Leadership & Strategy
A Trailblazer in the Lloyd’s Marketplace Looks Back and Ahead
It took enormous courage to walk into Lloyd's for the first time and into the underwriting room—also known as "The Room." I was a very junior broker with absolutely no experience, tasked with ...
AAIS Working Groups Seek to Broaden Industry Use of Blockchain Platform
The American Association of Insurance Services is trying expand the use of its blockchain platform across different segments of the property-casualty insurance industry. AAIS, a non-profit insurance ...
The Latest Launches From Nationwide and Corvus Insurance
Nationwide has brought on another partner so it can begin automating underwriting appetite communications for thousands of agents. Corvus Insurance updated its cyber underwriting model with ...
Greater Scrutiny of Argo Executive Compensation Began Before SEC Stepped In
After an Argo Group activist shareholder clamored for greater oversight of executive compensation for much of 2019, the investor appears to be finally getting its wish. On Oct. 8, Argo disclosed that ...
Spiritual and Emotional Capacity: 2 Qualities That Great Leaders Need
Spiritual and emotional capacity are two qualities that leaders might want to nurture in themselves and their teams. A recent posting with the Leadership Freak blog by the author Robert Glazer ...
Cat and Dogs Focus of Marsh, Zurich North America’s New Pet Insurance Program
Marsh and Zurich North America have begun a pet insurance program targeted to cats and dogs in the United States. Known as TrustedPals, the companies bill the effort as a "next generation pet ...
Next Insurance Pulls in $250M Financing from Partner Munich Re
InsurTech startup Next Insurance has pulled in a $250 million financing round from a single investor: Munich Re. Palo Alto-based Next said it plans to use the Series C cash infusion to scale up its ...
Enterprise Software Startup Gradient AI Raises $6M from MassMutual, Others
Gradient AI said it has raised $6 million in financing to help fuel development of its AI-based enterprise software focused on insurance underwriting and claims management. The Massachusetts-based ...