The Society of Insurance Research (SIR) announces the theme forits 42nd Annual Conference & Exhibit Fair is Demystifying BigData. The conference will take place October 14-17, in Pittsburgh,Pa.  

"SIR members and other product, research, and competitiveintelligence attendees from the insurance industry will have morethan 40 sessions from which to choose," says Sharon Markovsky,chair for the annual conference. "All of these sessions have beenlined up by our conference committee, which has been workingthroughout the year to bring high-level industry presenters andactionable content to our attendees."

"Each specialty track provides a robust agenda that will provideactionable insights to the way insurance companies will do businessin the future," says Gary Hodge, president of the Society ofInsurance Research.  "We are particularly pleased at thisyear's addition of a separate claims track, as claims data hasbecome such a key focus for insurer performance managementresearch."

More information is available at www.sirnet.org. Clicking on the orange& blue "save your spot" graphic there will take visitors to theevent web site for the detailed agenda, lodging and travelinformation, and on-line registration.