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CEO Lacher Seeks to Unlock Value and Build a Culture of Winners at Kemper
Anyone listening to last year's investor updates from Kemper heard Joseph Lacher utter phrases such as "unclear strategic focus," "financial underperformance" and "culture of complacency" to describe ...
A Weird Hobby
Whenever Kemper CEO Joseph Lacher found himself interviewing for a new job throughout his career, he would tell his potential employers: "Think of me as an economics major with a weird hobby." The ...
Personal Lines Distribution Not Changing at Kemper
Years before joining Kemper, CEO Joseph Lacher served as the leader of the P/C business of Allstate, a company that bought Esurance to introduce a more direct-to-customer model to the carrier's ...
IVANS Digital Distribution Tool Will Help Carriers Grow—With Agents
With no intention of disintermediating anybody, IVANS is rolling out new commercial lines "digital distribution capabilities," which the firm promises will give carriers a "data-driven method" to ...
Guts, People, Regulatory Education Needed to Innovate Insurance
At an industry conference last month, two insurance executives welcomed news of potential flexibility coming from state regulators as they pursue individual paths to digital and data-driven futures, ...
NAIC President Vows to Help Insurers Innovate
Three days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump last week, a panel of experts on insurance regulation predicted that state and federal regulators of the financial services sector would ...
Execs Handicap Changes Ahead of Presidential Inauguration
Insurers Can be Too Risky But Not Too Big: NAIC President
Although the Financial Stability Oversight Council created by Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act could serve an incredibly useful purpose, FSOC's activities so far have been ...