SAS^® for Insurance

Rebuilding Trust: Next steps for risk management in financial services

A global survey of 346 banking and insurance executives from around the world in 2010 by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of SAS finds that the industries are rebounding from the crisis: three-quarters of participants said they are confident that prospects for revenue growth over the next year are good, whereas 68 percent are positive on the outlook for profitability. Read this paper to learn more about the steps that banks and insurance companies are taking to reinforce their risk management capabilities.

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From the Backroom to the Boardroom

Data is only as valuable as its actual or perceived quality. The traditional approach to data quality management is to correct quality problems as they are encountered. There is an emerging approach to data quality that takes a more proactive approach by putting data quality standards and processes in place that govern data throughout its lifecycle. This white paper, based on two research projects, describes a three-tiered approach the research uncovered for managing data quality in the insurance market.

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Best Practices for Leveraging Business Analytics in Today's and Tomorrow's Insurance Sector

Register now to download Mark B. Gorman & Associates’ research report on how prominent insurance organizations are using business analytics to thrive, not just survive, in today’s challenging market.

This report details how insurance companies can make the cultural changes required to:

• Ensure enterprise collaboration in a siloed organization.
• Align resources toward thought leadership.
• Manage IT's transition from data guardian to data steward.
• Appropriate business analytics governance -- whether centralized or decentralized.

Performance management for the banking and insurance industries (full report)

Register now to access the full 52-page special issue and read expert commentary and case studies about how banks and insurers can:

• Take a unified approach to performance management.
• Use analytics to improve performance through strategic insight and predictive performance management.
• Improve customer and product profitability.

Analytics makes the difference (sample article)
Download this article(PDF) to read about how analytics makes a difference between merely managing performance and actually improving it.

Maximizing Lifetime Value

Register now to access the 52-page sascom international insurance special issue and read about how to:

• Predict the lifetime value of their customers.
• Reduce rates by up to 70 percent for customers with a tailored risk management solution.
• Choose the right combination of tools to stop fraud in its tracks.
• Reap the rewards of an enterprise risk management strategy.

The Informed Insurer (sample article)
Download this article(PDF). Guest commentator Barry Rabkin of IDC Financial Insights on the advantages that real-time analytics can deliver.

Improving Customer Loyalty, Meeting Regulatory Requirements & SAVING COSTS

Register now to access the 36-page sascom supplement that includes information on:

• Fighting Fraud – What is the price of complacency?
• Risk Management Strategies – Are you up-to-date?
• Agency Management – What are the current trends?

SAS End-to-End Business Intelligence Underwrites Performance at HBOS General Insurance (sample article)
Download this article(PDF). An integrated SAS solution provides management with essential performance intelligence for the general insurance arm of the HBOS Group.