Do you really still have people performing these rote, error-prone chores? “Reconciliation” is just a fancy word for “making sure things match.” It’s an essential cross-checking chore that can be found in all industries. In insurance, you need to make sure that numbers from one source—say a carrier’s commission statement—match those in another—such as your …
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We see it all the time: Insurance companies are striving to get ahead in the field of business intelligence. They’ll invest, often heavily, in systems such as Oracle Business Intelligence, Microsoft Power BI, and so on… and yet they struggle to find the value from these investments. Why is that? Many times, it’s because they …
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Our last blog article discussed the challenges of lean finance management transformation in hospitals. In this article, we’re sticking to the topic of lean finance transformation. But we’re changing the venue to insurance. Are there more similarities than differences? Read on, and decide for yourself. Finance transformation with lean principles and the CFO in the …
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If you’re running a life insurance business, there are only so many operating costs you can cut, right? Or there are only so many productivity gains you can wring from the resources you have left, right? Wrong. The very notion that you have to choose between reducing insurance operating costs and increasing productivity is what …
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