Content from Susanne Sclafane
Marketing Lessons
Consumer goods and big-box retail sales may seem far removed from selling insurance, but Farmers CMO Mike Linton said there are lessons he learned from years working at Procter & Gamble and Best ...
QBE North America CEO Duclos: Clarity Is Key in Transformation
When you set out on a multiyear journey to transform a property/casualty insurance company, you need to win the hearts of employees involved in the process, the executive leading the turnaround of ...
QBE NA CEO Duclos Discusses M&A and Transformation Progress
Amid all the recent news about merger and acquisition activity in the property/casualty insurance space, QBE North America was on the sell side in January, announcing that Alliant Insurance Services ...
With Restructuring Complete, Hartford’s Risk Appetite Expanding: CEO Swift
When Liam McGee and Christopher Swift began their stints as chief executive and chief financial officer at The Hartford in late 2009 and early 2010, both outsiders sensed the need to work on ...
Heard at PCI Meeting: Reserve Covers, Capital Relief Deals Are Growing Trend
They may not be the new black, but references to adverse development covers and capital relief solutions and cropped up more than once in conversations with reinsurance market participants during the ...
Big Data and Insurance: Coming to a Supermarket Near You
If supermarket chains wanted to get in the business of selling property/casualty insurance, there is a source of consumer information they might tap to identify the best risks that most P/C actuaries ...
Advice From a Futurist
If you think the colors of the triangular yield sign on North American roadways are yellow and black, then you might not be ready to lead your organizations into the future. While futurist Jack ...
PCI Conference Report: Gen Re CEO Say Hedge Funds Come and Go
"Twisted financial theories" and rating agency support are keeping the reinsurance space attractive to third-party investors, a reinsurance executive asserted at an industry conference this week. ...