An exploration of the essentials of good leadership
by Alexandra Chittock, Executive Director Specialty Casualty, Gallagher Re
What is leadership and who should be doing it?
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or work hours… it’s about relationships”, Jim Kouzes.
In the 2022 Global Priorities Survey, insurance executives across the industry reported the top external and internal priorities that their companies are focused on addressing this year. Some priorities from last year’s survey remained: climate change, competition for talent, cyber and data security remain top issues for insurance companies in 2022. However, concerns over inflation, recession, and geopolitical conflicts have spiked this year just as the focus on the pandemic recovery has begun to recede.
In this Society of Actuaries report, Milliman consultants study the effects of hurricanes on human health, beyond the direct consequences of the storms themselves.
As the world starts to reopen and we grapple with other, immediate global concerns, the virus's fate has only one outcome: it will become endemic in our society. Each major variant so far has been more transmissible than its predecessors and brings different symptoms and differing resistances and susceptibilities to vaccines or treatments. Resurgent waves of breakthrough infections, driven most recently by the Omicron variant, in vaccinated populations with waning immunity, remain an ongoing risk to economic recovery and healthcare.
Christian Mumenthaler, Group Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re
Profile: Christian Mumenthaler (swissre.com)
New York, New York – Sept. 23, 2021: The International Insurance Society (IIS) has named Lars Schmid of Allianz Ayudhya the 2021 RGA Leaders of Tomorrow award winner for Dynamic Pricing in a Fast-Changing World, a paper detailing the metrics of dynamic pricing and how it can be used in fast moving situations that challenge traditional pricing approaches. Honorable mentions include Jade Baggs of AXA Group for her paper titled The Future of Insurance and Genomic Underwriting and Claims and Na Re Seo of Kyobo Life Insurance Co.
IIS Executive Insights Cyber Expert: David Piesse, CEO, DP88
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