CFO Insights Capitalizing on the promise—and the power—of the Internet of Things Over the last 20 years, the Internet has been nothing short of transformative. And judging by the numbers, the Internet of Things (IoT)—a suite of technologies and processes that allows data to be tracked, analyzed, shared, and acted upon through ubiquitous...
CFO Insights Creating an effective communications program When taking on a new role, it is important as CFO to quickly establish or elevate your communications program. After all, you may be inheriting hundreds or even thousands of staffers across the globe to whom you may need to communicate a renewed mission, strategy, or brand objectives. Furthermore, there may be numerous other stakeholders...
CFO Insights Compliance risks: What you don’t contain can hurt you As global regulations proliferate and stakeholder expectations increase, organizations are exposed to a greater degree of compliance risk than ever before. Specifically, compliance risk is the threat posed to a company’s financial, organizational, or reputational standing resulting from violations of laws,...
CFO Insights Diagnosing your team— and curing its ills As CFO, you are critically dependent on your leadership team to successfully execute your vision. But just as ineffective individuals can drain your time, an ineffective leadership team can diminish your standing in your company. Still, executives often have a fuzzy definition of what a team means to them. For some, it’s...
CFO Insights Facing (and embracing) strategic risks Risk management has undergone a refocusing in recent years in an attempt to make its techniques and processes more adaptable to shifts in business and the economy, and more responsive to the demands of C-suite executives. And those same executives, including CFOs, are finding that by focusing on strategic risks, they are better equipped...
Health Actuarial Insights September 2012 Advisory The value of actuarial analysis in clinically integrated organizations Contents The value of actuarial analysis in clinically integrated organizations By Mark Jamilkowski, FSA, and Alisa Widmer, FSA Healthcare service delivery and the associated financing of that care are undergoing a revolution, prompted by healthcare reform initiatives and...
Property & Casualty Actuarial Insights November 2014 Contents P&C Insurance Capital Modeling for ORSA 1 Salvage/Subrogation Is Manageable Revenue 5 P&C Insurance Capital Modeling for ORSA By Jim McCreesh, Tom McIntyre and Pete Vuong Introduction Effective in 2015, insurers will be required to report to their regulators on their Own Risk and Solvency Assessment...
HEALTH ACTUARIAL INSIGHTS April 2015 Contents Measuring issuer ACA grace period option risk by Gerry Smedinghoff Data analytics and medical cost reduction: A role for health actuaries by Frank Qin 5 A&H valuation and regulatory updates by Gerry Smedinghoff 3 Inpatient rehabilitation hospital stroke patient cost and quality analysis by Gerry Smedinghoff Measuring issuer ACA...
Embracing the Cognitive Era Using automation to break transformation barriers — and make every employee an innovator. January 2016 kpmg.com © 2016 KPMG LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership and the U.S. member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity....
DATA AND ANALYTICS: A New Driver of Performance and Valuation How investors and equity analysts view the value of companies’ advanced information strategies October 2015 An executive briefing prepared by Institutional Investor Research and KPMG Contents 2 Foreword 3 Welcome to “the battlefield of the future” 5 Strategies for navigating...