Month: August 2017

Life.io Announces Partnership with University of Connecticut’s School of Business’ Center for the Advancement of Business Analytics

Posted on by Harasimowitz, Tracy

Philadelphia, PA, August 29, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Life.io announces the launch of a research project with the University of Connecticut's new Center for the Advancement of Business Analytics. The research will be supported by students completing their Master's Degree in Business Analytics and Project Management (MS-BAPM) during the 2017 fall semester. The goal of the partnership is to identify insights regarding the relationship between personal wellness and the future state of insurance distribution drawn from Life.io's robust consumer engagement data library.

This partnership is in alignment with Life.io's Elite Strategic Partnership with LIMRA – a worldwide research, consulting and professional development organization for the insurance and financial industry.

John Wilson, an instructor of the program offered "Life.io is an innovative company that is truly data driven and we are looking forward to providing analytics support to help them advance their strategy." According to UConn, the greater mission is to enhance analytics driven research, thought leadership, and executive development for their student programs. He continued, "collaboration between forward thinking companies such as Life.io is at the core of CABA's mission."

CABA will aid in the substantial task of mining big data and producing actionable insights for product enhancements. The hope is for the program to boost Life.io's analytics capabilities and in turn, provide business experience for the students.

Munir Pathak, Senior Data Scientist at Life.io stated, "The partnership gives Life.io an opportunity to derive important insights from our data while providing an engaging, real-world experience to talented students enrolled in the Business Analytics program at UConn. I look forward to our relationship growing over time, and seeing the direct impact to our organization through additional project sponsorship and talent development opportunities."

Media Contacts
Jamie Podgajny, 757.719.4111, jamie.podgajny@life.io
John Wilson, john.wilson@uconn.edu

About Life.io
Life.io is a leading customer engagement platform enabling policyholders to live healthier, happier lives with their life insurance carriers. Built on a foundation of science, Life.io uses behavioral economics, social psychology, and personalized content to curate a community of highly engaged consumers ready for change. By capturing these insights, carriers have the ability to build meaningful relationships, increase brand loyalty, minimize policy risk, and streamline the underwriting process.

About CABA
CABA supports the University and School of Business' academic mission to serve area businesses, national organizations, students in our rapidly expanding MS-BAPM and BS-Business Analytics program, and faculty in their research centering on innovative application and extension of analytics methods.

Contact Information:
Life.io
Jamie Podgajny
757-719-4111
Contact via Email
www.life.io

LIMRA Announces Partnership with University of Connecticut’s School of Business’ New Center for the Advancement of Business Analytics

Posted on by Harasimowitz, Tracy

LIMRA Announces Partnership with University of Connecticut’s School of Business’ New Center for the Advancement of Business Analytics
8/23/2017

WINDSOR, Conn., Aug. 23, 2017—LIMRA today announces its partnership with the University of Connecticut’s School of Business, supporting the mission of the new Center for the Advancement of Business Analytics (CABA). A major goal of the partnership is facilitating collaboration with the financial services industry.

“Our research shows the growing importance for our members to leverage business analytics and data science into their business operations,” said Robert Kerzner, president and CEO, LIMRA, LOMA and LL Global. “Working with the University of Connecticut, we hope to help our members advance their individual data analytics initiatives as well as develop projects that could benefit the industry as a whole.”

According to LIMRA research, 8 in 10 financial services firms are piloting or implementing at least one advanced big data analytics initiative. LIMRA’s study reveals one of the biggest challenges companies face is finding the right staff with the appropriate skillsets to meet their growing data analytics needs.

The establishment of UConn’s School of Business new center, CABA, is directed at alleviating these challenges. CABA is designed to be a hub for business analytics and data science – both academically and in business. The Center will support and help expand the University’s business analytics programs. In addition, CABA will work to enhance analytics driven research, thought leadership, and executive development. CABA will work with partner organizations, like LIMRA, to develop and enhance their stakeholders’ analytics capabilities.

“By creating CABA, the University of Connecticut is positioned to foster and support cutting-edge data analytics research and modeling that will advance business outcomes,” noted John Wilson, associate director of CABA. “These innovations will create mutually beneficial results for our business partners, our students and our university.”

Emphasizing the of public/private partnering that went into establishing CABA, Dean of the UConn School of Business John Elliott, offered the following, “We are delighted that LIMRA has stepped forward as our first formal partner organization. We appreciate the key role they played in our evaluation of the potential and design of CABA and look forward to years of collaboration.”

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About LIMRA
LIMRA, a worldwide research, consulting and professional development organization, is the trusted source of industry knowledge, helping more than 850 insurance and financial services companies in 64 countries. Visit LIMRA at www.limra.com. Follow us on Twitter: @LIMRANewsCenter

About CABA
CABA supports the University and School od Business’ academic mission to serve area businesses, national organizations, students in our rapidly expanding MS-BAPM and BS-Business Analytics program, and faculty in their research centering on innovative application and extension of analytics methods.