Leadership & Strategy
Leadership Lesson From QBE’s Becker: Don’t Sell Beyond Your Natural Brand
Every executive who successfully seals a deal, launches a product or tests an innovative idea also makes mistakes at some time during his or her career. Here, Marty Becker, Chairman of the Board at ...
Leadership Lessons Learned: Nationwide’s Miller on the Importance of Ambiguity
Every executive who successfully seals a deal, launches a product or tests an innovative idea also makes mistakes at some time during his or her career. Here, Michael Miller, President of Nationwide ...
QBE NA ‘Turns Corner’ With Best Combined Ratio Since 2011
With reports of significant reserve strengthening becoming a distant memory and reinsurance providing stability to underwriting results, QBE Group reported its best overall combined ratio result in ...
Departing AIG Dealmaker Schreiber Was Equal Parts Volatile and Invaluable
In January, Brian Schreiber was working nearly around the clock preparing an investor presentation on American International Group Inc.'s new direction, called Simplifying AIG. On Feb. 15, Schreiber ...
Why Google’s Online Insurance Experiment Failed: The Insurance Industry Sounds Off
The insurance industry had a lot to say about what Google did wrong a day after the search engine giant said it would be pulling the plug on its year-long Google Compare experiment selling auto ...
Markel Strategy: Growing a Company ‘Built to Last’
Wall Street and financial analysts like to focus on next quarter's profits and losses. But such an approach is not always the best way to run a business for the long term, affirmed Richie Whitt, ...
Markel Proves That Co-CEOs Work Effectively Together
In an industry where large egos are generally the rule, rather than the exception, Markel Corp.'s leadership structure could be deemed a bit unusual—and, as a result, doesn't exist in many ...
New Swiss Re CEO Mumenthaler to Replace the Retiring Liès
Swiss Re AG named Christian Mumenthaler, a 17-year veteran of the company who heads the main reinsurance unit, as chief executive officer from July 1. He will succeed the retiring Michel Liès. ...