Strategy
Chubb Is Now the U.S. Open’s Official Insurance Sponsor
The U.S. Tennis Association announced that insurance carrier Chubb has become the official insurance sponsor of the U.S. Open under a multi-year agreement that begins immediately. Chubb's branding ...
State Auto Plans Broad Rollout of Agent Platform Developed With Amazon
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company is planning a national rollout of a platform designed with Amazon to help independent insurance agents better serve the insurer's policyholders. A beta ...
Aon’s New Division Will Tap Additional Sources of Capital for Reinsurance
Global broker Aon has formed a new team in its Reinsurance Solutions business that will focus on building global investor relationships in order to identify additional sources of capacity to clients. ...
Service Lift-Outs: How Carriers Can Gain Through Subtraction
How many books of business could flourish with a renewed investment in service? We see neglected or underappreciated books all the time. A carrier will abandon a book with a bright future because it ...
Effective Leaders Encourage Their Teams to Disagree
Confirmation bias is when a person seeks out new information to reinforce existing beliefs or theories, and good leaders would do well to avoid the practice. Instead, they should encourage their ...
Leading When the World Restarts: What’s Next?
How has the pandemic changed you personally? As a leader? How will it change your company? How should the industry plan to respond to future pandemics? Carrier Management asked carrier, reinsurance ...
American Family Succession Plan Calls for Changing of the Guard in 2022
American Family Insurance group's succession plan calls for Chair and Chief Executive Officer Jack Salzwedel to continue as chair and CEO until Jan. 1, 2022. American Family Enterprise President Bill ...
Beyond Facts, Good Leaders Also Follow Gut Instincts
In a rapidly changing business climate, executives must nurture their intuition as much as they rely on facts and figures to make decisions. A recent posting on the Great Leadership Blog argues as ...