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- Affective Decision Making: A Behavioral Theory Of Choice
- Affective Decision-Making ADM is a refutable and predictive theory of individual choice under risk and uncertainty. It generalizes expected utility theory by positing the existence of two cognitive processes - the "rational" and the "emotional" process. Observed choice is the result of their simultaneous interaction. This paper presents a model...
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Decision Yield: Does Your Decision-Making Measure Up?
- As more and more customer-facing decisions are automated-from approving loans to pricing insurance to determine cross-sell offers-the determination of what constitutes a good decision becomes more complex. In fact, the more decisions are automated, the more potential they have for both positive and negative effects on your organization. To determine...
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Risk Management In Strategic Decision Making
- Risk management is not new. Insurance companies have been doing it for centuries. Unfortunately, they do not have an exemplary track record, as losses over the past decade have shown. Some risks have been badly managed and others completely overlooked. However, the industry's position has been changing rapidly over the...
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Lessons For Successful Automated Decision-Making From The Insurance Industry
- Organizations that aspire to high performance have much to learn from the insurance industry over the last decade. Companies in that sector have been able to accelerate the transformation of insight to action by implementing automated decision-making in underwriting. By embracing innovative technologies and carefully managing their implementation, leading insurance...
- White papers 2004-11-01
- Risk Decision Making: Whose Call Is It?
- A decision-maker will to some degree always apply his or her own personal risk tolerance to a decision. Consequently, if security leadership has been empowered to make major risk decisions, they should try very hard to be as aware as possible of business management's risk tolerances. If security leadership isn't...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Risk Management Is A Fundamental Component Of The Decision-Making Processes Of Dongbu Insurance
- Risk management is a fundamental component of the decision-making processes of Dongbu Insurance. In fact, the Company's risk management system is integral to all business operations. In line with the Company's risk-management principles, relevant risks are constantly monitored, assessed, and controlled. The Risk Management Committee serves as the Company's decision-making...
- White papers 2006-09-19
- Affective Decision Making in Insurance Markets
- This paper suggests incorporating affective considerations into decision-making theory and insurance decision in particular. It describes decision maker with two internal accounts - the rational account and the mental account. The rational account decides on insurance to maximize expected perceived utility, while the mental account chooses risk perceptions, which then...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Integrating Risk and Value for Improved Decision Making
- The increasingly competitive and constantly changing nature of the financial services industry is beginning to drive many insurance companies to move beyond traditional profitability measures to more sophisticated value models based on cash flows and modern portfolio theory. At the same time, increased volatility in the global financial markets has...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Optimal Decision Making Under Extreme Event Risks
- The insurance and reinsurance industries have begun to address the convergent nature of the losses/risks that occurred on 9/11. The traditional measures of diversification, such as historical correlations, do not include the complete breakdown of the correlations across lines of insurance works compensation, airline insurance, etc. Thus, a number of...
- White papers 2002-03-26
- Decision Making in Financial Services
- Securities are constrained from serving this loan market, however, by the prospective borrower’s limited capital, growth issues, and/or historical performance. The main focus is upon loans which must involve a serious decision making w.r.t. financial services.
- White papers 2001-10-01
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- What can be learned from the roller coaster journeys of young people making ultimately successful transitions beyond school?
- This project investigated the interrelationships between family expectations and young people's post-school plans. All of the participants were from financially disadvantaged families. The research used interviews to understand these young people's perspectives of their transition experiences: the ways in which young people's school experiences impacted on their post-school pathways; how...
- Articles 2008-09-22
- Prudential Delivers Comprehensive Voluntary Benefits Strategies and Services Designed to Enhance Overall Client Experience
- Poised to implement expanded enrollment online tools and services in time for 2008 annual enrollment NEWARK, N.J. -- As the role and importance of voluntary benefits continues to grow, with increased cost implications for both employers and their employees, Prudential Financial, Inc.'s (NYSE:PRU) Group Insurance business announced today...
- Articles 2008-06-23
- ERP Software helps control costs and manage risk
- Featuring embedded workflows that automate business processes, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 helps growing multi-site organizations streamline processes, reduce operational costs, manage compliance, and drive informed decision-making. Shared services functionality facilitates management of complex financial and supply chain processes, while planning and reporting scenarios are offered through integration with Microsoft Office...
- Articles 2008-06-12
- Whitnell & Co. Provides Wealth Management Tips for a Down Economy
- OAK BROOK, Ill. and CHICAGO, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- For high net worth individuals, wealth management expertise is essential at all points along the economic cycle. But it's never more important to partner with skilled wealth managers than during periods of economic decline. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080506/CLTU007 )...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Ninety-One Percent (91%) of Best-in-Class Have a Formal Budget or Planning Process -- Do You?
- Today's business climate is characterized bychange and compounded by global influences spawning distributedenvironments and squeezed margins. A well-prepared budget forms thefoundation for decision-making throughout the fiscal year. The latestbenchmark report, "Financial Planning and Budgeting," announced by AberdeenGroup, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), found 43% of all companies neveradjust budgets during...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Management; an introduction, 4th ed
- Management; an introduction, 4th ed. Boddy, David. Financial Times Prentice Hall 2008 728 pages $82.99 Paperback HD31 Boddy University of Glasgow introduces several modes of management from the European perspective, outlines planning and decision...
- Articles 2008-05-01
- Non-Profits Perplexed by Sweeping New Retirement Plan Regulations
- New 403b tool from The Principal simplifies the complex DES MOINES, Iowa -- Non-profit plan sponsors face big decisions to meet complex new rules for 403b retirement plans. And they want help. In fact, 77 percent of 403b sponsors want help complying with the regulations, according...
- Articles 2008-04-10
- Looking after the afterlife.
- Sorting out the complexities of an estate after a death can often be a complicated and lengthy process. Gareth Shaw explores the role of the executor and the intricacies of dealing with an estate. An essential part of proper financial planning for the future...
- Articles 2008-04-01
- Northwest Airlines selects SD-CM platform from SuperDerivatives
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The SD-CM commodity and energy derivatives platform from SuperDerivatives, a provider of multi-asset front-office systems, risk management, revaluation and online options trading solutions, has been selected by Northwest Airlines, an airline with around 1,400 daily departures, to hedge jet fuel costs. ...
- Articles 2008-03-12
- How to Develop an Emergency Management Plan
- While it won't replace the logic of decision-making or common sense, a good, detailed emergency management plan can greatly enhance an organization's ability to respond to most emergencies and reduce the potential loss. Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from the book Emergency Management for Records and...
- Articles 2008-03-01
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