Strategy
Beazley Grabs Former Hiscox Exec to Grow Miscellaneous Medical Business
Beazley Group brought on a former Hiscox executive to help expand its miscellaneous medical insurance capabilities. Christopher Dunlavy will be based in Beazley's Atlanta office. The miscellaneous ...
P/C Industry Risks Underestimating Walmart, Google, Other Market Upstarts
Those with long careers in the insurance industry have seen newer entrants founder on the shoals of our business. Many well-intentioned outsiders don't understand the innate complexities of the ...
Genworth May Go Private and is Open to Selling Long-Term Care Unit
Life and mortgage insurer Genworth Financial Inc is considering going private and would be open to selling its long-term care insurance unit, among other strategic options, Chief Executive Tom ...
Allstate’s Esurance is Major League Baseball’s New Exclusive Auto Insurance Partner
Esurance has become Major League Baseball's exclusive auto insurance partner in a multiyear agreement that includes title sponsorship of the sport's new all-digital All- Star balloting. Neither MLB ...
The Hartford’s CEO Sees Tech Investment Spurring ‘Faster Growth’
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will continue to invest in technology and software in the months ahead as a part of its growth strategy, Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift said. "We are ...
Can Karen Clark Move Forward the Cat Modeling Industry She Helped Create?
Karen Clark scored a bonafide first when she launched catastrophe modeling company Applied Insurance Research (AIR) in 1987. With a focus on computer simulations, it was the only operation of its ...
Leadership Insight: Karen Clark
Clark on Catastrophe Modeling: "The tricky thing about cat modeling is it is not all about the science and not all about the software. It is about having the right mix and then making sure that ...
XL Group CEO McGavick: His ‘High Stakes’ Deals Beat the ‘Roadkill’ that Followed
XL Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick said that while he shuns casinos unless he's with his mother-in-law, he's felt lately like he was sitting at a "high stakes table" as he made ...