insurance operation

• Emerging Markets Present Major New Opportunities for Global Carriers

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 5, 2012

  Emerging markets such as Brazil, China and India present great opportunity for insurers looking to expand their top-line growth, if not profitable growth.

• Allstate Shuffles Senior Roles; Chief Marketing Officer Resigns

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 28, 2012

  Allstate Corp. has announced some important senior management changes, including a new leader of auto and home business distributed by its agents, after a key resignation.

• Growing Knowledge Managers With BI

  By Ericka Billue  |  January 27, 2012

  Modern claims administration systems have enhanced the process and enabled greater efficiencies, but BI can take the operation to the next level, offering better decisions for improved claims outcomes.

• Vitale: Return of Buffer Liability Signals Change in Surplus Lines Market

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 18, 2011

  There are “little signs” that the surplus-lines marketplace is turning, says Mario Vitale of Aspen U.S. Insurance.

• Buried Alive!!! Developing Data Strategies

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 7, 2011

  Insurers don’t want to be like the guy on the beach who wakes up to find himself buried under a ton of sand. Developing a data strategy—and strong leadership—will keep the sources of information flowing.

• Aspen Adds Mario Vitale To U.S. Talent Roster

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 11, 2011

  Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited is positioning its U.S. specialty insurance operation for an inevitable market turn by hiring experienced professionals, according to CEO John Cavoores. Mario Vitale, an alumnus of Zurich and Willis, joined the Aspen leaderboard as president last week, bearing the battle scars of prior soft markets.

• RenRe’s CEO Explains U.S. Ins Ops Sale

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 11, 2011

  RenaissanceRe CEO Neill Currie explains why his company decided to sell its U.S. insurance businesses late last year

• RenRe Completes U.S. Insurance Sale; Aspen Tags Vitale To Head U.S. Ops

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 7, 2011

  RenaissanceRe completed the sale of its U.S. insurance businesses, while another Bermuda company, Aspen, is strengthening the leadership of its U.S. insurance operation.

• The Importance of Contact Data

  By Beatriz Santin  |  November 8, 2010

  Contact data touches every part of an insurance operation, and when it is managed incorrectly, money is wasted, policyholder relationships are damaged, and the overall brand image suffers.

• Looking Ahead: What's Next For Alterra?

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 9, 2010

  If you ask John Berger, chief executive of reinsurance for Alterra Capital Holdings, to describe his vision of Alterra five years from now, part of the answer he'll provide may surprise you.