Leadership & Strategy
Esurance Bets on Bundling Home, Auto Coverage Amid GEICO Rivalry
Esurance, the online car-insurance seller owned by Allstate Corp., is betting that bundling auto and home policies will help it compete with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s GECIO unit and Progressive Corp. ...
Allianz Raises 2013 Earnings Goal as Quarterly Profit Climbs
Allianz SE, Europe's biggest insurer, increased its target for full-year operating profit after third-quarter earnings rose 6.3 percent, beating analysts' estimates. Net income advanced to 1.45 ...
Insurance Store-in-a-Box Kiosks Launched by Tennessee’s Direct Auto
Kiosks allowing customers to purchase auto insurance policies in as little as five minutes are popping up in insurance offices in Tennessee, previewing a larger rollout that will put them in ...
Swiss Re Net Beats Analyst Forecasts as Non-Life Sales Jump
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second- biggest reinsurer, reported better than expected third-quarter profit after non-life premiums rose by a fifth. Net income fell 51 percent to $1.07 billion from a ...
Bring on the Competitors, Reinsurance Brokers Say
If you ask Frank Harrison, chief executive officer of New York-based reinsurance intermediary Holborn Corp., whether he worries about competitors coming up behind his firm, you'll hear an unusual ...
82% of P/C Insurers Using Predictive Analytics: Earnix/ISO Research
A survey of North American insurance professionals reveals widespread use of predictive analytics in the property/casualty insurance industry, with as many as 82 percent responding that they use ...
‘Neutral-to-Challenging’ Market Ahead: Endurance CEO Charman
Even though Endurance Specialty Holdings will operate in a "neutral-to-challenging" insurance market over the next few years, the refocused organization will be able to compete on "relevance" rather ...
Investment Bankers on Boards Make for Better Corporate Mergers
Companies mulling a merger would do well to have an investment banker on their board of directors, according to University research. A study from the University of Iowa found that firms with an ...