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Smarter business risk forecasting: Financial institutions need better modeling

In today’s unpredictable economy, assessing business risk can’t rely on financials alone. Credit ratings, loan approvals, and market entry strategies depend on a deeper understanding of where a business operates, what it does, and how broader trends affect its future. Yet most models still look backward—at outdated financials and limited claims data—ignoring systemic factors like: […]

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When the Foundation Cracks: What History Teaches Us About Real Estate Risk

In 2008, the world watched as the U.S. housing market—long considered a cornerstone of financial security—collapsed seemingly overnight. Home values plummeted, foreclosures soared. Families lost not only their homes, but their savings, their stability, their dreams. Most people remember the financial aspect: subprime mortgages, risky lending practices, over leveraged banks. But underneath the headlines, deeper

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A system on the brink: Health insurers and reinsurers must act before a Collapse

Over the years, I have met an increasingly number of acquaintances who gave up health insurance. In an act of balance of personal risks (financial vs health), more people just choose to stop going to the doctor. Now imagine that story—multiplied by millions. A shrink in the public healthcare budget won’t be loud or dramatic.

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How Insurers Can Thrive in Chaos: 5 Modern Challenges and the Data-Driven Way Forward

The insurance and risk management industry is at a crossroads. A collision of economic uncertainty, regulatory pressure, climate-driven disasters, and changing customer demands is pushing insurers to rethink how they assess and manage risk. But amid the chaos lies an opportunity to modernize—by bridging data gaps, upgrading modeling tools, and embracing AI-driven decision-making. Here is

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The dilemma of Open Data

Open Data is a very powerful type of asset for people, governments, and commercial entities worldwide. Open datasets, being easy to access, without restrictions to use and process, and interoperable, generate trillions of dollars annually in the global economy. This data, which can be easily crowdsourced and shared, perfectly covers use cases requiring cross-border data

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Synthetic data for aviation: a new approach of test and analysis

It is in Skymantics’ DNA to address the needs of the aviation industry in the areas of data exchange and analysis. Some valuable lessons learned over the years is that it is a challenge environment due to three main factors: Complex potential scenarios. Aviation is a complex ecosystem of airspace users and air traffic managers. Current

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The 5G (C-band) interference problem: what can airports do?

The recent skirmish between the FAA, mobile carriers, and the airline community, regarding risk of 5G interference with aircraft radio altimeters, has left U.S. airports wondering about their role in this dispute. Airports are obviously one of the entities most affected by the problem, however they never had a say on the potential solutions nor have received

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