Commentary

Models can be extremely useful tools, but they can never replace an educated, thoughtful human brain.

Models can be extremely useful tools, but they can never replace an educated, thoughtful human brain.

The P&C industry should benefit in the short term from a recovering economy in 2013, but the longer-term outlook depends on how individual carriers respond to a series of more fundamental challenges.

Using the term "apples to apples" minimizes yourself and your expertise. Were independent insurance agents and value creators and we know damn well that insurance is NOT a commodity.

Using the term "apples to apples" minimizes yourself and your expertise. Were independent insurance agents and value creators and we know damn well that insurance is NOT a commodity.

Allstate and AIG's latest advertising snafus raise the question: Does insurance understand--or care--about the disconnect between what they do and what they say?

Those that work in the technology businessand even those like me who cover it for a livingare never taken by surprise when news comes out that someone or other has recognized how important technology has become to the lives of everyone.

Those that work in the technology businessand even those like me who cover it for a livingare never taken by surprise when news comes out that someone or other has recognized how important technology has become to the lives of everyone.