Strategy
Actuaries vs. Underwriters: Can Analytics Bring Them Together?
It's bad enough that property/casualty insurance companies are trying to fend off competitors in their own industry—and potential disrupters from outside—both vying to steal good risks away at ...
Raised M&A Offer Possible as Willis/Towers Watson Adjourn Shareholder Merger Votes for 2 Days
Towers Watson & Co said it adjourned a shareholder meeting on Wednesday after failing to muster enough support for its $18 billion merger with insurance broker Willis Group Holdings in a move ...
Watch This Video: PCI’s Wienecke Outlines Bipartisan Industry Agenda
A replacement collision parts bill. State-based regulation. Flood insurance. These are some of the high priority legislative issues for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America this ...
Willis, Ebix Eye 1,000-Plus Carriers With Launch of Global Electronic Accounting Platform
Willis Group Holdings and Ebix, Inc. are targeting more than 1,000 carriers with a new a global electronic accounting platform designed to help speed cash flow and settle claims more quickly for ...
Allianz Specialty Arm Unveils North American Transportation Unit
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) is launching a dedicated transportation and logistics unit in North America. Helen Leonard will lead the unit, assuming the title of Inland Marine ...
AIG, Clemson University Partner to Establish Risk Engineering and Analytics Center
American International Group Inc. announced that it has made an initial $4 million investment with Clemson University to develop a risk engineering and analytics center and to establish the Robert ...
‘We Start Businesses Instead of Buying Them,’ Berkley Says in Last Call as CEO
William R. Berkley's last earnings conference call as chief executive officer of the company that bears his name lasted just over 20 minutes, with a lack of questions about a less-eventful quarter ...
Building a New Business Model at Blue Marble Microinsurance
As with many modern businesses, Blue Marble Microinsurance Inc. began with the same question entrepreneurs and innovators ask themselves every day: What can we do differently that will eliminate ...