There's no sugarcoating it: Robert Schimek is intense.

Few Property & Casualty insurance executives spend their days' earliest hours perpetually pushing themselves to log another set of reps, run an extra mile or beat their best time; fewer still can say they have completed an Ironman triathlon. Schimek relishes the challenge, be it physical or professional, and the latter is the arena in which he now must prove his mettle.

Upon entering his 30th-floor office at AIG headquarters in downtown Manhattan, it's not at all surprising to discover that the insurer's new CEO of Commercial — a new role, dovetailing with its streamlined management structure — works at a standing desk.

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