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How XL Catlin Built a $2B Customer-Focused Construction Business From the Ground Up
XL Catlin's North America Construction insurance business recently hit a major milestone, surpassing the $2 billion gross written premium mark. In other words, in its six-and-a-half years of ...
Insurers Focus on Unconscious Bias to Improve Underwriting Results
Focusing on the reasons behind decision-making has prompted some insurers to question whether certain judgments affect underwriting decisions in a negative way. Morris "Mo" Tooker, head of Middle ...
Trust Your Team: Arch Capital’s CEO Looks Back
Good communication and teamwork, creating a culture of collaboration, delegating to a team of experts, and doing what you love—these are just a few of the career leadership lessons named by ...
Shining a Light on Dark Data
Eighty-five percent of the matter in the universe is invisible to us, and little is known about it. Scientists call it "dark matter." Dark matter interacts with the rest of the universe—in fact, ...
Opinion: Traditional Insurers Must Embrace Cyber Physical Risk
The burgeoning cyber insurance market is at a critical point of inflection. After 20 years of product evolution, with most mainstream carriers finally settling on a common core set of coverages, the ...
Confessions of a Recovering Underwriter and InsurTech Founder
"So…you'll be CEO of a website???" That was my parents' confused reaction two years ago, after I spent 30 minutes walking through the rationale behind why I was going to leave the traditional ...
Compare.com Proves Insurance Disruption Won’t Happen Quickly: CEO Rose
Disrupting an industry that has been doing things the same way for a generation takes time. Take it from one major insurance disruptor – compare.com. The online insurance comparison marketplace ...
Industry Relevance and Expertise Are ‘Ours to Lose,’ Says Catlin
After 44 years in the insurance business, Stephen Catlin is retiring at the end of 2017. While he'll be retiring from his role as executive deputy chairman of XL Group, he emphasizes that he won't be ...