Strategy
Berkshire Hathaway’s Gen Re Turns to India for Multiple Insurance Opportunities
General Re, a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. which won a license to open an Indian office in May, is seeking a larger slice of the world's fastest-growing reinsurance market. The ...
Promoting the Wrong Person Can be Right for Your Company
Consider this: Sometimes it can be in a company's best interest to promote the wrong person for the job. Yes, that sounds counterintuitive, and a new blog posting based on research by Daniel Barron ...
CEO Viewpoint: How Biz Insurers Can Jump on the E-Commerce Bandwagon
It seems like InsurTech has become the term du jour over the last nine months. It is often used to imply destruction, disintermediation, disruption and disaster (the four Ds) for the insurance ...
State Auto Eyes Startups and Innovators With New $25M Investment Fund
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. is rolling out a $25 million venture fund designed to back innovative P/C industry ideas and startups, but there's a twist. The project is launching through the ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb, Travelers, Guy Carpenter and Beazley
Chubb debuted a new package insurance project targeted to businesses of a certain size in Australia. Travelers is now offering an online tool to help contractors identify areas surrounding a jobsite ...
AIG Reorganizing Again; Commercial Now Part of General Insurance, Schimek Leaving
American International Group is reorganizing its underwriting businesses into three main segments—General Insurance, Life & Retirement, and a standalone technology-enabled platform—the ...
China Online Insurer ZhongAn Begins $1.5B Hong Kong IPO
ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co., China's largest online insurer, started taking orders for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $1.5 billion. The Shanghai-based ...
Taking Charge of the Rating Agency Meeting
Careful preparation, clear and compelling financials, and a good story are among the tips Litmus Analysis recommends for carriers looking to make the most of the annual management meeting with their ...