The 12-year-old kid in me loves The Simpsons and one ofmy favorite quotes, issued by Homer, is easily adaptable tothe insurance industry and what we all like to call “the dataproblem.”

The line, as adapted by yours truly is as follows: “Data, thesource of—and answer to—all of an insurance carrier'sproblems.”

Those who recognize the line know that Homer was referring tobeer, but Homer never worked for an insurance carrier that, say,had a data warehouse that was virtually inoperable because the dataitself was of such poor quality.

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