Is cloud computing a technology approach that will make a difference for insurers? And just what is cloud computing, anyway? These questions are on the mind of many business and technology executives in insurance today.

Although carriers may not have given salvage much thought in their CAT planning/recovery strategies, it definitely behooves them to identify and forge alliances with industry movers and shakers.

Analytics is certainly not new to the insurance industry. It could be argued that the first mortality tables developed in the 18th century were analytics. However, the adoption rate of business analytics within insurance has been slow.