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Bosses Should Consider Nuance When Marketing Leadership Development Classes
Nuance may be key in motivating employees to join leadership programs. It's not enough to just dangle the possibility of such an incentive before their eyes. Researchers from Singapore came to that ...
Berlin-Based InsurTech Startup Debuts Home Content Insurance Cover; Micro Policies Planned
InsurTech startup Coya has launched home content insurance cover, designed to be "affordable, transparent and easily accessible." But Berlin-based Coya said home insurance is just the start and that ...
Innovating Terror Risk Transfer: A Conversation With Pool Re’s CEO
In a year in which the U.K. government-backed terrorism reinsurer is celebrating its 25th anniversary, the chief executive of Pool Re, Julian Enoizi, had a conversation with Carrier Management Guest ...
COUNTRY Financial Chooses Jacobs as New CEO
COUNTRY Financial named a new chief executive officer, choosing to promote from within. Jim Jacobs is taking on the top job as of early 2019, serving as chief executive officer for each of COUNTRY ...
As Work Plods Along, Motivational Tactics Can Still Produce Results
Sometimes work in the office can be less than ideal or interesting, even if it remains important. A recent posting on the Leadership Freak blog acknowledged that this circumstance can create a bad ...
Marsh & McLennan CEO Sensed an Opening and Acted Fast to Buy JLT
Marsh & McLennan Inc. (MMC) has been preparing for a major acquisition and admiring its competitor Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) for years. So right after the CEOs of the two firms met on Sept. 7 ...
Marsh & McLennan Will Grab JLT for $5.7B; Deal Boosts Consulting Capacity
Marsh & McLennan Inc. agreed to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about 4.3 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) to expand its global offering of reinsurance and consulting services, adding to the frenetic ...
Hurricane Florence’s Flood Focus Lowers Insured Loss Estimates
Once Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carlina on Sept. 14, its lower wind speed and sluggish pace made it much more of a flood event than a wind one. As a result, modelers and other experts ...