Leadership & Strategy
Promoting the Wrong Person Can be Right for Your Company
Consider this: Sometimes it can be in a company's best interest to promote the wrong person for the job. Yes, that sounds counterintuitive, and a new blog posting based on research by Daniel Barron ...
CEO Viewpoint: How Biz Insurers Can Jump on the E-Commerce Bandwagon
It seems like InsurTech has become the term du jour over the last nine months. It is often used to imply destruction, disintermediation, disruption and disaster (the four Ds) for the insurance ...
State Auto Eyes Startups and Innovators With New $25M Investment Fund
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. is rolling out a $25 million venture fund designed to back innovative P/C industry ideas and startups, but there's a twist. The project is launching through the ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb, Travelers, Guy Carpenter and Beazley
Chubb debuted a new package insurance project targeted to businesses of a certain size in Australia. Travelers is now offering an online tool to help contractors identify areas surrounding a jobsite ...
IICF Starts Another Disaster Relief Fund to Aid Irma Victims
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a nonprofit organization, announced the establishment of a new disaster relief fund to assist those affected by the catastrophic damage of ...
AIG Reorganizing Again; Commercial Now Part of General Insurance, Schimek Leaving
American International Group is reorganizing its underwriting businesses into three main segments—General Insurance, Life & Retirement, and a standalone technology-enabled platform—the ...
A.M. Best Slaps Canal Insurance With Ratings Downgrade
Canal Insurance Co., a family-owned insurer focused on commercial trucking and specialty transportation, is dealing with a big ratings downgrade from A.M. Best. A.M. Best knocked down the A- ...
The Zebra, an Auto Insurance Comparison Website, Nails Down $40M Series B Financing
The Zebra, an online auto insurance comparison marketplace, plans to use $40 million in new venture funding to double down on brand building, product expansion and customer outreach. Company ...