Leadership
Italy’s Banks Turn to Insurance Market for New Opportunities
An aging population and struggling state finances could turn into an unlikely boon for Italy's banks, which have turned to a growing market for insurance to brighten their prospects. Intesa SanPaolo ...
MGA/Carrier Partnerships Enable Cost-Effective InsurTech Automation for Small Business Risks
Some of the most exciting innovation coming out of the InsurTech movement is focused on small to midsize businesses and the brokers who serve them. New players are challenging the old model where the ...
Independent Agents Satisfied With Carrier Interactions Send More Business to Them: J.D. Power
It may be obvious to those in the industry that the more satisfied independent insurance agents are with an insurance carrier, the more business they will conduct with that carrier. But the message ...
Developing a High-Performing Data Science Team
Data science has grown substantially over the last several years. Analytics has evolved from its early days within underwriting and pricing, and insurance companies have found new opportunities to ...
Be Kind, and Lead Well
For all good leaders, kindness counts. That quality reflects a leader who is sensitive and empathetic about his or her team and what they need to succeed, Mary Anne Amato writes in a recent "Leading ...
Gen. McChrystal at the I.I.I. Joint Industry Forum: Good Leaders Are Gardeners
Gen. Stanley McChrystal said a leader should be a gardener. That isn't necessarily something you'd expect to hear from McChrystal, a retired United States Army four-star general, and former commander ...
Give Your Innovation Team Autonomy to Get the Job Done
One obvious step executives could pursue to bring innovation to their companies is to create a team to make it happen. But that's not enough. The team also needs autonomy within the main company to ...
Effective Leaders Show They Care
Want a committed team? Show them that you care, advises leadership expert Steve Keating in a recent posting on his LeadToday blog. He believes that for a leader to be truly effective and make a ...