Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper May 11, 2020 Insurers Can Mitigate Operational Challenges, Losses as Pandemic Claims Mount Like all major employers, insurance companies are dealing with operational and workforce disruptions, as millions of their employees – adjusters, actuaries, underwriters, and risk and loss control managers, as well as analysts, as examples – adapt to a remote work environment. The industry’s policyholder surplus, invested funds set aside by insurers to pay claims, is under pressure as asset… Video June 30, 2020 Video - The continuous need to address reporting and compliance requirements Accounting and finance organisations have been challenged recently with new accounting and financial reporting and compliance requirements from a new revenue recognition standard to a new lease accounting standards to more recently accounting for credit losses and agreeing with their audits on critical audit matters. Client Story August 17, 2022 Managing through change: A small professional association gains flexibility and freedom Smaller firms can’t afford to be heavily dependent on technical consultants or bound to a portfolio of siloed applications that don’t provide the ability to track data. Recently, the visionary leader of a healthcare professional association freed her business from these dilemmas. But the flexibility and strength her small team stood to gain from their digital transformation initiative were… Whitepaper August 22, 2022 Attack operational inefficiencies to align with strategy and optimise costs Are your operations truly supporting your business strategy? If not, it’s time to assess and optimise the right processes in your organisation. Executive summary Consider if this scenario sounds familiar: Your organisation has expanded significantly over the past few years, increasing both its customer base and number of employees. The business strategy is driving a highly successful growth… Survey July 25, 2022 Energy and Utilities Executive Perspectives on Top Risks 2021 & 2030 The range of uncertainties facing Energy and Utilities business leaders around the globe is overwhelming. Challenges triggered by a once-in-a-century pandemic continue to unfold, combined with numerous other risk issues, such as growing social unrest and polarisation, and ever-present challenges associated with technology, digital transformation and innovation. Staying abreast of emerging risk… Newsletter April 20, 2021 Signs of the Times – M&A Best Practices, Resilience and SPACs In today’s complex mergers and acquisitions environment, even the most successful private equity firms must continuously stay up to task when it comes to building their M&A capabilities. Intense competition, increased regulatory scrutiny and rising litigation risks are just a few reasons private equity firms and portfolio companies must invest in the right talent, processes and tools to… Flash Report October 9, 2020 PCAOB Issues Staff Update and Preview of 2019 Inspection Observations On October 8, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) published its Staff Update and Preview of 2019 Inspection Observations. In 2019, the PCAOB inspected approximately 175 audit firms and reviewed portions of roughly 710 public company audits in the United States and abroad. Through the inspections, the board identified potential areas of improvement for all firms and good… Client Story February 8, 2023 Global Health Services Company Modernises Data and Applications with Microsoft A global health services company needed to execute on its corporate promise to deliver affordability and convenience to its patients. However, the company discovered that there was a disconnect between that promise and intended delivery. Further investigating that disconnect revealed that the organisation's procedures for tracking and delivering rebate payments were hampered by complex, time-… Podcast July 23, 2024 Risky Women Podcast | Women in Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities Dive into the world of women in risk management. In this Risky Women podcast, Jenny Wong & Gayle Lacey discuss risk management challenges & opportunities. Podcast December 11, 2024 Podcast | Logical Qubit Roadmap (28 and Counting) — with Atom Computing You could summarise 2024 in two quantum computing topics: the release of the NIST PQC standards and the arrival of logical qubits. We dig into the latter in this episode. Atom Computing recently performed computation on 28 logical qubits with the help of Microsoft’s qubit virtualisation. The future roadmap is optimistic and exciting for those looking for quantum advantage from hardware. Load More
