Leadership & Strategy
Two Years Late, the P/C Insurance Market Is Finally Hardening: W.R. Berkley CEO
Two years after the property/casualty insurance market experienced historic catastrophe losses, it is finally showing signs of hardening, said W.R. Berkley Corp.'s president and CEO. W. Robert ...
Allianz Reportedly Considering Bid for Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management Business
Allianz and Amundi are both considering deals to take over Deutsche Bank's asset management unit DWS, sources close to the matter said on Wednesday. Germany's biggest bank is looking at a possible ...
Insurance Evolution: Survival of the Fittest Using Design Thinking, MVPs and Decision Services
There's finally come a point of confluence between technology and business. Let's examine a few facts. Especially in the insurance industry, terms like transformation, innovation and disruption are ...
Marsh, Guy Carpenter, JLT Combining Latin America Facultative Reinsurance Operations
Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, all now under a single corporate umbrella, are planning to combine their facultative reinsurance operations in Latin America. The action ...
CSAA Touts 100 Percent Employee Volunteerism Rate in 2018
CSAA Insurance Group said it achieved a 100 percent employee volunteerism rate in 2018, news it released as part of its first corporate social responsibility snapshot. The AAA insurer said it was the ...
The Most Admired Leaders Are Straight Shooters and Take Ownership of Their Mistakes
Executives: Be straightforward and take ownership of the mistakes you make. Why does this matter? Those two traits are among important ones displayed by the most admired leaders, according to a ...
AI-Based InsurTech Cytora Raises $32.5 Million, With Focus on Commercial Insurance
Cytora, a developer of artificial intelligence-based products and services for the commercial insurance industry, has raised $32.5 million in new financing. The London-based startup said it will use ...
VC Bets on InsurTechs in a World Where Few Will Survive
With 20 years of experience as a professional venture capital investor on his resume, Jonathan Kalman seems well positioned to deliver an expert opinion on the likely forthcoming failure rate of ...