Authored by: Darin Benck and Michael Descy Published in: SOFE: The Examiner, Fall 2016 What is Big Data? Big data is an evolving term that can be simply defined as data that is too large and/or too complex to analyze with traditional data processing technologies. Technology industry analyst Doug Laney introduced the concept of the...
Authored by: Darin Benck Published in: SOFE: The Examiner Spring 2016 A Catastrophe Bond (aka cat bond) is an Insurance-Linked Security (ILS) developed by the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance industry during the 1990s in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in Florida and the Northridge earthquake in California. These financial instruments were seen as a...