SAS Voices
News and views from the people who make SAS a great place to work![2014 media coverage explores who uses SAS and how Newspapers in foreground with laptop](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/01/481489727-1-599x336.jpg)
It’s that time of year again when we look back and consider how accurately and extensively the SAS story was covered in the media over the past year. It’s not always a simple or predictable story, but it is usually interesting. Consider some of these threads: How did companies or
![Getting personal at the touch of a button](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/DataVisualization-1-702x336.png)
Over the past decade in insurance, the rise of the aggregators (organisations that compare quotes between different insurers) and direct channels has had a profound impact on personal lines distribution in the UK. However, personal lines brokers remain a critical route to market, especially at a time when many insurers
![Diagnosis: Your data is not “normal”](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/01/Risk-mgmt-504x336.png)
“Let’s assume a normal distribution …” Ugh! That was your first mistake. Why do we make this assumption? It can’t be because we want to be able to mentally compute standard deviations, because we can’t and don’t it that way in practice. No, we assume a normal distribution to simplify
![Internet of Things: A game changer for insurance](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2015/01/AmolKokane.jpg)
~ This article is co-authored by Binod Jha, Global Product Manager for Insurance Solutions at SAS, and Amol Kokane, Senior Development Manager for Insurance & Risk Management Solutions at SAS ~ How might insurance policies change if sensor data could be automatically transmitted and analyzed from your car, your home and even your
![The 15 actions for Hospitality Executives to take in 2015](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/CustomerIntelligence-1-702x336.png)
By now you have seen dozens of articles with trends and predictions for what the hospitality industry should expect in 2015. I’m not going to add to those, or rehash them exhaustively here. You’ve all probably read them yourself and gathered the highlights: optimism, more acquisitions, transaction volumes will stay
![What keeps an insurance CEO awake at night?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/Analytics-1-702x336.png)
I cannot speak from experience, but predominately an Insurance CEO has three primary objectives: Grow the business Reduce expenses Ensure compliance. Let’s individually consider each of these objectives in more detail. Grow the Business How does an insurance company grow from a $2bn to a $3bn organization? Essentially, insurance has