Leadership & Strategy
Swedish Activist Investor Buys Big Stake in UK Insurer Aviva
Swedish activist investor Cevian Capital AB has bought almost 5% of Aviva Plc, placing it among the insurer's top three holders. Christer Gardell, managing partner at Cevian, said the Stockholm-based ...
How We’re Doing It: What It’s Like to Be Acquired
A smaller company being acquired by a larger one is often compared to a minnow being swallowed by a bigger fish, and that's quite understandable. But that's not always true and, to borrow another ...
Insurers Accelerate Their Flight to the Cloud: Novarica
Insurers are largely planning to expand their cloud usage into new areas in the coming months, according to a new Novarica study. Approximately 75 percent of insurers said they would expand their use ...
Climate Stress Test for Insurers and Banks Debuts at Bank of England
The Bank of England on Tuesday set out its first comprehensive stress test of the ability of the British financial system to cope with climate change, saying the results will not be used to determine ...
Crash Alert: Why It’s Time for More Auto Insurance Rebates
Two insurance research analysts are warning about dangerous trends shaping up on America's roadways and asking auto insurance leaders to consider offering one-time rebates to incentivize safer ...
Big Picture Leaders Less Likely to Invest in Unfamiliar Cutting-Edge Tech
Forget the 30,000-foot, big-picture view. When faced with a cutting-edge technological idea, business leaders who approach the idea in more concrete "how" terms—rather than in abstract "why" ...
Insurers Get Low Grades on Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss Action
Most of the world's largest insurers are failing to adequately address systemic risks such as climate change and biodiversity loss, but a group of five U.S. insurers are some of those that rank the ...
Closing the Gap Between the Promise and Reality of Catastrophe Modeling
Beginning with the completion of my academic studies in earthquake engineering and continuing throughout my 25-year career in property/casualty insurance, I have been driven by the need and the ...