Leadership
InsurTech Founders Are Often Not Insurance Industry Veterans
As InsurTech companies increase in number and scope, the P/C industry may be surprised about one thing: only a small number of founders may actually be insurance industry veterans. So says, Tim ...
Brace for Impact: ‘Agile’ Leaders Needed to Reshape Insurance Industry, Educators Say
Disrupters such as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, the sharing economy and fintech are reshaping the insurance industry and those who lead it. So when Carrier Management asked a sampling of ...
CEOs Succeed by Making Time Alone to Think
One way the best CEOs get important work done is by pulling partially back from their executive staff in order to think and focus. Bain & Company partner James Allen argues that this is an ...
Take Part in Our P/C Carrier CEO Succession Planning Survey (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
If your company had to select a chief executive officer successor within the next six months, would that person be someone almost exactly like the current CEO? Is your company developing internal ...
Wells Fargo Lesson: Culture Work Hard for Growing Cos., Says Markel CEO
It's not uncommon for one of the leaders of Markel Corp. to be greeted by an employee intent on giving him "what for" about something going on at the company as he exits his car in the morning. ...
Why American Family’s CEO Embraces Social Media
Insurance industry executives have been slow to embrace social media tools such as Twitter and blogging in their professional lives. Jack Salzwedel is a notable exception. Salzwedel, the chairman and ...
Berkshire’s Jain Targets Complex Org Structure, Pay Plan in Letter to Gen Re
Ajit Jain, one of Warren Buffett's top managers at Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has a message for the staff that he oversees at Gen Re: It's time for their business to get much leaner and less ...
A CEO’s Advice: Find the Opportunities in Change
Change and disruption can offer your employees opportunities for personal and professional growth and development—or they can cause an employee to find the workplace unbearably stressful. In a May ...