Strategy
A Good Leader Makes Self-Aware Decisions Regardless of Feedback
Feedback can be transformative. But executives shouldn't necessarily use it to enact change in their practices just for the sake of changing. A recent posting at the Kellogg Insight blog warns that ...
Lessons From Two Customer Experience Legends
Earlier this year, in the span of just a couple weeks, the business world lost two great customer experience strategists. Jack Bogle was the founder of Vanguard Investments, which is now the ...
Homeowners Insurance Startup, Underwriting Platform Form Separate Partnership Arrangements
Home insurance startup Swyfft is partnering with a subscription app designed to help homeowners catch and address issues before they become costly repairs. DataCubes is joining forces with a ...
Building a Specialty Carrier: Does Culture Beat Strategy, or Is Culture Strategy?
After getting the go-ahead to build a new insurance company, BHSI's founding executive team—Peter Eastwood, president and CEO; David Bresnahan, executive vice president; David Fields, executive ...
Japan Pledges Enhanced Trade Insurance to Boost Private Sector Africa Investment
Japan will offer enhanced trade insurance to boost private sector investment in Africa, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday as his country competes with rival China for influence in the ...
Industry Veterans Relish Fresh Start for Their Latest Legacy-Free Ventures
Although the insurance market is awash with capacity and competition, two new specialty companies—a re/insurer and a broker—formed earlier this year, aiming to create something new and different ...
Hamilton CEO Albo: Focus Is on Realizing Potential of Pembroke/Ironshore Europe DAC Acquisitions
A week after Hamilton Insurance Group closed its acquisition of Liberty Mutual's Pembroke Management Agency at Lloyd's and its Ironshore Europe DAC business, the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and ...
Can InsurTechs Follow Uber’s Path? There May Be Pitfalls
Uber Technologies Inc. announced its first quarterly results as a public company with an operating loss of over $5 billion in the quarter. The company is emblematic of the growth-at-all-costs model ...