Strategy
The Latest Launches From Ironshore, QBE and Marsh
A new insurance endorsement from Ironshore is designed to help make academic campuses more secure. QBE North America has a new policy for motor carriers that combines two key coverage areas. Marsh's ...
Gaps Permeate Within Small Business Disaster Recovery Plans: Nationwide
Carriers targeting the small-business insurance market have their risk management jobs cut out for them in a key area: Many clients don't have a written disaster recovery plan in place despite a need ...
Managing Culture: How to Connect Far-Flung and Remote Workers
Imagine you're on the receiving end of an email from the CEO with the subject line "Agenda for Today's All-Hands Call." Surprise! Surprise that it came direct from the CEO—and surprise that the ...
Nissan First EU Tests of Self-Driving Car Begin in London
Guided by cameras and radars, and negotiating traffic and roundabouts, a self-driving Nissan car took to the streets of London on Monday for the Japanese company's first European tests of an ...
Hanover Insurance Eyes Specialty Expansion, Restructures Agency Biz
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. is making some organizational changes as it implements what its CEO calls its "go-forward business strategy, Hanover 2021," focused on growing responsibly, managing ...
Building From the Outside In; Thinking Like Customers
Insurance companies face uncertainties from multiple forces including nontraditional competitors, changing monetary policies and regulations, but none is more powerful than customers' changing ...
Utica National: Circling for Profitable Growth
Headquartered in New Hartford, N.Y., Utica National Insurance Group consists of 19 companies. Its products include auto, home and specialized markets such as graphic arts, educational, religious ...
Donegal Group: Appointments in Underserved Areas
Donegal Group's growth has been fueled by its acquisition of medium-sized "Main Street" carriers. Since 1995, it has completed six acquisitions or participated in other carriers' business through ...