Leadership & Strategy
Blackstone Eyes Insurance With Expansion Into Portfolio Risk Analytics
Blackstone Group LP has bigger plans for insurance companies than just managing their money. The world's largest private equity firm is expanding into a lucrative business dominated by BlackRock ...
A Phone Call From AIG’s Duperreault; A Deal 72 Days Later
It started with a phone call—from American International Group's Brian Duperreault to Validus Holdings' leader Ed Noonan. Roughly two-and-a-half months later, including time for just over one month ...
Don’t Get Lost in the Noise: A Guide to Self-Leadership
Leadership is about having a vision and inspiring others. This has been and will always be true, but modern leaders and high achievers face the challenge of processing information faster than ever ...
ICW Group Expands Workers Comp Underwriting Operations Into 5 New States
ICW Group Insurance Companies plans to start writing workers compensation in five new states: Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota and Missouri. ICW, a group of property/casualty carriers based in San ...
Zurich’s Fernandez: Leading by Connecting People and Ideas
When Carrier Management asked Zurich's chief underwriting officer in North America to describe his leadership style, he relied on the input of his team to answer the question. "We do upward feedback ...
Commercial Cyber Liability Market Will Reach $6.2B in Written Premium by 2020: Verisk
The total commercial cyber liability market will reach $6.2 billion in written premium by 2020 after annual growth rates of 20-30 percent, Verisk predicts in a new market analysis. "Cyber liability ...
Travelers to Help Test Virtual Reality Tech as Workers Comp-Related Pain Treatment
The Travelers Companies is part of a new pilot project testing virtual reality and wearable technology to treat pain and better manage workers compensation risks. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Samsung ...
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 ...