Strategy
Accomplish Important Tasks by Not Sweating the ‘Small Stuff’
The "small stuff" is keeping executives and employees alike from accomplishing their important tasks. Finding a way to overcome the little things will go a long way toward addressing bigger goals and ...
General Liability Erupts as New Casualty Insurance Problem, Plus 9 Other Marsh Market Predictions
Automobile liability has been the problem child for casualty insurers for years, but general liability is becoming the next trouble spot, Marsh asserts in a new report looking at the top 10 U.S. ...
Buffett’s Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Could Offer More CEO Succession Clues
Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders is coming Saturday, and it may bring more clues about the 87-year-old billionaire's succession plans at his conglomerate. In ...
Insurance Accelerators: What, Why and How
Accelerators are a mature concept in many industries and have been increasing in number in recent years. Corporations and investment firms are partnering with accelerators to gain early access to ...
Liberty Mutual’s Safeco to Take Over MAPFRE’s Personal Lines Biz in Three States
MAPFRE Insurance, which last year decided to exit five states and focus on 11, is turning over its personal lines business in three of those five states to Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual unit. ...
UK’s Legal & General Seals Deal to Bring Slice Lab’s On-Demand Insurance Platform Overseas
Slice Labs, a New York-based developer of on-demand insurance, has expanded overseas for the first time through a new partnership with the venerable UK carrier Legal & General. Their initial ...
Finding Qualified Insurance Employees Remains a Challenge Even as Hiring Stabilizes
Fifty-eight percent of insurance companies plan to increase staff during the next 12 months, in part due to an expected increase in business and new markets, according to the Semi-Annual U.S. ...
The Hartford Is Snatching Up Foremost’s Small Commercial Agency Biz
The Hartford has agreed to acquire Foremost Insurance's branded small commercial lines business from Farmers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Hartford said the deal will not have a ...