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Time to step up! IRMSA launches the 2021 Risk Report

    “As risk professionals, will you step up and be bold? Step up and be the voice of risk management!” With these words, the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) CEO, Thabile Nyaba, launched the 2021 edition [...]

24
Feb
February’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs

    What are the risks facing South Africa and the world this year? How can you start building a data culture in your business? And what should you look for when hiring a Chief Risk Officer? Our monthly [...]

22
Feb
Anyone can reduce churn through analytics

    The last time you stopped supporting a business, how did you do it? Did you send in a ‘Dear John’ letter, explaining why you are upset and what they did wrong? Did you declare it across social [...]

22
Feb
Three analytics myths brokers still believe

    Analytics is only for big companies. Analytics won’t improve a broker’s system. Analytics is pointless because it just means collecting more data. These views are still prevalent among insurance professionals, particularly brokers. In an industry that already [...]

15
Feb
A look back at SA’s 2020 risks

    By Sean Pyott, Managing Director of thryve I’m looking forward to reading IRMSA’s new risk report, due later this month. For several years, the IRMSA report has been the primary benchmark for summarising South Africa’s risk – [...]

10
Feb
January’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs

    How is data helping Starbucks change its operations? What can advisers do to boost their networks on LinkedIn? And could you use a quotable quote or two? Our monthly selection of blogs from thryve’s partners Salesforce, Riskonnect [...]

25
Jan
CDPs will make 2021 the year of customer-centricity

    Write down the phrase ‘customer data platform.’ If you’re not familiar with this concept yet, you will get to know it during 2021. Customer data platforms (CDPs) represent a critical step towards using data more effectively to [...]

18
Jan
2021’s trend predictions for Insurance and Financial Services

    2020 started on quite a high. Global insurance premiums topped $5 trillion, according to Accenture1, and financial services could afford to worry more about technological disruption than market turmoil. But as has been the case countless times [...]

10
Jan
What to expect from IRMSA’s 2021 Risk Report

    Since 2014, the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has released an annual report focusing specifically on South Africa’s risk landscape. Soon to appear in its seventh edition, this report is already widely recognised as the [...]

10
Jan
December’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs

    2020 is nearly over, but there is still much to be said about risk management, analytics and customer management. Do risk managers have the right tools to manage larger budgets and more visible responsibilities? What advice do [...]

11
Dec
The year’ Sense and Respond’ risk became a reality

  By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve   “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” said Winston Churchill, a quote that surfaced numerous times during 2020 – the living embodiment of crisis. I even used the quote in [...]

10
Dec
2020 – A Year For Modernization And Data

    By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve 2020 will go down in history for notorious reasons, most of which we’re very familiar with by now. But as I look across my blogs for the year, [...]

08
Dec
Revisiting 2020: the IRM/GRC debate, and dealing with data

  By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager, thryve   As I take a look at my blogs for 2020, I’m struck with where I started. My first blog for the year looked at the opportunity in crisis, and yet [...]

07
Dec
November’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs

  We celebrate analytics in November throughout our blogs and our monthly blog recommendations: how to go about investing in analytics, and what data-driven scenario planning can mean for your company. Cybersecurity is also on the agenda since NIST [...]

24
Nov
How do you build a data-first company?

    By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve All good companies use data to make decisions. But it’s becoming apparent that a data-first organisation is a different animal. This realisation goes a long way to explain why many analytics [...]

23
Nov
Analytics and Customer Data – where to start?

  By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve   Customer behaviours are in flux, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to its effects on our daily behaviour, the overwhelming number of consumers have changed the products [...]

17
Nov
Analytics on tap: leveraging the cloud for data intelligence

  By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager, thryve Knowledge is power, and today the leading way to derive knowledge is through data analytics. Now, you may say: but we’ve been getting along just fine without data analytics of this [...]

10
Nov
thryve selects Microsoft Azure for the thryve cloud corporate brokerage services

  thryve’s family of cloud-based medium and large enterprise risk, finance and customer management services migrate to Microsoft’s market-leading hyperscalar presence. thryve, a leading provider of cloud-based risk, customer and financial-managed solutions, has successfully completed its migration to Microsoft’s [...]

27
Oct
thryve adds LexisNexis’ African compliance content to our Riskonnect solutions

  Clients of thryve’s Riskonnect solutions can now enjoy access to LexisNexis’ African compliance and policy content. thryve is proud to announce the addition of LexisNexis compliance and policy content, integrated into our Riskonnect solution. For over a decade, [...]

27
Oct
October’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs

  It’s time to kill the open office. It’s also time to gain some data literacy – for free! And while we’re on the topic, the time is ripe to introduce integrated risk management practices, and also tweak how [...]

26
Oct
Beyond aspirations: how do we create ‘sense and respond’ risk management?

  By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve Last month, I reflected on the importance of risk managers and why they are in high demand right now. But what about companies – what kind of changes should they undergo to [...]

23
Oct
3 tips for SMEs mitigating risk through insurance

  By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve Canada Smaller is often better, especially when you don’t want to be a target. But as technology levels the playing fields, giving medium-sized businesses the capability to play in [...]

15
Oct
Taking risk management to the next level

    By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve It’s not true that risk management is only for large, stock exchange listed, enterprises. Any businessperson would agree with this statement. Running a business is inherently risky. Costs, margins, [...]

06
Oct
The risk manager is now hot stuff. Where to next?

  By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve   People have been predicting for years that risk management will step from its back-office nook and into the leadership sphere. This prediction gained some traction at the start of this century [...]

29
Sep
Six reasons why medium businesses need risk management

    By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Small to medium businesses don’t focus on risk as much as their enterprise peers. Many enterprises are public companies and therefore must follow many more compliances and regulations. Such [...]

28
Sep
September’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs

    How are financial services companies faring during the pandemic? Are small and medium businesses getting back to their previous operating levels? What can banks do to help their customers avoid defaulting on home loans? And is the [...]

23
Sep
Are you managing your rate of change?

  By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve   It’s already feeling redundant to look at how the pandemic has impacted everything around us. And everyone agrees that technology and digitization are being propelled forward by those [...]

22
Sep
August’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs

    Due to the blows from the pandemic and lockdowns, companies are now looking more closely at their preparedness. But as a new Salesforce survey reveals, many fall short. Then there are the negative events that happen regardless [...]

28
Aug
Everyone can be a data scientist, thanks to automated machine learning

    By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve  Data can be a messy business. Bad data leads to bad results, which only amplifies when you try to use machine learning or other forms of artificial intelligence. [...]

22
Aug
Get back on the digital transformation trend and see real ROI fast

By Riaan Bekker,  Force Solutions Manager at thryve I have a confession to make. Until the pandemic arrived, some of the claims around digital technology remained vague. We could clearly see the results from successful transformations, but there was [...]

18
Aug
July’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs

There are many known and unknown unknowns emerging from the pandemic, pushing for a more pragmatic look at how we respond to the changing situation. Companies are more focused than ever on getting their data working for them and [...]

03
Aug
Using analytics to reduce customer churn

  By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Churn is worse than not onboarding new customers. Acquiring a new customer is anywhere from five to 25 times more expensive than retaining an existing one. Yet it can be [...]

15
Jul
Customer centric and flexible insurance

  By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve Insurance loves data. It uses data to determine risk and carefully balance its models for maximum effect. This data culture is the key to overcoming a big problem for [...]

09
Jul
June’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect and Tableau blogs

  Every month, we select blogs from some of the companies that feature in thryve’s business solutions. June continues the focus on COVID-19 and recovering from its impact on the economy. This month, our choice of blogs look at [...]

22
Jun
Canadian insurance’s journey to customer-centricity

  By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve The insurance industry faces an important transformational challenge. I’ve touched on this in my previous article, where I explored some of the barriers that are keeping insurance incumbents from [...]

15
Jun
How to start harvesting data from spreadsheets

  By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Spreadsheets are very useful. Yes, they can be very narrowly defined and even encourage the silo cultures that exist between departments or teams. But they are also a very well-understood [...]

08
Jun
thryve is certified as ISO 27001 compliant

This blog marks a huge announcement for me. Three years ago, in 2017, we decided to pursue ISO 27001 approval for thryve. If you are not familiar with the standard, it presents a globally-recognised framework for data management security [...]

05
Jun
May’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect and Tableau blogs

Every month, we round up blogs from some of the companies thryve leverages to build our business solutions. In May, there is a lot of emerging advice on navigating the COVID-19 crisis. These include keeping a culture going with [...]

28
May
Three steps to using your business data

By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager, thryve Data analytics are vital for a modern organisation. According to the Deloitte Analytics Advantage surveys, two-thirds of businesses regard analytics as strategically important. 62% say their analytics are tied to strategy, and [...]

13
May
Crisis vs Opportunity during the pandemic

By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve This column is an expanded version from my introduction in thryve’s latest newsletter. To subscribe to thryve’s free monthly newsletter, please visit thryve.com. I’ve seen a lot of mention about the relationship between [...]

05
May
thryve and Flowgear’s webinar unlock integration’s potential

  thryve and Flowgear have partnered to offer the next level of system integration capabilities for our customers. View the webinar recording below to see how we achieve this. Knowledge and insight are two of the most valuable resources [...]

28
Apr
April’s top Salesforce and Riskonnect blogs

  Welcome to thryve’s monthly roundup of blogs we enjoyed from Salesforce and Riskonnect. In April, our best reads include tips for selling from home, how to adjust your risk strategies around COVID-19, and a little business advice from [...]

24
Apr
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 of [...]

25
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 different [...]

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 game-changer. [...]

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
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 idea, [...]

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

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