Baseball pitcher throwing, ball in foreground. Like baseball, insurance is also a tremendous generator and consumer of data, with some information dating back more than a century. It has legacy titans and legacy thinking that are ripe for disruption. It even has "losses." (Credit: Bobby Stevens Photo/Shutterstock.com)

Brad Pitt sits in a movie studio talking to Jonah Hill about a made-up baseball team changing the game and winning 20 straight to surpass an all-time record. The movie – "Moneyball" – goes on to be nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. It's a fun and fascinating piece of fictional drama. Except that it isn't. 

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