Leadership & Strategy
How Technology Advancements Can Help Insurers Compete
Record consumer churn, new entrants to the market and dramatic changes in consumer preferences have created urgent pressures on Property & Casualty and Life insurers. Many are frantically playing ...
AIG Among Companies Pushing For Drone Concessions as FAA Mulls Restrictions
As U.S. regulators study how to govern commercial drones, corporate America is plunging ahead on using unmanned aircraft in a bid to speed the process and win concessions on proposed restrictions. ...
Analysis: PartnerRe May Find Shareholder Resistance to AXIS M&A Plan
PartnerRe Ltd. is betting the value of a merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. is worth more in the long run than an extra few dollars a share now. Shareholders may not agree. The Bermuda-based ...
The Next Frontier: Praedicat Soaring Into Liability Cat-Modeling Space
For insurers today, emerging risks are like comets were to the ancients: harbingers of doom of mysterious origin. The Romans thought the gods sent a comet to mark the passing of Julius Caesar. Today, ...
Strengthen Your Team by Building a Training-Centered Corporate Culture
As business conditions grow more challenging, many of us are tempted to set aside activities that don't overtly contribute to the bottom line. Training and development (T&D) might look like one ...
Bitcoins are Emerging as the Next Cyber Insurance Risk
Consumers around the world are racking up more than 100,000 financial transactions every day without using cash, credit cards or a barter system, How are all those buyers doing it? With Bitcoins, of ...
Buffett Expects Berkshire Hathaway Conglomerate to Continue Without Him
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said his life's work won't be broken apart by activist investors once he's no longer at the helm. "The ...
AXIS and EXOR Escalate Their Fight For PartnerRe
Plans for AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and PartnerRe to merge are getting even more complicated, as they affirm their plans to combine and a rival bidder shows no sign of giving up. Both companies ...