Leadership
Gen Re’s Sciolla on Innovation
This article is part of our insurance innovators interview series. Berto Sciolla, EVP and Manager of North American Treaty Reinsurance, Gen Re Q1: In your view, what has been the greatest innovation ...
The Next Impactful Innovator: Will It Be Google?
Carrier Management reached out to leaders in the property/casualty insurance industry, asking them to respond to questions about innovation. Here we present 14 responses to the sixth question we ...
Dealing With the Most Difficult People and Conversations at Work
"We need to talk." What is it about those four little words that strikes fear into the hearts of the bravest business people, including those in the property/casualty insurance industry? It happens ...
Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg at 90: ‘You Got to Fight’
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg spent some of his 90th birthday party like he's spent much of the past decade: angry. As he addressed his family at a lunch at a private estate this month, one of his sons ...
Building Advanced Analytical Capabilities to Deliver Business Value
In the words of XL Catlin CEO Mike McGavick, we face "the imperative for robust use of advanced data and analytics." It's an imperative that XL Catlin has taken very seriously, for several reasons. ...
Work-Life Balance, Happiness Beat Performance, Salary as Career Goals: Survey
Only 10 percent of employees define career success in terms of high performance and productivity, according to a global career survey of employees released last month, which also found that almost ...
Innovation Lessons From the Flock
There's fowl knocking at my kitchen door; an impatient staccato, it pauses, expectant like a breath held, then resumes. They know I am in here. I know what they want. The tapping pecks away at my ...
Strengthen Your Team by Building a Training-Centered Corporate Culture
As business conditions grow more challenging, many of us are tempted to set aside activities that don't overtly contribute to the bottom line. Training and development (T&D) might look like one ...