Leadership & Strategy
Berkshire Hathaway Launches New Multiple Coverage Insurance for Small Businesses; Buffett Endorses
Berkshire Hathaway's Insurance Group is launching a new comprehensive insurance product for small businesses that combines multiple coverages, and the conglomerate's legendary chairman has endorsed ...
Fintech/Renters Insurance Startup Jetty Raises $25 Million Series B Financing
Fintech startup Jetty raised $25 million in new financing, and will use the cash infusion to expand the use of its home rental technology and services. Jetty's products include renters insurance and ...
Wealth Fund Will Press Firms It Invests in to Reveal Climate Data at Annual Meetings
Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund will push the 9,000 firms it invests in to disclose more data on greenhouse gases they emit and how they adapt to climate change during the coming annual general ...
QBE North America Makes Community ‘Impact’ Investment, It’s First for 2019
QBE North America said it has made its first major community "impact" investment for 2019. The integrated specialist insurer said it has issued the contribution through its Premiums4Good program, ...
Challenge Accepted: Sorting, Scaling and Applying Web Data for Insurance
Big data is back. Once the darling buzzword of innovation, big data's buzzword status had been eclipsed by a trendier focus on forces of "disruption" and a passion for everything "digital." The ...
Be Valuable by Knowing Your Company’s ‘Vitals’
Whether you are a rising executive or rank-and-file employee, it's important to know your organization's makeup, or "vitals." Saj Jetha, an economist and alumnus of the London School of Economics, ...
Insurer Pledges Student Loan Relief if Employees Give Up Vacation Days
Starting next year, U.S. employees at insurance company Unum Group will have a choice: The company will put money toward their student loans, if the worker gives up five paid vacation days. The new ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb, Swiss Re and Cape Analytics
Chubb is debuting a new Media Industry Practice for the UK and Ireland. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions teamed with a French cyber security startup auto debut new cyber coverage for small businesses ...