Faced with tough, real-time strateg...

Faced with tough, real-time strategic and operations issues along with increasing scrutiny according to regulators and investors, corporate leadership overall and chief financial officers in particular have les margin for error in their decision-making than through all ages before. If in days gone by means of navigating through troubled or unknown waters aptly described the challenge confronting management, now it's more like driving in succession today's business raceway--with hairpin incline differentlys and plenty of unknown hazards up ahead.

Arguably, however, the insurance industry has not been known for moving quickly. Indeed, the industry's Achilles heel has been getting the right data in