Leadership & Strategy
Aon Completes $475M Agreement to Acquire The Townsend Group
Insurance brokerage and consultant Aon has completed its $475 million acquisition of The Townsend Group, a global investment management and advisory services firm focused on real estate and real ...
Widespread Reinsurance Price Hikes Unlikely Even After Record 2017 Catastrophe Losses: Willis Re
The estimated $136 billion in catastrophe loss estimates for 2017 is one for the record books. But resulting, widespread reinsurance price hikes in 2018 aren't likely, Willis Re said in a new report. ...
Utica National Joins Billion-Dollar Direct Written Premium Club for First Time
Utica National Insurance Group has announced that it has become a billion-dollar company for the first time in its nearly 104-year history. The company surpassed $1 billion in direct written premiums ...
Carrier Management’s Top 10 News Stories of 2017
Carrier Management's top 10 2017 news stories involved some interesting industry developments. AmTrust had some accounting issues, since resolved, that drew significant reader interest. Former AIG ...
Preparing for Unimagined Possibilities: A Guide to Future Strategy Planning for Insurers
Imagine that your car, acting on information from your AI-powered virtual assistant that you didn't get enough sleep, suggests driving itself to your morning meeting—and if you refuse, talks to ...
A Look Back at Carrier Management’s Top Features of 2017
For Carrier Management's most popular features of 2017, one thing is clear: Our readers, confronted with major technological changes in the property/casualty industry, are trying to figure out what ...
Carrier Growth Strategies Diverge: Disruption Impossible for Some, Embraced by Others
We hold these truths to be self-evident: A shrinking insurance company will sooner or later run afoul of regulators, rating agencies, distributors and customers. It is virtually impossible to ...
5 Tips for Overcoming a Change-Averse Culture
The environment for change in many organizations is unfriendly at best, creating a challenge for leaders trying to push for innovation. In a recent article for the blog Lead Change, leadership ...