Strategy
Feline Agility and Innovation Can Help Companies Differentiate Themselves
Companies must innovate constantly and be customer-centric to differentiate themselves, realizing that product life cycles don't last forever, advises Leonard Sherman, author of "If You're In A ...
Six Tips for Achieving Post-Merger Synergies
Many mergers fail to achieve their target synergies on time, resulting in diminished returns, disappointed shareholders and depressed value. But following six essential steps can help companies aim ...
Large, Tech-Savvy Insurers Will Excel With Big Data; Smaller Carriers Face Struggles
The insurers that will best incorporate data analytics into their daily operations have multinational scale and are already technology savvy in their underwriting practices, Fitch ratings concluded ...
Reinsurers Seek to Boost Returns Through Tailored Business
Reinsurer Swiss Re, usually involved in mega-deals on natural disaster coverage, is branching out on its own to do individually tailored schemes to boost returns, such as one in China to protect ...
A Struggling AIG Might Need Substantial Pay for Its Next CEO
American International Group Inc.'s new chief executive officer can expect to deal with a volatile industry, pressure from ratings firms and a restless board. And if the past is any guide, the new ...
5 Steps to More Strategic Cost Management
The best-run companies see cost management as a way to support their strategy, searching for ways to cut bad costs so they can redirect resources to invest in their strengths, says a recent Harvard ...
W.R. Berkley, Tokio Marine Back Weather Analytics’ $17M Series B Financing
Weather Analytics, a provider of weather and predictive risk software for the insurance industry, reported that global insurers Tokio Marine HCC and W. R. Berkley Corp. together have funded a $17 ...
Optimize Your Business Transformation Efforts
Only 30 percent of business transformation efforts deliver their intended benefits and meet their planned targets, but a new article from McKinsey & Co. reveals a few tips that can help increase ...