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Three Important Operational Priorities for Life Insurance in 2024

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In life insurance and annuities, the promise has always been unwavering stability and resilience. Insurance companies have adapted to the times by being measured and purposeful, living their commitment to providing long-term security. The last decade challenged this paradigm, having introduced a relentless wave of innovation, including contactless underwriting, consumer demand for digital-centric interactions, the office impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entry of private equity, and rapid fluctuations in interest rates, with the looming threat of declining asset values already requiring another round of new investment strategies, product revisions, and balance sheet optimizations.

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A Painful Year Looms for Issuers of Middle-Market Consumer Credit Cards

Pierre Buhler was featured in this American Banker article outlining strategies for credit card issuers operating in an increasingly complex environment.

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Weighing Risk and Reward with Gen AI Vendor Selection

Nick Kramer was quoted in this CIO article about things to consider when choosing a gen AI vendor.

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CIO Priorities and Trends for 2024

Nick Kramer was featured in this TechTarget article looking at the top trends and priorities for CIO’s in 2024.

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Matt Katz’s Insights Featured In Forbes “The Evolution Of The Shopping Avenues Of America”

Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods spoke with Forbes about the recent

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Matt Katz Quoted in The Atlantic “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”

Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods spoke with The Atlantic about the

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Matt Katz Quoted In Retail Dive “Do malls have any business getting into retail?”

Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods spoke with Retail Dive about the

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Matt Katz Featured in Retail Dive “What 6 charts say about the pandemic’s impact on retail”

Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods spoke with Retail Dive about the

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Matt Katz Featured in Retail Dive “A timeline of how the pandemic hit retail”

Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods shared his reflections regarding the impact

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“Insurtech Acquisitions Will Skyrocket” by John Rodgers Published in ThinkAdvisor

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Our insurance experts, John Rodgers, and Kim Muhota shared their insights for a recent article in ThinkAdvisor on

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Matt Katz Featured in Yahoo Finance “Experts Predict Which Industries Will Fail in 2021”

Insights from Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods were featured in a

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Matt Katz Quoted in Business Insider “‘Buy online and pick up in store’ has emerged as an important strategy for retailers looking to avoid last-mile delivery headaches, but experts say ‘BOPIS’ can be difficult to get right”

Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods spoke with Business Insider about the

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Matt Katz Quoted in Business Insider “Retail saw big winners and losers in 2020. Here’s how experts and insiders think the winners can keep winning in 2021 — and the losers could turn things around.”

Matt Katz, Managing Partner and Head of Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods shared his thoughts with Business Insider