Strategy
AIG CEO Hancock: Revamp Plan Will Work Without More Drastic Action
More than two months after activist billionaire investors Carl Icahn and John Paulson gained seats on American International Group's expanded board, observers have wondered: Will their presence ...
Where Have All the Chief Strategy Officers Gone?
At a time when the property/casualty insurance business is going through major changes, one would think that the ranks of chief strategy officers would be growing. That's not the case, says Tom ...
Wide Automation in Underwriting Helps Personal Lines Insurers Most: Celent
Personal lines insurers are most likely to benefit from wide uses of automation in underwriting, a new report has found. "They are more likely to have a homogenous book of business and a standardized ...
Founder-Led Companies Perform Best: Harvard Business Review
Companies led by their founders run circles around the others. Chris Zook, a partner in Bain & Company's Boston office and a co-head of its global strategy practice, makes this assertion as part ...
Duperreault Speaks: Hamilton CEO on His New Joint Venture With AIG and Two Sigma
Brian Duperreault began his career at AIG more than 30 years ago and rose through the ranks before moving on to other things. That history arguably came in handy earlier this year, when the chairman ...
Warren Buffett’s ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’ Will Debut Online Video Streaming
For years, most Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders had to fly to Omaha, Nebraska, pay jacked-up hotel rates and line up early on a Saturday to hear Warren Buffett at the company's annual meetings. ...
Insurers Welcome CDOs to the New C-Suite
Better late than never. Long lambasted as a technology laggard, the property/casualty insurance industry appears to be following the lead of other financial services companies like banks, accounting ...
Generali Deepens U.S. Commitment With Property Offering
The U.S. branch of Generali's Global Corporate & Commercial business unit has launched a property insurance product for U.S.-based multinational corporations. GC&C is a relative new kid on ...