Leadership & Strategy

InsurTech Partnerships: What Insurers Want and Get

Remember the 1989 movie "When Harry Met Sally"? During lunch with Harry at a deli, Sally very publicly fakes a wild orgasm. A nearby patron, when asked what she'd like to order, signals in Sally's ...

So You Wanna Be an Innovator in a Big Company

Here's what I've learned. 1. Ban the "I" word. Most innovation in insurance companies comes where customers (or distributors) encounter the company. This is one reason that 89 percent of insurance ...

AIG Will Exit Iran-Related Cargo Insurance Biz, Thanks to Trump Sanctions

American International Group Inc is exiting business activities in Iran that came with a subsidiary it acquired and which now butt up against the sanctions against Iran that have been reimposed by ...

Sirius International Is Now a Public Company, Thanks to Easterly Merger

Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. is now a public company. The global multiline insurance and reinsurance group accomplished this by closing its previously announced merger with special ...

Cyber Risk Management Firm Zeguro Secures $5M Financing From Munich Re, QBE, Others

Cyber Risk management firm Zeguro closed a $5 million seed financing round, attracting insurance industry investors including Munich Re and QBE. Both insurers made the capital contributions through ...

The Road to Greatness: Transforming Culture From Complacency to Ownership

When you're in a consumer-focused business, your job is to help people. Those of us in the insurance industry know we have a great advantage: When people have their worst day, we help them put things ...

Build a Strong Employer Brand to Win Top Talent

A clear, distinct brand is vital when it comes to marketing and advertising to gain customer awareness and loyalty, but companies often fail to give the same attention to their employer brand. That ...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Q3 Profit Gains Spanned Insurance and Everything Else

Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Saturday said its quarterly operating profit doubled as its insurance business dodged hurricanes and benefited from ...

Zurich Canada Revamps Both Its Organizational Structure and Executive Team

Zurich Canada announced a new organizational structure and team designed to simplify and strengthen the insurer's go-to-market approach. "We now have the structure in place to ramp up our support for ...