Leadership
CNA, Aon, WING Host Women in Insurance Tech Event; SJU Leadership Event Next Week
Last week, CNA, Aon plc and the Women's Insurance Networking Group (WING) collectively sponsored the 2015 Voices Live Chicago Event supporting the growing role of women in insurance technology. The ...
3 Reasons Leaders Can’t Keep an Open Mind
Many individuals in corporate leadership positions have created the illusion for themselves that their ideas alone are the best and their word on every subject within their sphere of influence is ...
Do P/C Carrier CEOs Ever Sleep?
If you follow @CarrierMgmt on Twitter, you may have seen our tweet about an article we read in the Financial Times on Thursday. Sleep-dodging CEOs — yawn - http://FT.com http://on.ft.com/1FbpBeA ...
Successor Spotlight: Gross Takes the Helm at SECURA
Sometime after John Bykowski decided he would step down from the CEO role at SECURA Insurance, with a retirement date set for mid-2014, David Gross, the senior vice president of underwriting ...
Written CEO Succession Plans Lacking Among P/C Insurers: Research
More than half of property/casualty insurers do not have written CEO succession plans in place, and for nearly three-quarters, there is no board committee to identify desired skills for the next top ...
CEOs Top Fear is Being Found to Be Incompetent, Study Finds
If you've ever worried that someone will find out you're an imposter who actually lacks the level of competence required for your position, then you're in good company. Roger Jones, the head of ...
Who Will Be Your Next Leader?
When Sally Smith became the chief executive officer of Buffalo Wild Wings in 1996, it wasn't exactly a planned event. According to Smith's account published in the New York Times (as part of Adam ...
The Changing of the Guard: Comparing the Old and New
Property/casualty insurance carriers say they won't be looking for carbon copies of the incumbent CEO when they seek out his or her potential replacement, but they're not looking for someone very ...