Leadership
From Ohio to South Africa: Telesure’s Rios Embraces Change and Innovation
Manny Rios was president and CEO of Munich Re's American Modern when a corporate headhunter gave him a call. It was in July 2015, and the headhunter pitched a new insurance industry leadership ...
Competitive Advantage to Asia as Employees Become Increasingly Engaged and Fulfilled: Aon Hewitt
Employees are increasingly engaged and more fulfilled around the world, though they remain happiest in Latin America compared to other markets, according to Aon Hewitt's latest report. Worth, ...
Where Have All the Chief Strategy Officers Gone?
At a time when the property/casualty insurance business is going through major changes, one would think that the ranks of chief strategy officers would be growing. That's not the case, says Tom ...
Founder-Led Companies Perform Best: Harvard Business Review
Companies led by their founders run circles around the others. Chris Zook, a partner in Bain & Company's Boston office and a co-head of its global strategy practice, makes this assertion as part ...
InsurTech Startups Must Realize They Can’t Disrupt Regulation
The year 2015 marked a substantial shift in insurance: in one year alone, investment in insurance tech reached $2.65 billion. This number encapsulates the immense growth happening in the start-up ...
Is Ajit Jain’s Plate Too Full? No, Buffett Says
Among the insurance-related highlights of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb. was Warren Buffett's answer to a question about succession planning for subsidiaries. "There are no tea ...
Do Successful Leaders Produce More Successful Leaders? Corporate Lessons from the NFL
"Black Monday" has become as much a part of the National Football League season as Draft Day. The Monday after the last game of the season is marked by the firing of a number of head coaches and the ...
CEO Candidates Increasingly Face Simulation Test Before Getting the Job
What if you could use a simulation to test a potential CEO's capacity to do the job? It is an idea that is catching on, according to an April 22 article published in the Harvard Business Review. In ...