It's hard to find a job today where someone isn't logged on to the Internet, so it may seem silly to ask this question: Is the World Wide Web dead?

As with anything in life, it helps to know what you're looking for. Take technology, for example.

It's hard to predict the future without a crystal ball. In terms of what insurance carriers do, when predicting how things will turn out the data is their crystal ball.

Merit Smith, vice president with the Robert E. Nolan Co., discusses the problems insurers face in dealing with their data as they employ predictive analytics. Smith speaks with Bob Hyle, editor-in-chief of Tech Decisions magazine.Merit Smith, vice president with the Robert E. Nolan Co., discusses the problems insurers face in...

Predicting the end of the soft market in insurance is about as easy as forecasting the weather. If you change the channel on your TV you'll certainly find contradictory viewpoints from rival meteorologists.

Insurance carriers are increasing their reliance on metrics as they manage their business and are not relying strictly on their own numbers, according to Jeffrey Rieder, president of the Ward Group.

Jeffrey Rieder, president of the Ward Group discusses performance metrics in the insurance industry with Tech Decisions' editor-in-chief Bob Hyle.

This is the first Hylelites blog and I hope there are many to come, but since this is what is known as a cold opening those of you lucky enough to stumble across it are in on the ground floor.