Many insurance companies are using Microsoft Dynamics CRM for an ever-broadening range of business scenarios including risk analysis, financial planning, policy enforcement, agent training, property management, and other key business areas.

FORBES: Insurance Companies Adopt CRM Tools To Boost Productivity

To identify the most transparent and trustworthy businesses that trade on American exchanges, Forbes turned to GMI Ratings (GMI), a pioneer in the application of non-traditional risk measures for financial analysis.

FORBES: America's 100 Most Trustworthy Companies

Additionally, she points to RIA accreditation and an extensive background check on the 50 certified financial planners who offer advice on everything from student loan debt to risk tolerance analysis and portfolio recommendations.

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But their analysis of the situation was only looking at risk-adjusted financial return.

FORBES: Why I Started From Scratch

The ones that are most successful are those which undertake a broad analysis of their risk issues and proactively manage that risk, whether it be financial risk or CSR risk.

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First, on May 19th, energy risk analysis leader 3TIER and weather risk management firm Galileo announced that they would be offering financial products to hedge the risk of wind variability.

FORBES: Financial Innovation is Blowin' in the Wind

Financial services is probably the least connected to the university, but many of the disciplines embedded there, like risk analysis and options pricing, have application to other verticals.

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