Leadership & Strategy
CNA Net Income Up 74% in 2021 Despite Q4 Drop
CNA Financial Corp. said fourth-quarter 2021 net income decreased more than 30 percent to $266 million compared to the same period the prior year. There was a drop in net investment income during the ...
How We’re Doing It: Science Fiction Becomes Reality When Insurers Become Tech Companies
Get a quote for life insurance just by sending a selfie or for your house by answering a few online questions. Keep track of your oral health using the smart toothbrush provided by your dental ...
Markel Numbers ‘Thick’ on Underwriting, Investments, Ventures
Markel Corporation reported a "record-smashing" $628 million in underwriting profit for 2021, a figure that translated into a combined ratio of just over 90 for the year. Co-Chief Executive Officer ...
Zurich NA Launches ‘100 Acts of Caring’ Initiative to Give Back to Community
Zurich North America launched a new initiative in February called "100 Acts of Caring." Zurich employees will give back to their communities in 2022 by completing a minimum of 100 acts of caring ...
Hunter to Retire as CFA Director of Insurance
The man who served as the conscience of the property/casualty insurance industry for nearly three decades is retiring from a long-held post as director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of ...
The Harsh Truth: Culture and Talent in Changed Times
Let's declare it: The insurance workplace has been upended, changed forever, and there is no going back. How and where we work now, and with whom, is our new reality. That is a strong statement for ...
AM Best Answers Questions as DUAE; MGA Assessments Go Live
It is not a credit rating. It will not impact an insurer's financial strength rating. Those were two of the answers that AM Best analysts delivered yesterday in various presentations about the rating ...Duck Creek Invites Entries to First Ecosystem ‘Hatch-a-thon’
Duck Creek Technologies is calling for partners and customers to enter the company's first ecosystem hack-a-thon, aptly named "Duck Creek Hatch-a-thon." The event will occur during the company's user ...