Leadership & Strategy
Best Practices for Adopting Advanced Analytics: McKinsey & Co.
Successful adoption of advanced analytics can give carriers a huge competitive advantage, helping them visualize key trends, predict future outcomes and prescribe actions. But carriers have only ...
For Great Leaders, Failure Matters as Much as Success
Failure is as much a part of life as success, and so it is the case with chief executives and other leaders. Every executive that successfully seals a deal, launches a product or tests an innovative ...
Zurich Insurance Is Reportedly Planning to Sell Morocco, South Africa Units
Zurich Insurance Group AG has started a process to sell its units in South Africa and Morocco as it works toward turning around its money-losing insurance operations, according to people familiar ...
Nationwide Hopes NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. Will Highlight Broad Product Roster
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is again resurfacing as a Nationwide spokesperson, with new television commercials set to debut during the Daytona 500 on Feb. 21. The professional stock car racing driver and son ...
As Price Plunges Continue, Reinsurer Loss Buffers Are Drying Up: Allianz Re
Reinsurers are running out of claims reserves that they can release to boost profits as pricing continues to fall, according to the head of Allianz SE's reinsurance unit. "I don't think there are too ...
PartnerRe Shareholders to Get $42.7M as Part of EXOR Acquisition
PartnerRe disclosed that holders of its preferred shares will get a $42.7 million cash payment – one of the final steps needed when Italian investment firm EXOR acquires it in a $6.9 billion deal. ...
The Latest Launches from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, TigerRisk and More
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance unveiled two new products targeting nonprofits and the construction industry. TigerRisk found a partner with which to develop flood reinsurance analytics. ...
Hamilton CEO Duperreault Will Add ‘Chairman’ to Title; Weill Retiring
Hamilton Insurance Group CEO Brian Duperreault will add "chairman" to his title, the Bermuda-based property/casualty insurance and reinsurance holding company has disclosed. The leadership tweak is ...