Category: Blog

Why home working has to work for advisers too by Graham Newitt, Advisor to The Data Company After a year of staying at home and working remotely as companies battle to maintain businesses through lockdowns it is easy to forget how quickly and effectively organisations

Data & Analytics in Insurance by Manjit Rana, Advisor to The Data Company Gartner state that while data and analytics is the foundation of the insurance industry, analytics maturity remains low. Insurers still lack the investment in emerging technologies, data sources and business units to

Big Data and Insurance by Graham Newitt, Advisor to The Data Company Everyone talks about the “Big Data” opportunity for Insurers but is this fantasy or fact? There are two quite distinct areas when talking about using big data, the first is to help acquire

Medicine and healthcare are two of the most important parts of human lives, and so it is vital that Data Science is used. In the past, healthcare of patients relied solely on doctors’ advice, which wasn’t always correct due to human error. However, advancements in

The finance industry generates lots of data, which they can then use to produce meaningful insights to help with their operations. What’s more, it has changed the way financial organizations perform their daily activities. Below, we look at some of the ways that the finance

With 41% of construction businesses needing forecasting to allow them to better prepare for best and worst-case scenarios, big data is something that is vital to increase efficiency and productivity.  Below, we delve deeper into how the construction industry is using big data.  Improved Design 

Now that most countries are starting to come out of lockdown we are unilaterally faced with the reality of a new workplace: flexible working in terms of staff availability, collaboration, location and capabilities.  Business leaders will need to focus how to best access the huge

We are living in a new technological revolution, where machine learning applications are used in our daily life, from unlocking our smartphones to making bank transactions.  Below, we look at ways that we all use machine learning in our day to day lives.  Financial Sector

“The world is one big data problem.” – Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist, MIT. Every business has tons of readily data available.  Data has become the biggest asset of every business. Yet most businesses only generate reports and insights out of a fraction of their entire data.