Strategy
Negotiation by Design: Why Writing Beats Talking
In the modern litigation environment, negotiation is no longer a soft skill. It is the dominant process by which 99% of litigated claims resolve. This reinforces the ...
Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for UK Cyber Insurer Beazley
Zurich Insurance Group AG has made an offer to buy Beazley Plc, valuing the UK-listed cyber insurer at about £7.67 billion ($10.3 billion). The Swiss insurer offered to buy London-based Beazley at ...
10,000 Travelers Employees Get AI Assistants via Anthropic Partnership
Nearly 10,000 engineers, data scientists, analysts and product owners at Travelers are being empowered with personalized AI assistants, Travelers announced in mid-January. In a joint announcement ...
Why ‘Good Enough’ Is Killing Insurance: The Hidden Cost of Satisficing
Organizations routinely acknowledge crises, commission studies, launch initiatives — and change almost nothing. This pattern has a name.
Carrier Management’s 2025 Top Features (Reader’s Picks Unlocked)
Underwriters and actuaries are less worried about AI taking their jobs. But maybe claims professionals and insurance agents should be more worried. Those are the takeaways I pulled out of two of the ...
Adapting Insurance Talent Models for a More Volatile, Tech-Driven Market
Insurance carriers are operating in a period of structural volatility. Catastrophe events are more frequent and severe, customer expectations continue to rise, ...
The Hardest Part of Innovation in Insurance Isn’t Technology; It’s Culture
The insurance industry is notoriously behind the curve when it comes to innovation. But what explains the gap between insurance and other industries?
Reciprocal insurance exchanges have been increasingly popular in recent years, with third-party investor interest in the fee-for-service businesses that manage RIEs and ... "There was nobody there." That was part of the simple answer Terrence McLean, chief executive officer of SageSure, provided when asked ...
Why Reciprocal Insurance Exchanges Are Back in Fashion
How One MGU Grew Fivefold When Capacity Fled Cat-Prone Property Markets