When evaluating the competitive advantage of a data-based analytics business, three important questions come to mind: 1) Is the data proprietary? 2) Are the insights from the data critical? and 3) Does the data fuel a product feedback loop? Verisk began its operations in 1971 as Insurance Services Offices (ISO), a non-profit enterprise started by P&C […]
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[scuttlebit] Fiserv’s October Massacre
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What are scuttlebits? On the heels of my Global Payments post, another boomer payments stock [...]
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[JHX] Will James Hardie’s big acquisition pay off?
October 29, 2025
In last summer’s building materials series, I explained how branded manufacturers, like James Hardie in [...]
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[scuttlebit] Guidewire scales
October 20, 2025
What are scuttlebits? Nowhere is the insurance industry’s notorious resistance to change more evident than [...]
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[scuttlebit] Wise is probably going to be fine
October 10, 2025
What are scuttlebits? “we fundamentally believe whoever has the best infrastructure in this space will [...]
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Is Gartner Doomed?
October 1, 2025
In simple terms what Gartner does is it furnishes research reports that executives use to [...]
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