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Anyone Can Create a Strategy; Holding It Is the Most Important Part
Insurance leaders trying to learn the secrets behind successful business strategy should consider a classic lesson from TV's "Seinfeld." To reword slightly, "See, you know how to create the strategy, ...
AIG CEO Hancock Unveils Plan to Divest Assets, Return $25B to Shareholders
American International Group Inc. plans to return $25 billion to shareholders over the next two years as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock divests assets and seeks to boost returns to protect his ...
Strategies for Coping With a Tsunami of Regulations
Once upon a time, insurance regulation for U.S. companies was pretty straightforward. But then came 2008. Things changed. The influencers if not the direct regulators of U.S. insurance companies have ...
Executing Business Strategy by Letting Others Take Center Stage
Insurance leaders are well aware that their firms need well-defined strategies to succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace. That message is trumpeted in countless books and articles ...
Keys to Setting Your Company’s Strategy in Motion
There's no shortage of discussion in the business world about the importance and development of strategy, but there's shockingly little advice available about actual implementation. Why is it, when ...
Insurer Ratings Unlikely To Change With New Governance, Mgmt. Criteria: S&P
In mid-November last year, Standard & Poor's announced it was updating its criteria for evaluating management and governance for corporate entities and insurers, but the rating agency does not ...
S&P Explains Rating Evaluation Of Insurer Governance, Management Strategy
As insurers seek to compete in the challenging global economy, key strategic decisions are critical to striking a balance between growth, profitability, and risk. A combination of slow global ...
How Leaders Cause Innovation: Lessons From Babylon
Standing before the dark, glistening dionite obelisk in The Louvre all those years ago, I wondered how long this particular game-changing innovation had taken from inspiration to execution. The ...