Leadership & Strategy
Founder-Led Companies Perform Best: Harvard Business Review
Companies led by their founders run circles around the others. Chris Zook, a partner in Bain & Company's Boston office and a co-head of its global strategy practice, makes this assertion as part ...
Berkshire Profit Climbs on Investments; Insurance Underwriting Income Slipped by More Than Half
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s profit rose 8.2 percent in the first quarter as gains at manufacturing units and the investment portfolio overseen by Chairman Warren Buffett offset a slump at insurance ...
InsurTech Startups Must Realize They Can’t Disrupt Regulation
The year 2015 marked a substantial shift in insurance: in one year alone, investment in insurance tech reached $2.65 billion. This number encapsulates the immense growth happening in the start-up ...
Is Ajit Jain’s Plate Too Full? No, Buffett Says
Among the insurance-related highlights of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb. was Warren Buffett's answer to a question about succession planning for subsidiaries. "There are no tea ...
‘Airbnb for Cars’ Startup Raises $35M; Allianz Covers Participating Drivers
Drivy, a French startup that lets people hire out their cars in much the same way Airbnb runs a market for houses, said Thursday it raised 31 million euros ($35 million) to fund its continued ...
AXIS Net Income Plunges, but Reinsurance Results Improve
Net income plunged due to the declining value of its alternative investments, but AXIS Capital Holdings touted solid gains in its reinsurance and insurance segments alike during the 2016 first ...
Do Successful Leaders Produce More Successful Leaders? Corporate Lessons from the NFL
"Black Monday" has become as much a part of the National Football League season as Draft Day. The Monday after the last game of the season is marked by the firing of a number of head coaches and the ...
Trov, an On-Demand Insurance Platform for ‘Insurable Moments’ and Items, Raises $39M
Investors have pledged $39 million for a technology platform that allows consumers to insure their valuable things and turn the coverage on and off whenever they want with swipe of a finger on their ...