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Why E&S Carriers Aren’t Winners Over the Long Term
ACORD's recent study, "Intelligent Growth: Intent, Decisions, Outcomes," reveals that E&S/specialty companies don't fare well over the long term. Here, CEO Bill Pieroni suggests possible reasons ...
Confessions of a Diehard Fan of Data: An Interview With ACORD CEO Pieroni (Part 1)
If Bill Pieroni were a Major League Baseball executive, he would be one of those sabermetric types like Oakland's Billy Beane, heralded by the book "Moneyball." His team's manager would have ...
Sompo International’s Okumura Will Become CEO in January 2020
Sompo International Holdings Ltd. has chosen a new CEO, promoting an inside executive to the position. The Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance said that ...
An Empathetic Approach to Leadership and Insurance
The first point of contact with an insurer for most consumers is when they take out a policy or when they make a claim—neither of these experiences are easy or straightforward at best. At worst, ...
UK’s Aviva Decides to Keep China, Singapore Businesses After All
Aviva Plc, the U.K. insurer that's overhauling some businesses as part of its chief executive officer's turnaround plan, is to retain its Chinese joint venture as well as assets in its biggest ...
J&J’s Opioid Payout in Oklahoma Reduced to $465 Million
An Oklahoma judge on Friday said Johnson & Johnson must pay that state $465 million for fueling the opioid epidemic through the deceptive marketing of painkillers, down from his original award of ...
High Distribution Costs and How to Fix Them
The disruption currently taking place in insurance and reinsurance markets is at its most acute since the culmination of the financial crisis. Industry reserves, deteriorating earlier catastrophe ...
Leaders Succeed by Knowing Their Team Members’ Individual Strengths
Not every team at an organization succeeds in its mission. One strategy that can help: Leaders should be fully informed about team members' individual strengths. A recent posting at the Leadership ...