Leadership & Strategy
InsurTech Zeguro Launches Small Business Cyber Risk Management Platform
Zeguro said it has formally launched its platform designed to help small and midsize companies quickly deal with cyber threats in multiple ways. The San Francisco-based startup, which describes ...
W.R. Berkley Joins $10M Financing for Tremor, a Reinsurance ‘Smart’ Market Platform
W.R. Berkley Corp. is among the investors behind a new $10 million financing round for Tremor, a startup developing a reinsurance "smart" market platform. The Boston-based startup said that several ...
As the insurance market continues to stabilize, the next phase of the market will reward independent agencies that can respond...
Zurich Pledges to Protect Consumer Data With Robust New Policy
Zurich Insurance Group is pledging to protect consumers' data through a new policy it claims will well exceed legal requirements. The carrier's goal with the effort is to boost transparency and ...
Hurricanes, Wildfires and More Will Drive January Reinsurance Renewal Rates Higher
Big insurance losses from hurricanes, wildfires and other natural disasters over the past two years are set to push reinsurance renewal rates higher in January, ratings agencies said. After falling ...
Research, Repeat and Reuse: Specialty Carriers’ Unique Toolset for Product Innovation
"The industry really does look to specialty writers to be at the forefront of innovation," says Gail McGiffin. Specialty insurance carriers have a unique "toolset" that helps them grow through ...
A Good Leader Makes Self-Aware Decisions Regardless of Feedback
Feedback can be transformative. But executives shouldn't necessarily use it to enact change in their practices just for the sake of changing. A recent posting at the Kellogg Insight blog warns that ...
Millennials Win the Prize at Multitasking
Emails, instant messaging, app notifications, RSS feeds, and a plethora of social networks inundate almost every aspect of daily life from work to home or just keeping in touch socially. Some people ...
How to Boost Performance: McKinsey IDs Strategies of Top-Tier Profit Makers
Most insurance companies aren't bold enough in their strategies to boost profits, according to a recent report from McKinsey & Company, which also says that industry CEOs must lead the way to ...