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Chubb CEO Greenberg Rolls Out Welcome Mat for High Net Worth Competitors
Estimating that the high-net-worth (HNW) personal lines market has more than $30 billion worth of business up for grabs, and the small commercial lines market, another $80 billion, Chubb Limited CEO ...
Human Robots: Will They Kill the Financial Services Industry?
We have been publishing a lot of articles about machines learning to think more like humans. But does that mean that we have to make humans behave like robots? The question doesn't seem like a ...
Is Ajit Jain’s Plate Too Full? No, Buffett Says
Among the insurance-related highlights of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb. was Warren Buffett's answer to a question about succession planning for subsidiaries. "There are no tea ...
Straight Talk From Buffett on ‘Bearded’ Reinsurers
An oversupply of capital is one factor making reinsurance less attractive for Warren Buffett these days, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said Saturday—making a specific reference to suppliers ...
If the Insurance Industry Were Netflix, Amazon or Apple
Like Netflix, Amazon and Apple, property/casualty insurers have been using analytics to understand their customers, but the similarity probably ends there for most insurers, one carrier analytics ...
How to Use Big Data to Prevent Claims Instead of Paying Them
With policyholders carrying barometers disguised as smartphones in their pockets every day and telematics devices capturing car locations, insurers and their customers stand to gain big benefits from ...
In the Latest Edition of Carrier Management Magazine: State of Flux
The Q1 2016 edition of Carrier Management focuses on two broad themes: the state of the industry and talent management. But anyone glancing at our feature titles might think our main focus is ...
Insurer Staff Declines Greater Than Anticipated in 2015
Two-thirds of insurers surveyed say they're planning to hire more in 2016, but whether they will actually go through with those plans remains a question. In fact, 14 percent of insurers decreased ...