In the first part of a 2 part article in EbizQ this month, Dennis Byron opens up the discussion on industry specific Open Source Solutions. The insurance industry gets a specific mention; as does OpenQuote which is listed in our directory. The article is available here. You do have to join their "gold club", but its free of charge.

To Quote Dennis:
"For open source software (OSS) to become more prevalent in the market, more industry-specific OSS is needed."

Also, read Dennis's Blog