Leadership & Strategy
Nationwide Makes Strategic Investment in InsurTech Startup Betterview
Nationwide said its venture arm has made a strategic investment in Betterview, a machine learning InsurTech startup that focuses on capturing and analyzing data from drones, satellite and other ...
With Eye on Brexit, Tokio Marine Picks Luxembourg as EU HQ
Tokio Marine Group said it has received regulatory approval from Luxembourg's Commissariat aux Assurances and the Japanese Financial Services Authority to set up a new insurance company in ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Reportedly Reviewing Assets for Possible Divestments
Anbang Insurance Group Co., the once-acquisitive Chinese insurer that's operating under government control, said it is in the process of reviewing all of its overseas assets amid reports of imminent ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Have Huge Data/Analytics Plans; Limited Understanding a Challenge: Willis Towers Watson
Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. have big plans to boost their use of advanced analytics and data in their businesses in multiple ways, but there are potential roadblocks, according to a new ...
Report: Carl Icahn Sells Off AIG Stake
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold his stake in AIG, Forbes reported on Monday, ending a more than two-year association with one of the largest U.S. property and casualty insurers. The activist ...
Moral Courage Can Help Build a Great Organization
A good leader in any organization provides one thing: Moral courage. Executive and author Jon Mertz writes in his blog Thin Difference that "moral courage empowers good leadership, and it challenges, ...
Regulators Say ‘Sandbox’ Approach May Work to Accommodate Tech-Driven Insurance Innovations
How should regulators address technology-driven insurance innovations that don't fit well under existing rules? A "regulatory sandbox" might be the way forward, a panel of regulators said at the ...
Warren Buffett Preaches Caution on Cyber Insurance Because Risks Are Unknown
Warren Buffett said he doesn't want Berkshire Hathaway Inc. being a leader on cyber insurance because neither he nor others in the industry really know the risk. "I don't think we or anybody else ...