Leadership & Strategy
Design the Team Before You Design the Solution: Commercial Trucking Case Study
Most of us recognize that groundbreaking innovations are rarely developed by individuals but by exceptional teams. So, how can we design teams that deliver new solutions to familiar problems? In this ...
Mapfre Acquiring Tuio Stake; Bolsters Commitment to AI, Digital Innovation
Just a week after revealing a $1.5 billion deal to acquire U.S.-based Safety Insurance Group, Spain's Mapfre has announced a deal closer to its European roots—taking a 38.9% stake in the Spanish ...
The success of MGAs needs little introduction. For the past several years, the MGA story has been one of growth,...
Your Greatest Competitive Advantage Isn’t Technology—It’s Leaders
The insurance industry has never lacked for complexity. Markets harden and soften. Catastrophes reshape risk models overnight. Regulatory demands evolve. Technology races ahead. Artificial ...
Mapfre to Acquire Safety Insurance in $1.5B in Cash Deal
Safety Insurance Group Inc,, a property/casualty insurer in Massachusetts and New England, has agreed to be acquired by Spain's Mapfre S.A. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.54 ...
The $400,000 Chief of Staff Is the CEO’s Secret Weapon in the AI Age
A growing number of corporate leaders, buckling under the stress and uncertainty of the AI age, are looking for a very human solution: A chief of staff. Postings for the job more than doubled last ...
Why Consistency Beats Creativity in Insurance Marketing
Have you ever walked into an insurance conference and realized you already know who half the exhibitors are? Not because you've done business with them or met their team, but because you've seen ...
Reframing Like a Fox: How Insurance Leaders Can Catch Strategic Drift Before It Compounds
We had little time to perform a strategic review of our client's innovation lab. The analysis was part of a broader enterprise strategy program, and I needed to work with the lab's leadership team to ...
How to Reframe It Like a Fox
The pattern of adopting incremental changes that steer a business from its original strategy is clear in hindsight. But as anyone who has run a business understands, it's difficult to establish this ...