Talent Management
The Benefits of 360 Assessments
Many leaders and managers are terrified of 360 assessments, in which the boss, direct reports and peers provide feedback on our behavior, performance, strengths and weaknesses. But these reviews ...
CNA Creates Chief Diversity Officer Position; Ex-Chubb Exec Hired to Fill Slot
New CNA Chairman and CEO Dino Robusto continues to put his stamp on the insurer, this time with the creation of a new executive position: chief diversity officer. The Chicago-based property/casualty ...
Juggling All the Talents: The Value of Older Workers in the Insurance Industry
The question of what makes up talent is a somewhat vexing one. Genius is one thing, but talent is something else. A company can be founded by a genius, but it takes people with talent to keep it ...
Managing Culture: How to Connect Far-Flung and Remote Workers
Imagine you're on the receiving end of an email from the CEO with the subject line "Agenda for Today's All-Hands Call." Surprise! Surprise that it came direct from the CEO—and surprise that the ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb, GEICO, Willis Towers Watson and Alliant
Chubb made two senior management appointments. GEICO promoted an executive involved with national claims operations. Alliant hired an insurance industry veteran with a background in energy and marine ...
Third Point Re’s John Berger to Give Up CEO Slot, Remain as Board Chair
Third Point Reinsurance Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Berger plans to step down as CEO on March 1. His designated replacement: Robert Bredahl, the reinsurer's president and chief ...
Building From the Outside In; Thinking Like Customers
Insurance companies face uncertainties from multiple forces including nontraditional competitors, changing monetary policies and regulations, but none is more powerful than customers' changing ...
XL Group CFO Porrino to Retire on May 1; Robb Will Replace
XL Group Ltd. Chief Financial Officer Peter Porrino is retiring from his executive role this spring, though the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer has chosen from within the company to replace him. ...