Leadership & Strategy
CNA Plans to Eliminate Central Zone Network; Job Cuts Unclear
CNA plans to eliminate its Central zone branch network as a standalone zone and realign it into the property/casualty insurer's other remaining U.S. market territories. The Chicago-based insurer ...
Guidewire Software Grabbing FirstBest for $34M in Commercial Risk Biz Expansion
California's Guidewire Software plans to snatch up FirstBest Systems for $34 million in cash, a deal it said will boost its capacity to serve property/casualty insurers focused on complex commercial ...
AIG CEO Peter Hancock: ‘We Still Have a Long Way to Go’
In AIG CEO Peter Hancock's bid to reshape the struggling insurance giant and restore its fortunes, he exceeded (admittedly low) expectations, at least for the 2016 second quarter. But he also made an ...
Artificial Intelligence in Personal Insurance: ChatBot Agents, RPA ‘No Shoring’ AdminBots and More
The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in personal insurance is twofold. On the one hand, rapid advances that incorporate a number of AI aspects are occurring in partially autonomous and fully ...
How ‘Prosumers’ and More Can Help Insurers Embrace the Digital World
Major shifts in technology and the way we do business are bringing fresh pressures to bear across the business world. Consumer expectations are shifting. Everyone has to raise their digital game or ...
Ironshore Owner Fosun Plans Massive Asset Sale to Reduce Debt
Fosun Group, one of China's most acquisitive conglomerates, is preparing to sell as much as 40 billion yuan ($6 billion) in assets as it focuses on raising its credit rating to above junk. After ...
Sciemus’ Move Into Specialty Underwriting: A Case of ‘Adapt and Thrive’
It was a case of adapt and thrive when modeling and analytics company Sciemus made a big strategic leap this year into underwriting space, power, mining, renewable energy and cyber—as a managing ...
Chubb Takes Q2 Storm Hit; CEO Greenberg Slams Protectionism, Anti-Immigation Politics
Chubb Ltd. weathered claims from major storms in Texas and other U.S. states, Canadian wildfires and earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador in the second quarter to record solid operating results. ...