The Insurance Tech Guru

Microsoft Corporation stunned the insurance technology industry today with the announcement that it has agreed in principle to purchase the full assets of ACORD, the insurance data standards body headquartered in Pearl River, N.Y.

Global warming advocates and opportunists were no doubt shocked and dismayed to learn in recent weeks that, rather than warming up, the Earth's temperature appears to have decreased over the past decade.

When strong wind gusts knocked out power to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on April 14, attendees at the AMS Users’ Group National Conference had every right to complain, but even after some additional body blows from Mother Nature, agents and other guests refused to give up the ghost.

Data—specifically customer information—is the very lifeblood of the insurance enterprise. Not surprisingly, then, ownership and stewardship of that data is a subject on which many in our industry disagree.