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Hurricane Katrina’s Legacy
Hurricane Katrina was a deadly storm that caused a large loss to the insurance industry—but not so large that it shouldn't have been anticipated by the catastrophe models. In the months after this ...
Embracing Talent in a New Generation
One of the hot topics at recent industry conferences has been the need to attract millennials to the insurance industry. That includes the IICF Women in Insurance Global Conference, where the central ...
Industry ‘Groping in Dark’ to Attract Millennials, Duperreault Says
Boring is not a description of the insurance industry that sits well with Brian Duperreault. But it's one that the majority of millennials use to explain why insurance has little appeal as a career ...
Industry Consolidation: Too Fast for Some
There are many reasonable and compelling factors driving the ongoing consolidation of the property/casualty insurance industry, from a sheer overabundance of capital to an overwhelming need to reduce ...
Growing for the Future: Insurers Describe Their Leadership Development Programs
Today's executive leadership development programs are morphing from training at the senior level to cultivating the perfect dream team of executive leaders. Insurers now are tapping into the overall ...
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders: An External Perspective
Radostina Purvanova, associate professor of management and international business at Drake University, has a unique perspective on what it takes to be a successful leader in the current economy. ...
Novarica: ‘Agile’ Methodology Is Transforming Insurance Industry IT Development
In the last seven years, the use of agile methodology across the insurance industry has gone from zero to 90 percent. The agile model, a newer software development approach, involves more ...
The IoT Revolution: Coming to a Warehouse and a Theme Park Near You
Privacy risks related to potential hacks of Internet-connected devices are hot topics for carriers, risk managers and brokers, but possible business interruption losses should not be overlooked when ...