Leadership & Strategy
Zurich Will Pay $2.14B to Snatch Up ANZ’s Australia Life Insurance Biz
Zurich Insurance Group said it will pay more than $2 billion to acquire the life insurance business from an Asia Pacific-based bank. Zurich's $2.14 billion deal to buy OnePath Life from ANZ ...
Paris Climate Change Pact Lives On Under Macron’s Leadership
French President Emmanuel Macron this week will seek to breathe new life into the fight against global warming and sway debate away from skeptics of the process led by U.S. President Donald Trump. At ...
Agents Still Rule; Consolidation Ahead, State Auto CEO Says
As part of our continuing look at the Future of Insurance (kicked off in the third-quarter edition), Carrier Management asked State Auto CEO Michael LaRocco his view on the question of how insurance ...
Growth Ahead as State Auto Exits Specialty Biz
A complete digital transformation is taking shape at State Auto Insurance, where efforts to turn around several years of underwriting losses have also meant exits of certain part of the business. ...
Standing Up a New Insurance Carrier: Super Regional State Auto Goes Digital for Real
A lot of property/casualty insurers are talking about digital transformations these days but the change taking shape at a midsized super regional carrier in Columbus, Ohio is different from the rest, ...
Don’t Fear Digital Disruption: Embrace and Learn From It
For companies and their executives who are struggling to adapt to digital disruption, three PwC experts have a simple recommendation: embrace it, and learn from it. The trio writes in a recent ...
A Gemba Walk Helps Leaders Lead Better: American Family CEO Salzwedel
Take a Gemba walk. That's a leadership tip from Jack Salzwedel, chairman, president and CEO of American Family Insurance. In a Dec. 1 LinkedIn blog posting, Salzwedel outlined what the word means and ...
InsurTech MGA Wrisk Gains UK Regulatory Authorization
On the heels of its recent successful crowdfunding raise, the app-based InsurTech managing general agent Wrisk has made another major step forward, receiving full authorization from the UK's ...