Commentary

I’m sure the phones were ringing in the offices of insurance carriers based in Illinois when the announcement came last week that secretary of the treasury Timothy Geithner had selected Michael McRaith to be the first director of the Federal Insurance Office.

Yes, there is a lot wrong with the NFIP system. But I know that no insurance company can or will ever consider writing such adverse risk business without a subsidy.

Aflac's recent firing of Gilbert Gottlieb as the voice of the duck is a cautionary tale of social media gone awry -- and it could happen to you.

Aflac's recent firing of Gilbert Gottlieb as the voice of the duck is a cautionary tale of social media gone awry -- and it could happen to you.

If history is any indicator, we will be in for a spike in automotive paint prices soon. Why? Paint is a largely petroleum-based product, and petroleum prices are linked to the price of oil.

Core processing is a term that means both everything and nothing at once until both “core” and “processing” are put into a business context. However, once defined, it’s the heart of the IT organization’s mission.