Content from Susanne Sclafane
Betting on Breakthrough Innovation: Shoot for the Moon
While it is often easier for P/C insurance and reinsurance executives to rally around incremental innovations, in order to really transform their organizations they need to fund some moonshots, ...
Life Insurance Next for Lemonade: Auto on the Horizon
Lemonade plans to start selling term life insurance in the next 90 days, adding to its current rental, homeowners and pet insurance offerings, the company said in an earnings report released late ...
What Makes a Great Underwriter in 2020?
During a recent interview, CM asked QBE North America Chief Underwriting Officer John Beckman, a former chief actuary and chief risk officer, to talk about the qualities of the best ...
How We Did It: Becoming an InsurTech Unicorn
When InsurTech entrepreneurs like Assaf Wand, Max Simkoff and Dan Preston set out on the path of bringing groundbreaking ideas to life in the insurance industry, they heard a lot of negative talk ...
Talent Movement Is Top Priority for AXA XL Americas New CUO
When Donna Nadeau started tackling the responsibilities of her new role as chief underwriting officer for the Americas at AXA XL in recent months, she turned her focus to talent as a top agenda item. ...
Building Golf Clubs for Underwriters
When John Beckman of QBE North America talks about his role as a chief underwriting officer, the "recovering actuary" and former chief risk officer of CNA repeatedly refers to the need to look for ...
Remote CEO: How One Leader Took the Reins During a Pandemic
When Scott Gunter contemplated making a move from being president of a commercial insurance division of Chubb to become chief executive officer of AXA XL, he felt the timing couldn't be better. AXA ...
Editor’s Letter: For Career Success, You Gotta Have Heart
If you grew up in New York in the 1960s like I did, you witnessed a miracle. The New York Mets, a major league baseball team that had been known as the "lovable losers" for their entire existence, ...