Strategy
CEOs Need to Reassess, Reset to Stay Successful Midterm
You've made it through your first year as CEO—assessing the business, formulating a vision and strategy, and building trust and legitimacy with some early wins. Now what? A new article from Harvard ...
Taming the Data Storm: Business Strategy for Specialty Insurers
Harnessing data effectively is the specialty insurance sector's next great evolutionary step. Success in underwriting will soon demand that carriers strategically tap into the enormous pools of data ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Disses ‘Overpriced’ M&A Market, Lloyd’s Underwriting Practices
Don't expect Chubb to pursue an acquisition anytime soon. Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg repeatedly downplayed the possibility of one in what he referred to as an "overpriced" market. "The prices ...
Lloyd’s Will Say Goodbye to Most Paper Trading in Less Than Two Years
Most business on the Lloyd's of London insurance market will be negotiated electronically by the end of next year, its chief executive Inga Beale said on Monday. The largest commercial insurance ...
Why Insurers Need a Real Strategy; 12 Steps to Get There
How do insurance company leaders keep their companies current while facing rapid and fundamental changes in their markets? Think strategy. Accelerating changes include: The digitization of business ...
Fill Your Workforce With Rock Stars
Don't settle for a standard distribution of A-, B- and C-level performers when you can fill your ranks with rock stars—the top 5 percent of candidates, says a recent Kellogg Insight based on ...
The Latest Launches From The Hanover and Lemonade
The Hanover Insurance Group says its commercial lines customer service center can now service added specialty lines coverages with management liability. Lemonade will sell renter insurance via a ...
New York Gov. Cuomo Pressures Insurers, Banks on NRA Ties
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday ramped up pressure on banks and insurers to revisit whether their ties to the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups harm their reputations ...