Archive for January, 2011

UK Consumers in Fear of Security Breach When Shopping

A new report from Connected World has revealed that concerns about credit and debit card fraud are at an all time high amongst UK consumers. What’s more, people are putting themselves at risk by continuing with transactions despite card fraud concerns. The report commissioned by Connected World surveyed 1,000 consumers across the UK about their [...]

Welcome to Tax Season 2011: Points to Keep in Mind When Choosing a Tax Professional

If you pay someone to prepare your tax return, the IRS urges you to choose that professional wisely. Taxpayers are legally responsible for what’s on their tax return even if it is prepared by someone else. So, it is important to choose carefully when hiring an individual or firm to prepare your return. Most return [...]

Business Success Depends on Managing Complexity Well

More than 90 percent of senior executives across 22 countries say their organization’s success depends on managing today’s complex business issues, primarily the regulatory landscape and information management, but less than half believe the actions they are taking to manage complexity have been very effective, says a new study from KPMG International. The study, Confronting [...]

MIB Life Index Reports U.S. Life Insurance Activity off -1.4% in December

2010 Application Activity down -1.2%; Strong Q4 Boosts Results U.S. application activity for individually underwritten life insurance declined by -1.4% in December year-over-year, according to the MIB Life Index (http://www.mib.com/lifeindex). At year-end, the U.S. Life Index was off a modest -1.2% year-over-year, all ages combined — significantly less than the three percent plus annual declines [...]