Strategy
How We Did It: Becoming an InsurTech Unicorn
When InsurTech entrepreneurs like Assaf Wand, Max Simkoff and Dan Preston set out on the path of bringing groundbreaking ideas to life in the insurance industry, they heard a lot of negative talk ...
Talent Movement Is Top Priority for AXA XL Americas New CUO
When Donna Nadeau started tackling the responsibilities of her new role as chief underwriting officer for the Americas at AXA XL in recent months, she turned her focus to talent as a top agenda item. ...
Remote CEO: How One Leader Took the Reins During a Pandemic
When Scott Gunter contemplated making a move from being president of a commercial insurance division of Chubb to become chief executive officer of AXA XL, he felt the timing couldn't be better. AXA ...
From RMS to Archipelago: Shah’s Second Time Around
Hemant Shah is experiencing those old feelings again: exhilaration combined with occasional doses of being overwhelmed. Shah, co-founder and former CEO of catastrophe modeling firm RMS, is in the ...
Stable Insurance Learns How Not to Spook Capacity Providers
Back in 2015, Douglas Ver Mulm was co-founder of Vervoer Rideshare Fleet, which runs and manages rideshare vehicles in New York City—a side gig when he was a lawyer at Mercer handling data security ...
AIG’s Decision to Separate L&R Biz Risks Possible Ratings Downgrades
American International Group's plan to downsize by divesting its Life & Retirement business is drawing cautious and wary reactions from rating agencies that follow the property/casualty insurance ...
Argo to Leave Grocery, Restaurant and Other Retail Coverage Behind
Specialty insurer and reinsurer Argo Group International is exiting the grocery and retail lines of business, which include providing general liability and self-insured retention risk management ...
Insurers Back Biden More Than Trump, Give More Money to Republican Congressional Candidates
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has received more funds from insurance industry political committees than President Donald Trump in this 2020 election cycle. Biden has received $5.5 ...