Strategy
Aviva Will Return $5.5B to Investors; Activist Shareholder Wants More
British insurer Aviva pledged on Thursday to return at least 4 billion pounds ($5.5 billion) to shareholders, sending its shares surging, but activist investor Cevian Capital demanded more. Cevian, ...
Who Is Returning to the Office? Carrier Management Wants to Know
Carrier Management wants to know when, and if, you're planning a return to the office after more than 18 months and counting of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some carriers and other companies in the ...
London Struggles to Lure Back Financial Workers, Legal & General Warns
The head of one of the UK's largest insurers and investors warned that the City of London is struggling far more than the country's other office districts in luring workers back to their desks. Since ...
Competitors Poached Talent as Aon/WTW Merger Plans Grew Uncertain
While Aon and Willis Towers Watson were trying for many months to land their merger, their competitors were able lure away some of their producer talent – capitalizing on the "distraction and ...
How Strategy Follows Technology
Any business in any industry is subject to the limitations of the technology available to bring products and services to consumers. The most sophisticated businesses are those that find the most ...
How to Navigate Talent Market Headwinds
Many property/casualty insurance companies are finding it very challenging to acquire great talent. There are several key factors that contribute to the headwinds in the talent acquisition market: ...
When a Digital Transformation Is Nearly Grounded at Takeoff
For months, our team carefully monitored the project timeline to see if there would be enough time to roll out a multimillion-dollar digital transformation for a leading re-insurance organization ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Expects Steadier Commercial Rate Hikes Going Forward
Insurance industry analysts asked for years about when rates in the mainline property/casualty commercial insurance market would harden. Now that they have, Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg was ...