There may have been doubts in the recent past about where cloud technology fit into the insurance IT landscape, but that all seems forgotten now. I spoke to a few vendors while here at the IASA conference about the effect cloud is having on their business and my inquiries were met with enthusiasm.

Phil Kiekhafer, director of marketing for ISCS had a simple response when I asked where his company is headed: ISCS recently hired a senior director of cloud, he says. That's one way to display confidence in where things are headed.

The reason is fairly simple: "Cloud will reduce implementation costs so much," said Kiekhafer.

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