Leadership & Strategy
Argo Group’s Tech Investments Earn Kudos, Outlook Upgrade From S&P
Argo Group's investment in a digital infrastructure and new growth earned a vote of confidence from Standard & Poor's, which raised its outlook for the specialty insurer and reinsurer to positive ...
Success Can Bring Out Your Dark Side
The confidence, charisma and independence that helped high-performing leaders gain success can also be their downfall, says a recent article from Harvard Business Review, noting that the gain in ...
Behind every commercial or residential property in a regional insurer’s portfolio are people relying on their carrier to remain resilient...
Amazon Reportedly Considering UK Insurance Comparison Site
Amazon.com Inc. is sounding out some of Europe's top insurance firms to see if they would contribute products to a UK price comparison website in what would be a major foray by the U.S. online retail ...
Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Will Assume QBE North America’s Personal Insurance Business
QBE North America will transfer its North America personal insurance policies sold through independent agents to Safeco Insurance, leaving the specialist insurer to focus on its core commercial ...
AmFam’s Subsidiary Aims to Help Customers Protect Their Financial Well-Being
At first glance, an insurance company's investment in a staffing company might seem, well, a little off-base. But according to principals at American Family Insurance and its staffing agency ...
Esurance Signs Actor Dennis Quaid as Its First On-Camera Spokesperson
For the first time, Allstate Corp.'s Esurance has an on-camera spokesperson. The "straight-shooting and highly likable actor" Dennis Quaid has the job, according to the insurer, which sells auto, ...
The Latest Launches From Marsh and AmWINS
Marsh debuted a new insurance product designed to help small and midsize law firms in England and Wales manage their professional indemnity risks. The insurance wholesale brokerage AmWINS Group ...
W.R Berkley, Travelers, GEICO Among 12 New Members of The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance
Twelve more companies have joined The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance, which is billed as the risk management and insurance industry's first enterprise-level blockchain consortium. The membership level ...