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Paul Garrity SAP Employee  Active Contributor Bronze: 250-499 points
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Over 15 years experience in providing business solutions using technology for the Financial Services Industry. Has worked for and consulted to leading banks, insurance and govenment agencies in the UK and Australia, bridging the divide between business and IT.

Social media in insurance – how to interact better with your customers.
It's impossible to ignore the phenomena of social media. However, the extent to which insurers are adapting to and embracing social media with their customers varies enormously, despite the opportunites presented. Sep. 5, 2011
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Is Insurance Sexy?
Insurance companies are starting to exploit social media...but are they doing it well? Jul. 25, 2011
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Insurance against the Apocalypse
The last 12 months have been an interesting year for insurers in Australia some would say almost apocalyptic. While that has caused a focus on internal operations rather than IT projects, now insurers who want to accelerate out of the curve should be looking at new projects for the second half of the year. Jul. 3, 2011
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The worlds most Innovative Companies
The worlds most innovative companies run SAP.... Nov. 4, 2009
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Insurance Innovation (Promises...promises)
On the 28th of October in Sydney, SAP hosted an innovation lunch for executives from the Australian Insurance industry. Central to the discussions was a talk by Reg Price, author or the book "Reliability Rules" the ground breaking manual for using Promises Management to keep customers, build your brand and grow your business. Nov. 2, 2009
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A New Year resolution to gain dollars rather than lose pounds
An article in the Australian press over the New Year identified that the most popular New Year's resolution for 2008 is to get personal finances in order. This pushed last year's winner 'losing weight' into second place. This should be of particular interest to the insurance sector as another end of year survey revealed that almost half of Australians have no insurance! Looks like an ideal business opportunity there's a demand and a requirement to fulfill but what are insurers doing about it? Jan. 16, 2008
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