Crum & Forster CEO Marc Adee remembers what it was like in years past when he was leading divisions of a company then operating under a centralized model that forced him to fight for corporate resources.

“I want somebody thinking about my stuff all the time,” he’d say as he sought the services of a particular actuary. “He’s busy doing reserve reviews….That’s a corporate function, and actuaries can’t be in a division,” he’d hear back from the leaders he asked for permission to have exclusive help from the actuary.