Leadership & Strategy
‘Can’t Cut to Greatness’: Wilson Lays Out Simple Strategy for Markel E&S
"You can't cut yourself to greatness." Simon Wilson, chief executive officer of Markel Insurance, made the simple statement at a Markel Group Brunch meeting for investors in Omaha on May 4 to convey ...
Innovation: Why Carriers Shouldn’t Try to Keep Up With the Joneses
Innovation has been generating much attention lately due to the explosive growth of AI, even though the concept of innovation has existed ever since cavemen learned how ...
ESG Being Dropped From Corporate Sustainability Report Titles
Large U.S. companies are adapting their communications to address corporate sustainability efforts and reporting, which has become more complex and scrutinized, according to a new report by The ...
AIG: Turning One Human Underwriter Into Five, ‘Turbocharging’ E&S
Some property/casualty insurers talk about experimenting with artificial intelligence to automate call center responses and back-office operations. But that's not the road to turbocharging growth ...
HOA Secures $2.5M ‘Wildfire Resilience Insurance’: WTW
Willis, a WTW business, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) jointly announced the launch of an insurance policy for a private homeowners association in California—available and affordable because the ...
Progressive: Policies Grow Faster Than Workforce
Parts of Progressive's year-end earnings call early this month sounded a bit like Lemonade's Investor Day last year—with both focused on how automation supports growth without adding people. In ...
Lemonade: 700K Customers on the Car Waitlist
While Allstate's CEO Tom Wilson named GEICO and Progressive when asked about the ability to grow auto insurance in 2025 as competitors do the same, no one on Allstate or Progressive's earning calls ...
Data Insight: Who’s Growing in Personal Lines?
A relative newcomer to the personal lines space—Lemonade—marked a milestone this week, announcing that it surpassed $1 billion of in force premiums, a measure of annualized premiums that the ...