Leadership & Strategy
The Latest Launches From Willis Towers Watson and Travelers
Willis Towers Watson, working with a division of W.R. Berkley Corp., unveiled customized cyber insurance coverage for the general aviation business. The Travelers Companies Inc. rolled out a beefed ...
Hurricanes, Wildfires End Berkshire Hathaway’s 14 Consecutive Years of Underwriting Profit
Buffett, 87, Also Offered Few New Hints About His Succession Plans Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway's combination of insurance entities have recorded 14 consecutive years of underwriting profit ...
The Importance of Keeping It Brief
Looking to design leadership principles that employees can learn, remember and live by? It's all about keeping it brief, says a new article from Harvard Business Review. Leadership principles, ...
Industry Power Center: Distribution and Services, Not Underwriting
The former chief executive of an insurance company believes the center of value of the property/casualty industry has shifted away from one of the activities that would seem to define an insurance ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Gained From Trump Tax Cuts; Insurance Division Took Cat Cost Hit
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. was a big winner from the recent tax overhaul. Book value, a metric he's called a "crude, but useful" way to track the conglomerate's worth, climbed 13 ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s AIG Claims Costs Rose $1.8B Higher
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. boosted its estimate of the ultimate cost of a deal it made last year to backstop some risks for American International Group Inc. The company increased its ...
Accomplish Important Tasks by Not Sweating the ‘Small Stuff’
The "small stuff" is keeping executives and employees alike from accomplishing their important tasks. Finding a way to overcome the little things will go a long way toward addressing bigger goals and ...
General Liability Erupts as New Casualty Insurance Problem, Plus 9 Other Marsh Market Predictions
Automobile liability has been the problem child for casualty insurers for years, but general liability is becoming the next trouble spot, Marsh asserts in a new report looking at the top 10 U.S. ...