into their processes, allowing them to automate, streamline and monitor key processes, such as account opening, compliance and payments. The impact can be amazing. |
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2004 Hamid R. Moghadam |
Value of Good Governance Every public REIT should have a strong board that is independent and has some skin in the game that ensures the board members' interests are well aligned with those of shareholders. |
Insurance & Technology March 6, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Rep. Melissa Bean Says Federal Insurance Bill Imminent The Illinois Representative's statements call into question whether a proposed federal charter for insurers large enough to pose systemic risk to the financial services industry would be optional or mandatory. |
HBS Working Knowledge July 5, 2004 Weill & Ross |
Ten Principles of IT Governance You've invested heavily in technology, but where is the payoff? This excerpt from the new book IT Governance distills keys to creating greater value from IT. |
Insurance & Technology May 28, 2008 Nathan Conz |
Compliance Becoming Key Component of Core Systems As insurers strive to holistically align their compliance cultures with day-to-day operations, a similar trend is emerging strictly within the technology realm. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Marla Brill |
Sustainability Indexes: Pros And Cons Environmental, social and governance criteria are the basis. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2012 Lorrie Luellig |
Defensible Data Disposal With the costs of data storage poised to increase, pharmaceutical companies need to break their pack rat mentality with respect to data. |