Leadership & Strategy
Deal Analysis: Why Validus Is Buying Western World
The combination of Validus Holdings and Western World Insurance Group fills in "missing pieces" for both organizations, Validus' chairman said Tuesday, detailing finer points of a $690 million deal ...
Tech Startup AssureStart Selling Small Business Insurance in 3 More States
AssureStart, a Seattle-based technology startup that sells general liability and property insurance to small businesses on the Internet, has expanded its service footprint to include Colorado, ...
ACE Now Has Major Stake in Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance
ACE Limited has announced that the company and its local partner have acquired, through a mandatory tender offer, an additional 32.17 percent in The Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance PCL (SCSMG), a ...
Spotlight on London, Innovation at 50th International Insurance Society Seminar
The International Insurance Society has come a long way since its first meeting in a conference room in Austin, Texas. The 50th edition of its annual conclave opened Monday morning in London at the ...
Gressier to Step Down from AXIS COO Spot
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. said Jack Gressier stepped down just months after the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer named him chief operating officer. Gressier, 46, won't be replaced, and his ...
Validus Buying Western World for Nearly $700M
Validus Holdings announced Monday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Western World Insurance Group for nearly $700 million, in a deal that leaves the management team and brand of the ...
Executive Insight: How to Elevate a P/C Carrier From ‘Good to Great’
Scottsdale Insurance Company began to look at its operation late in 2002 with an eye on the future and what it would take to continue its leadership position in the excess and surplus lines market. ...
Understanding the Flywheel; Revisiting ‘Good to Great’ Leadership Lessons
In his book, "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don't," Jim Collins uses the flywheel metaphor to explain that great companies aren't overnight successes. Instead, such ...