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APIW’s Woman of the Year: Career Reflections and a Challenge for Insurance Leaders
(This article is based on a speech delivered by Erin Hamrick on June 20, 2016, as she accepted the APIW Insurance Woman of the Year award in New York City.) In reflecting on this honor and writing ...
Adapting to Shifts in Consumer Preferences
Amazon, Spotify, Netflix and even Uber. We've all heard the names and understand instinctively how the influence of companies like these has changed the expectations and attitudes of consumers across ...
How Modelers Are Responding to Cyber Risk
As the threat of a cyber attack against businesses has grown exponentially in recent years, so too has the cyber risk insurance market. According to Fitch Ratings, despite considerable uncertainty, ...
CEO Debate: Is a ‘Bottoming’ Reinsurance Market a Rational One?
"Bottoming" was a popular description of the reinsurance market at midyear industry conferences, but there is less consensus around questions of whether this "near bottom" signals rational behavior ...
AIG Commercial CEO Schimek: Transformation Will Be ‘Second to None’
With the business transformation of American International Group playing out on "the biggest stage in the insurance business," the leader of the carrier's global commercial lines operation has heard ...
Applying Life Lessons: The Road to Leadership
A competitive spirit is something that comes naturally to Rob Schimek, CEO of AIG Commercial. Coaxed to talk about his personal leadership style and the life experiences that have helped him ...
Fast Start to Wildfire Season: Why Golden State Faces Continued Risk
The 2016 U.S. wildfire season got off to an early start, with more than 2.1 million acres scorched through the end of June, the highest year-to-date total since 2011. Although peak fire season in the ...
Carriers Losing Sight of Traditional Cat Risk Exposures: AIR Worldwide CEO
Novel risks of the digital age are not the only ones that property/casualty insurance industry executives should be worried about as they seek to manage insurance and reinsurance portfolios, the ...

