Executive Profiles
Executives On The Move at Allianz, Great American and Validus Specialty
Allianz promoted an executive to the new role of chief business transformation officer. Great American Insurance Group has a new head of its annuity group. Validus Specialty added a senior ...
Underwriting Decisions Not Made by Machines for Large, Mid-Market Risks, Says Zurich NA CUO
New data sources, predictive analytics and automated processes can all help human underwriters in evaluating and pricing, but machines don't make underwriting decisions for large and middle-market ...
Zurich NA CUO: Trust-Based Human Relationships Still Central to Great Underwriting
Zurich North America has been investing in predictive analytics since 2006, but a dozen years later, the organization's chief underwriting officer stresses the idea that the human element in ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb and Willis Towers Watson
Chubb named a new senior underwriter for its Global Markets unit. Willis Towers Watson appointed one of its rising executives to a new role within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment.
Sompo International Rolls Out European Specialty Insurance Underwriting Division
Sompo International is launching a new European specialty insurance underwriting operation. The Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance said the division initially will focus ...
Tribal Knowledge + Tech Creates Exponential Potential for Underwriters: XL Catlin’s Global Casualty CUO Bewlay
At a time when job research across industries produced by universities and consultancies often lists "insurance underwriter" among professions particularly vulnerable to automation, the chief ...
Shah Departs as RMS CEO; Silicon Valley Vet White Replaces Him
Hemant Shah is out as CEO of catastrophe modeler RMS, and veteran Silicon Valley technology executive Karen White has been appointed to replace him. It is unclear if Shah, who is also an RMS ...
Executives On The Move at Erie Insurance, GEICO and Grange Insurance
Erie Insurance named five of its IT leaders to new executive roles. GEIO promoted two rising executives. Grange Insurance appointed a Visa executive to its board of directors.
Industry Power Center: Distribution and Services, Not Underwriting
The former chief executive of an insurance company believes the center of value of the property/casualty industry has shifted away from one of the activities that would seem to define an insurance ...