Strategy
The Latest Launches From Allianz and Liberty Mutual
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty plans to start offering drone-safety products to insureds to help them manage drone-related risks, by way of a partnership with an Israeli company. Liberty ...
Swiss Re Plans Standalone E&S Arm in North America
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions will debut a standalone excess and surplus (E&S) business unit in North America. This unit will include Swiss Re's traditional E&S property and E&S casualty ...
Zurich Reportedly Joining Wave of Companies Cutting Malaysia Stakes
Zurich Insurance Group AG is working with advisers to cut its stake in its Malaysian life insurance unit, people with knowledge of the matter said, joining a wave of foreign players planning over $2 ...
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 ...