Strategy
Allstate CEO Thomas Wilson Wants Future Corporations to Help Solve Society’s Problems
Allstate Chairman and CEO Thomas Wilson wants corporations of the future to help solve society's problems, and be rewarded for doing so. "Corporations should be encouraged and rewarded for stepping ...
The Hartford/UCLA Anderson Forecast Will Study Mysteries of Small Businesses
The Hartford said it has formed a new research partnership designed to help it better understand the evolving small commercial insurance market. Of particular concern: why the rate of net new ...
IT, Big Data Experts Among 1,300 Employees Progressive Will Add by Year-End
The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies said it plans to hire more than 1,300 people by the end of 2016, focusing in part on beefing up its IT and big data capabilities. Information technology ...
Fresh Strategies, Experience, Tech and Innovation Can Help Insurers Succeed
If guesswork is the enemy of business efficiency, then precision is efficiency's closest friend. Whether speaking about an automaker's assembly line or a consumer's wireless communications, this ...
Tokio Marine Rebrands a Subsidiary to Better Capture More U.S. Business
A subsidiary of Japanese property/casualty insurance giant Tokio Marine is rebranding with an eye on capturing more commercial business from U.S.-headquartered companies. The unit, formerly known as ...
Hartford Reportedly Working With JPMorgan to Unload Annuity Runoff Biz
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is working with JPMorgan Chase & Co. to see if the insurer can find a buyer for Talcott Resolution, the unit that includes U.S. variable annuities, ...
P2P Insurance Startup Lemonade Makes New York Debut; Further Expansion ‘In Due Course’
Peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade is open for business in New York, nine months after the startup's debut and initial venture funding announcement. The New York-based company said that it now ...
Zurich Combines Corporate/Commercial Arms Into Single Unit; Ex-AIG Exec to Lead It
Zurich Insurance Group disclosed plans to combine its Corporate and Commercial businesses into a single Commercial Insurance unit, and a former AIG executive will help lead it. James Shea will be ...