Leadership & Strategy
From a Romantic Swiss Hotel to Mega-M&A Deal: The AXA/XL Story
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE M&A ARTICLE FROM 2018 This narrative of the events that led up to the deal is the result of on- and off-record interviews and briefings with more than half a dozen ...
Sompo International Rolls Out European Specialty Insurance Underwriting Division
Sompo International is launching a new European specialty insurance underwriting operation. The Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance said the division initially will focus ...
Insurers Pursuing IT Transformations Must Up Their Recruiting Game
Insurance industry demand for talent in areas such as big data will likely "exceed available supply by a factor of four," according to a new blog posting from McKinsey & Company. That reality ...
NAMIC CEO Chamness Sounds Off on Flood Insurance and Disaster Relief Reform
Reform of the National Flood Insurance Program remains an unresolved issue. Congress must reauthorize the debt-ridden Federal Emergency Management Agency-managed program by March 23. It already has ...
AIG Will Sell Travel Insurance to Expedia’s Customers
Insurer American International Group Inc on Friday said that it has struck a deal with online travel services provider Brand Expedia Group to sell travel insurance to the company's global customers. ...
Does Your Leadership Style Fly?
Merrick Rosenberg was addressing the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce this November when his past came back to haunt him. The CEO of Take Flight Learning in Marlboro, N.J., and a sought-after ...
Pie Insurance Rolls Out First Online Workers Comp Policies in 4 States
Pie Insurance said it is ready to start selling its first workers compensation policies, and the InsurTech startup expects to be operating in 15-20 states by the end of 2018. Policies are slated to ...
AmTrust Will Go Private; Deal Involves CEO Zyskind, Stone Point Capital
AmTrust Financial Services has sealed a deal to become a private company, after first disclosing plans to do so in early January. "This transaction represents an exciting step forward for AmTrust, ...