For Karen Pauli, research director in the insurance practice for TowerGroup, the first step in a business intelligence project calls for getting your data in order, but there are other steps that need to follow for carriers to achieve success with their BI initiatives.

Insurance carriers have accumulated massive amounts of data over the years, which can present a daunting task when it comes time to turn that data into business intelligence (BI).

Insurance carriers have accumulated massive amounts of data over the years, which can present a daunting task when it comes time to turn that data into business intelligence (BI).

Agent advisory committees are nothing new to the insurance industry, but it was nonetheless interesting to read about Progressive’s plan to start a technology advisory board.

Agent advisory committees are nothing new to the insurance industry, but it was nonetheless interesting to read about Progressive’s plan to start a technology advisory board.

Matt Josefowicz over at Novarica had an interesting blog last week that examined three issues that he feels will have a huge effect on the insurance industry over the course of the next decade.

Matt Josefowicz over at Novarica had an interesting blog last week that examined three issues that he feels will have a huge effect on the insurance industry over the course of the next decade.

Wondering where insurers are planning to spend their IT dollars in 2011? We asked five insurance technology consultants to weigh in with their thoughts.