Insurers embrace disruption with reskilling of talent

Over the past 16 months, the ways people work and live have been fundamentally impacted. The expectations are that even following the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations across industry sectors can no longer revert to their traditional approaches. By Annalie Terblanche,...

Can SA retail rise from the rubble?

Tens of thousands of jobs lost. More than 100 people dead. Scores of businesses looted, burnt, and damaged, many of which will never reopen. Vital supply chains destroyed. South Africa is reeling from its greatest crisis since the dawn of democracy almost three...

Tech-led agri insurance will broaden inclusivity

Despite a myriad of setbacks caused by Covid-19, optimism in South Africa’s agricultural value chain recently reached a six-year high. This suggests that the industry is bouncing back, although the full impact of the lockdown is still coming to the fore. Farmers...

InterSystems debuts HealthShare Message Transformation Service

InterSystems has announced the availability of InterSystems HealthShare Message Transformation Service. Developed for use with Amazon HealthLake, the on-demand service enables healthcare providers, payers, and pharmaceutical companies to convert their existing data...

Intelligent automation drives operational insurance improvements

Insurers looking toward digital innovations to drive operational improvements in their processes would do well to consider the benefits of intelligent automation (IA). By Kelly Preston, data analytics manager at SilverBridge Holdings For example, the recent...