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Rasmussen on choosing enterprise-grade GRC/IRMS

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Michael Rasmussen is a name you might know if you take an interest in GRC/IRMS systems. I mention both titles, because Rasmussen not only coined the amalgam Governance, Risk & [...]

31
Mar

March’s top Salesforce and Riskonnect blogs

thryve’s partners Salesforce and Riskonnect always have something interesting to say, so we often browse their latest blogs to keep up on trends and thought leader opinions. But you don’t have to. We have selected our best reads [...]

25
Mar

Measuring ROI for your integrated risk management

By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve Calculating a return on investment is already a complicated exercise. But in the face of revolutionary changes, ROI becomes even trickier as like-for-like equivalences draw thin. So how do [...]

18
Mar

Know your customer, regardless of your business’ size

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager, thryve Henry Ford once said that his customers could have any colour car they want, as long as it was black. But this is a widely-misunderstood quote. Ford provided models in many [...]

09
Mar

Introducing Salesforce Financial Services Cloud

By Riaan Bekker, Solutions Specialist of Risk Management and Insurance Systems at thryve Some introductions are never too late. Though it has been four years since Salesforce launched Salesforce Financial Service Cloud, this service continues to be a [...]

02
Mar

February’s top Salesforce and Riskonnect blogs

thryve’s partners Salesforce and Riskonnect always have something interesting to say, so we often browse their latest blogs to keep up in trends and thought leader opinions. But you don’t have to. We selected our best reads of [...]

28
Feb

The product has changed, even in insurance

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager, thryve The impact of technology often comes up in conversations I have, usually about how it’s changing things. People fret about ideas such as digital disruption or being replaced by technological efficiency. [...]

25
Feb

IRMSA Risk Report: Let the accountability begin

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve The latest South Africa Risks Report from the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA), its 6th edition, once again is interesting and captivating. At first glance, it might appear [...]

19
Feb

Three ways to break down silos in organisations

By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve Silos once made a lot of sense. In the early 20th century, companies and states grew much larger and complex. Managing these behemoths was not easy and led to [...]

13
Feb

Why crisis also means opportunity

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve The Chinese word for ‘crisis’ is not a combination of ‘danger’ and ‘opportunity’. Like many such attributed pieces of wisdom, the actual concept came from Western authors fascinated by the [...]

12
Feb

thryve’s pick of 2019’s best Salesforce blogs

As a proud Salesforce partner, implementer and developer, thryve keeps a close eye on the business services giant. That includes the many great blogs that Salesforce produces every year. There are too many to browse through, so we [...]

06
Feb

How cloud simplifies complex risk and insurance environments

By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve Managing risks and insurance across a single business is difficult. To do so across numerous entities is orders of magnitude harder. The information has to be drawn from different [...]

05
Feb

Are you providing answers through your risk visualisation?

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Determining risk is complicated – risk managers know this. But some might say explaining risk to others is even harder. You can’t simply demonstrate the technical path you followed to [...]

30
Jan

Insurance in 2020: A personal touch will make the difference

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Personalisation is establishing itself as the cornerstone of modern insurance and insurtech. The trend has been building momentum for several years, and today it’s evident in the advertisements of numerous [...]

31
Dec

Fixing strategic risk: the rise of objective-based ERM

By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) gained popularity for a specific reason. It offered what risk management was initially meant to provide: strategic value. Even the most basic strategic management course [...]

31
Oct

GRC vs IRM: Looking beyond names and acronyms

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Is there a difference between Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) and Integrated Risk Management (IRM)? This topic has sparked furious debate among different practitioners and technologists. It’s also the topic [...]

29
Oct

Claims management across a Conglomerate: thryve Customer Story

Conglomerates are power business vehicles, delivering change and diversity that can materially improve the economies of entire nations, regions and even continents. One such conglomerate, an African giant, has been particularly successful across more than 15 sectors, with [...]

16
Sep

The interesting history of Governance, Risk and Compliance

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Managed, thryve As we head towards the IRMSA conference, 2-3 October at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg, I am preparing for my presentation on the debate between GRC and IRM. ‘Governance, Risk & [...]

16
Sep

Why IRM matters – the IRM cloud story

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager, thryve There is a bit of a storm in the GRC – that being the Governance, Risk and Compliance – world. Recently Gartner announced that it will no longer rate all GRC [...]

11
Sep

Discover the power of risk-informed decision-making

By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve Canada There is a bit of a furore in the risk-management world. Advisory firm Gartner has thrown a cat among the pigeons by creating a new category for integrated [...]

09
Sep

Thryve Customer Story: Taking internal corporate insurance to the next level

Corporations run internal insurance operations that look after their first-party insurance. These policies help mitigate risks inherent to the business and are different from customer-facing insurance services. A major South African financial corporation does exactly this. It gathers the [...]

29
Aug

thryve Customer Story: Bringing members into the centre of a professional body

Professionals appreciate the value of joining a group offering networking and development opportunities. It’s not a decision made lightly. Non-profit professional associations know that they have to appeal to the sensibilities of their current members, as well as [...]

29
Aug

Is Cloud CRM the future? The $48 billion says Yes

Over three quarters of $48 billion spent annually for CRM applications goes to cloud-based SaaS CRMs, according to Gartner. SaaS CRMs are much more flexible without creating lockin – they can be customised risk-free to the processes and [...]

28
Aug

5 Steps to Unlock the Flow of Information

Streamlining your job starts with understanding where things are breaking down. People, technology – even the data itself – can inhibit your ability to get the information you need to manage risk effectively. Here are five steps from Riskonnect [...]

31
Jul

Gartner: Download the 2019 Full Report

thryve is proud to market and support Riskonnect’s integrated risk management solutions which are designed to make your job easier, faster, and more effective. Learn why Gartner named Riskonnect a Visionary for the second consecutive year in the [...]

29
Jul

Riskonnect named as Visionary in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant – again

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Integrated risk management (IRM) is a fairly new discipline, but it’s already making great strides towards transforming all types of organisations. The philosophy is straightforward: instead of risk information languishing [...]

25
Jul

Start swimming with the insurance challengers

Insurance is changing, whether practitioners accept this or not. It is simply the reality of an industry where many new participants are arriving, rising fast and bringing a big wake of change along with them. Those companies that [...]

24
Jul

Want risk to help leaders? Make it visual

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve A picture tells a thousand words. We are instinctively visual creatures: seeing is believing and, I’d add, accepting. If you have to make decisions, you need to accept certain truths [...]

22
Jul

Reducing administration and improving process awareness at RTT

thryve Customer Story RTT is one of South Africa’s top logistics companies, moving thousands of deliveries every day to satisfied customers both inside SA and beyond her borders. Part of these operations includes insuring cargo as well as [...]

20
Jul

Podcast: Platform’s Place In Modern Business

Tony van Niekerk of COVER talks tech with Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at Thryve, more specifically Platforms. In a recent article in COVER magazine, Riaan mentioned that platforms are perfect for the Insurance industry. To start the ball rolling [...]

18
Jul

Cover interviews Riaan Bekker at AIE 2019

COVER Magazine interviews thryve at African Insurance Exchange 2019

COVER Magazine interviewed selected delegates from the African Insurance Exchange 2019 held in Sun City – watch what Riaan Bekker, thryve’s Force Solutions Manager, says about the African Insurance Exchange 2019 and what thryve will be talking to insurance [...]

17
Jul

South Africa’s thryve Sets Up Shop In Canada

“We believe that this is the right time to enter the market and offer our cutting edge risk and insurance solutions to a wider audience.” thryve, South African-based provider of insurance, risk and governance technology solutions, has set [...]

16
Jul

thryve opens Canadian office to boost its fast-growing market

thryve, a leading provider of insurance, risk and governance technology solutions, is proud to announce the opening of an office in Canada. Located in the vibrant city of Toronto, this branch of thryve looks forward to tapping the [...]

15
Jul

Don’t shoehorn Insurance into generic CRMs

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Insurance is an investment business, wrapped as a grudge purchase. Let’s be honest: if bad things didn’t happen, people wouldn’t need insurance. So it makes sense that a successful insurance [...]

22
Jun

Are you aggregating your risks effectively for insurance market confidence?

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21
May

Making sense of GRC software features: Risk Control & Management Part 3

Risk management is a demanding discipline. As one politician infamously quipped, there are known knowns [...]

16
May

GRC and IT have more in common than they think

13th Mar 2019

If companies want to prosper and innovate through digital technologies, they would be smart to begin aligning these ambitions with governance. [...]

AI steps up for insurance in 2019

13th Mar 2019

If you catch a flight a decade from now, chances are very good that your trip will be flown by artificial intelligence. Even if there is a pilot, they’ll be aided by an AI assistant that monitors everything and [...]

AI steps up for insurance in 2019

If you catch a flight a decade from now, chances are very good that your trip will be flown by artificial intelligence. [...]

20
Feb

Modern business happens on digital platforms

Digital platforms are changing how companies use technology services and operate their business models [...]

20
Jan

Technology Can Be A Recipe For Success

In times of change, we often mistakenly identify the catalysts of this change, and focus our energies [...]

23
Oct

Cyber Security and Risk: What you can do

Not only is cybersecurity a growing risk that demands attention, but it is becoming more complex [...]

15
Oct

3 warning signs of poor governance policy

As a risk manager, you are an important guardian who safeguards the future of your company. [...]

15
Oct

Riskonnect to Acquire Marsh ClearSight

Risk management is a complicated occupation, so when you find tools that aid you in that process, the last thing you want to hear is that those may be under threat [...]

15
Oct

Riskonnect + Marsh ClearSight: Why this is good for your company

Risk management is a complicated occupation, so when you find tools that aid you in that process [...]

15
Oct

Data and Risk: What should your company know?

We’ve all read the provocative headlines: data is the new gold, the new currency of the 21st century. [...]

15
Oct

How can risk managers add more value to their organisations?

Ask most risk managers what types of risk exist at a company and they are likely to distinguish two groups [...]

15
Oct

Time to move beyond the spreadsheet

Data is all about visibility. If you cannot see and interact with data, then it has no value. This is why we are excited about data because we have so much more visibility. [...]

15
Oct

Spreadsheets are great, but they aren’t enough

Ledgers and lists have always been a part of businesses. The ancient Phoenicians invented the modern alphabet in order to manage... [...]

15
Oct

Riskonnect Completes Acquisition of Marsh ClearSight

Deal strengthens Riskonnect’s position as a global leader in integrated risk management solutions. [...]

01
Oct