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Risk Management

Integrate risk management throughout the enterprise

While the whole concept of insurance revolves around risk management, most insurance companies continue to operate as disparate units, which fosters a degree of uncertainty when it comes to understanding business risk throughout the organization. In the wake of a financial crisis, economic downturn and soft global market, it is more crucial than ever that insurers review their risk management procedures in order to improve shareholder confidence and prevent regulators from downgrading their portfolios.

" We are now much more confident in making reinsurance decisions. Today we have a daily, real-time view of our risk."

— John Savage

Vice President, Strategic Risk Analysis, Chartis

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How SAS® Can Help 

To survive and emerge stronger from the financial crisis, it is essential that insurance companies implement a risk management strategy throughout their organizations. With SAS insurance risk management solutions, you can:

  • Ensure accurate information by integrating disparate data and automatically applying embedded data quality techniques.
  • Reduce the impact of risks by applying advanced analytics that allow insurers to anticipate enterprise risks and initiate risk control measures to minimize losses.
  • Employ stress testing to determine the potential effect of dramatic changes in market circumstances.
  • Reduce implementation time and expenses with a single, integrated solution.
  • Improve business decisions by allowing risk analysts to access and communicate information when they need it, in the format and level of detail they require.

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How SAS® Is Different 

Only SAS offers a modular, end-to-end solution for managing risk that lets you oversee the whole process easily. SAS provides:

  • A single integrated, scalable risk framework.
  • Superior data integration capabilities.
  • A data repository and insurance-specific data model.
  • A sophisticated risk engine.
  • Flexible reporting capabilities.

SAS also gives you the flexibility to implement the solution using a phased approach, starting where your needs are greatest and adding over time as needs change.

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