Leadership & Strategy
A.M. Best’s Innovation Assessment Set to Roll Out in First-Half 2020
A.M. Best plans to start assessing innovation as part of the credit rating methodology it uses to evaluate carriers in the first half of 2020, Chief Rating Officer Stefan Holzberger said. The ...
How Companies with Bottom-Line Focused CEOs Perform
Doing business with a tunnel-vision focus on the bottom line can lead to dysfunction and unethical conduct in the workplace, but a research study co-authored by Rutgers School of Management and Labor ...
Every insurance claim tells a story, but rarely in a single document. Instead, that narrative unfolds across adjuster notes, medical...
Nationwide Invests in Cybersecurity InsurTech Focused on Connected Vehicles
Nationwide said it has invested in Upstream Security, an InsurTech focused on providing cybersecurity for connected vehicles. Upstream's cash infusion will it enable OEM car manufacturers and fleets ...
Reinsurers Maintain Upward Pricing Momentum—But Will It Last?
Positive pricing momentum—it's the favorite phrase of many reinsurers, who are hoping that the momentum they've seen in 2019 will continue during the coming January renewals and beyond. The ...
Chubb Chief Digital Officer Ringsted Sounds Off on Innovation, ITC and the Future
Sean Ringsted was one of the 7,000 or so people who attended the 2019 InsureTech Connect Conference, held Sept. 23 to 25 in Las Vegas. Ringsted is executive vice president, chief digital officer and ...
S&P Takes Closer Look at Argo Following SEC Subpoena Over Executive Compensation
The SEC's decision to subpoena Argo Group. International Holdings about its executive compensation practices is drawing the attention of Standard & Poor's. S&P said it has revised the outlook ...
Carrier Technology Shopping Lists
If this were the Christmas holiday season for insurance carriers, machine learning, big data, analytics and security would be high on their shopping lists. Insurer IT spending is growing for 2020, ...
James River Insurance Retains Rating After Dropping Its Largest Customer, Uber
Ratings agency A.M. Best said its ratings of James River Insurance remain unchanged after the insurer said it would be cancelling its business with ride-hailing giant Uber affiliate, Rasier, its ...