Tech Decisions Magazine and CastleBay Consulting Release Shop Talk, a Best Practices Book for the Property & Casualty Industry

ERLANGER, Ky., May 29, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tech Decisions magazine, a Summit Business Media publication has partnered with CastleBay Consulting to develop Shop Talk, an insightful best practices book for the property & casualty industry. Written by George Grieve, Shop Talk is a compilation of his articles written for Tech Decisions over the last 5 years.

Currently CEO of CastleBay Consulting, Grieve has been in the insurance technology industry for almost 30 years, 25 of which have been spent specifically working with property/casualty insurers. He has been a contributing columnist for Tech Decisions and PropertyCasualty360.com for over six years. The purpose of Shop Talk is to consolidate Grieve's articles over the past five years and provide a best practices resource to property & casualty professionals.

"I believe the goal of Tech Decisions is to inform and entertain and George Grieve consistently delivers on both counts with his Shop Talk column," said Robert Regis Hyle, editor of Tech Decisions. "The subject matter around technology decisions—particularly core systems replacement—can be dry, but George's style makes it an enjoyable read. I think anyone who has read his columns over the years will enjoy looking back and finding that all of his columns remain relevant to what is happening in the market today."

Grieve added, "Shop Talk is my attempt to give back to the industry that has provided me with a professional home for most of my career and has supported CastleBay for 15 years. The intent of Shop Talk is to inform and educate. I hope our wider audience finds this to be the case. I am thrilled at the book's publication and would like to thank Tech Decisions and our vendor sponsors CSC, Guidewire, Insurity, ISCS, MajescoMastek, Maple Technologies, Millbrook, OneShield and Unirisx for making this possible."

Shop Talk will be distributed with the June issue of Tech Decisions, and will be available in an e-book version on June 15, 2012. To learn more about Shop Talk or to receive a free copy, please contact James Daggett, publisher of Tech Decisions at [email protected]. 

About CastleBay

Austin, Texas based CastleBay Consulting was founded in 1998 to provide high impact consulting services to the Property & Casualty insurance market. Services include strategic systems planning and acquisition; quality management; program and project set up, management and assessment; business process and requirements analysis; and related software implementation services. CastleBay's consultants average more than 25 years of insurance industry experience and represent a wealth of experience as executives and officers from world-class vendor and insurance carrier companies. To learn more about CastleBay Consulting's services, please visit, www.castlebayconsulting.com.

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About Tech Decisions

Tech Decisions, published by Summit Business Media, guides top-level insurance technology and business professionals in managing their companies' systems on a day-to-day basis and informs their decision-making for the future.  Tech Decisions helps readers leverage time-tested as well as leading-edge technology products, systems, and strategies—and in making the best decisions to fulfill the business and profitability needs of today's insurance and financial services marketplace. For more information, visit PropertyCasualty360.com.  

About Summit Business Media

Summit Business Media is the leading B2B media and information company serving the insurance, financial services, legal and investment advisory markets. Summit strives to be "The Next Generation of Business Information" for executives and practitioners by providing breaking news and analysis, in-depth practice management strategies, business-building techniques and actionable data. Summit services the information needs of its customers through numerous channels, including digital, print, and live events. For more information, please visit SBMedia.com.

CONTACT: Media Contacts:          James Daggett          Publisher          Tech Decisions          631-775-0440          [email protected]Don MacFarland          Vice President Sales and Marketing          CastleBay Consulting          513-218-2473          [email protected]

Source: CastleBay Consulting