Strategy
Open Office Layouts Have Adverse Impact: Research
There's a significant gap in understanding between senior executives and employees when it comes to ensuring productivity and satisfaction at work, according to a recent study. Employees just want to ...
Try to Walk in Millennials’ Shoes (Before You Market to Them)
Marketing to millennials is all the rage. Still, for many, crafting an effective message for millennials remains a mystery. We may know a few things about how old they are and what they like, but do ...
American Family Wants to Go Mutual Holding Company Route
American Family Insurance plans to become a mutual holding company. The change would, in part, strengthen its ability to make acquisitions or pursue M&A transactions with other mutual insurance ...
S&P Conference Report: Distribution Costs Too High, Carrier Execs Say
The high cost of distribution was top of mind for chief executive officers speaking at the Standard & Poor's 2016 Insurance Conference on Wednesday. "If somebody asks you to donate a dollar to a ...
Allianz’s PIMCO Plans Job Cuts After Asset Drop
Pacific Investment Management Co. plans to cut its workforce by 68 people, or about 3 percent, and offer buyouts as assets under management have fallen since the September 2014 departure of Bill ...
New Nationwide Campaign With NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. Involves Interactive Contest
Nationwide's latest ad with spokesperson and NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is going interactive with its small-business target audience. The insurer said that it has just launched a social media ...
Marketform Rebrands as ‘Neon’ After Completing Strategic Review
Marketform, the specialist Lloyd's insurer, announced that the group has re-launched as "Neon." The re-launch coincides with the completion of a strategic review of the business, as CEO Martin Reith ...
Zurich Org Change Not Radical, CEO Greco Says; Financial Targets to Come
Structural changes revealed at Zurich Insurance Group late last week are nothing radical, according to the CEO, who says the simple intent is to organize the company "around the customer" and ease ...