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The
Strategic IT Section will be meeting at the LOMA/LIMRA Canada
Annual Conference.
Morning
Workshop
11:00 to 12:00: Profit and Brand Accelerators - Real World Projects and Trends
This session explore real world projects, experiences and trends that every Business Decision Maker and Technical Decision Maker must know. IT is a strategic asset for a financial services organization but often this asset is underutilized. Through this interactive session, the audience will explore real world projects that financial services companies have executed to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace, increase profitability and improve customer experience. The intent of this session is to leave the audience with ideas, based on real world experiences, which they may be able to apply to their own businesses.
The presenter, Sultan Akif, is the Financial Services Architect at
Microsoft Canada and has provided strategic consulting across 50+ organizations across 7 countries. He is currently the Chairperson for LOMA Canada’s Strategic IT section.
Afternoon
Workshops
1:30 – 2:30: An Industry Point of View: "A Smarter Planet and the Insurance Enterprise of the Future" from IBM
Many insurers are challenged to maintain a profit in the current economic environment and will face even greater challenges from increasing regulation, growing customer expectations and new global competitors. It is clear that the insurance industry is ripe for smarter systems and solutions to support their changing needs and environments.
With today’s technologies, new ways of designing products, underwriting risk, and reducing costs are no longer just a possibility. They're both a reality and a necessity. Leading insurers are already deploying smart systems that can:
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Automatically process a customer request whether submitted by email, voice mail, paper, etc.
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Leverage customer insight for more personalized service and tailored benefit options
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Detect fraud and comply audits and government regulations
IBM's Smarter Planet initiative for insurance is a direct response to the kind of performance improvements insurers need to reduce cost, help resolve service issues and drive their business forward, through the tough months ahead. The key is to develop a strategy that will target new technologies new partners and faster ways to analyze risk in a fast moving world.
2:45 – 4:00: Security “Matters” for a Profitable Enterprise
This session is focused toward both business and technical roles.
Please join the Microsoft’s Security and Privacy Lead for a interesting and eye-opening session on the financial services security threat landscape, real world scenarios, emerging security trends and simple techniques that can be used to protect an organization and the data of its clients. Security solutions are always multi-dimensional and include people, process and technology. This session will explore real world scenarios as well provide examples of the steps that financial services organizations are taking to keep their data and hence their reputation secure. This session is a must for any business and technical leader who is interested in understanding the security risk and associated cost effective mitigation plan.
Mohammad Akif is the lead for Security and Privacy at Microsoft Canada and is considered a security expert in Canada. He frequently provides security related guidance on television news, conferences, articles and online media.
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