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Editor’s Question: Who Created the First U.S. MGA?
Readers of a book about the history of the insurance industry—or more specifically, about Crum & Forster's place in the last 200-plus years—will find out that C&F executives were ...
How a Decentralized Structure Opens Career Paths at C&F
Thankfully, members of the next generation of leaders in the property/casualty insurance industry have had no direct experience with insurance company failures, rehabs and restructurings that ...
Cigar Butts and Toxic Sludge: The Rebirth of a P/C Insurer
It's hard to imagine an executive describing his company and its peers in the industry as "cigar butt companies where the butt had been dropped in toxic nuclear sludge, [and] rolled in asbestos…" ...
How Decentralization Works at C&F
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 ...
Targeted by Cyber Criminals: Why Insurers Must Confront the Human Element
The insurance industry is facing a full-blown cyber crisis. As insurers pursue digital transformation to meet rising customer expectations and improve operational efficiency, they're also becoming ...
Viewpoint: When the Cloud Sneezes, the Digital Ecosystem Catches a Cold
Google had a pretty bad day recently. The kind of day that would make Spotify stop singing, Discord and Snapchat go quiet, and give retailer Marks & Spencer a panic attack. Why? Because too many ...
Insurers Race to the Starting Line in the Dawn of the AI Decision Era
Embracing artificial intelligence in insurance is a race, but one that experts describe as a race to the starting rather than the finish line. "I think this is sort of a race to the starting line," ...
3 Emerging Risks to Watch: 6G Wireless Technology, Autonomous Trucks, Kratom
It seemed not so long ago that many wireless carriers were in a race to 5G, touting the speed of their networks to consumers. Now, the successor to that network is in development and could bring a ...