The transition to working from home has gone incredibly smoothly overall, enabling seamless communication between brokers, cedents and reinsurers. Technological advancement has facilitated this transition but human behaviors are equally important in ensuring colleagues continue to feel “connected” to their co-workers, clients and the overall market. ... Continue Reading »
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The Great Coronavirus Restructuring
The (re)insurance sector is well-versed at navigating market-changing events, and while the impact of previous shock events such as Hurricane Andrew, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and Hurricane Katrina may have resulted in a loss of capital and reduced capacity in the short-term, the market responded to each occasion by innovating, working with governments and ... Continue Reading »
Our Work Lives Will Not Return To Normal After The Pandemic
The transition to working from home has gone incredibly smoothly overall, enabling seamless communication between brokers, cedents and reinsurers. Technological advancement has facilitated this transition but human behaviors are equally important in ensuring colleagues continue to feel “connected” to their co-workers, clients and the overall market. Communication on an ongoing ... Continue Reading »
How to Spot When Employees Are Struggling, and How to Plan for a Healthier Workforce
The transition to working from home has gone incredibly smoothly overall, enabling seamless communication between brokers, cedents and reinsurers. Technological advancement has facilitated this transition but human behaviors are equally important in ensuring colleagues continue to feel “connected” to their co-workers, clients and the overall market. Communication on an ongoing ... Continue Reading »
Will Companies Remain Empathetic After the Coronavirus?
The transition to working from home has gone incredibly smoothly overall, enabling seamless communication between brokers, cedents and reinsurers. Technological advancement has facilitated this transition but human behaviors are equally important in ensuring colleagues continue to feel “connected” to their co-workers, clients and the overall market. Communication on an ongoing ... Continue Reading »
Digital Tools Can Help Reopen Workplaces Safely, If Businesses Mitigate Risks
The cyber (re)insurance space is constantly developing, and as COVID-19 alters the way businesses interact with technology and workers around the country slowly return to work after months of operating from home offices, the reinsurance market sees a number of emerging trends that present both potential challenges and opportunities. While COVID-19 remains a threat worldwide, ... Continue Reading »
How to Be a Leader in the New World of Work
As businesses seek to address both the immediate and long-term effects of COVID-19 on their operations, the reinsurance industry is at the forefront of conversations to create a forward-looking solution for pandemic risk in conjunction with policyholders, insurance markets and corporate executives. Amid the heartbreaking toll of the global pandemic, organizations are ... Continue Reading »
Diversity is Key to a Successful Business
To tackle gender and diversity issues, corporate commitment goes a long way. Guy Carpenter has been at the forefront of this change, instituting policies that encourage, nurture, and ensure diversity in the workplace. “Our goal is to have a workforce that is representative of the society that we live in. We look at ways to unlock the full potential of our workforce by ... Continue Reading »
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) as a Workforce Strategy: Engaging Today’s Employees and Attracting Tomorrow’s Talent
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are no longer treated as an afterthought by companies. These issues are increasingly central to a firm’s reputation and financial performance and are scrutinized by an array of stakeholders including investors, ratings agencies and clients. ... Continue Reading »
Identifying and Responding to a Dysfunctional Culture
Loss of clients, mass employee walk-outs, shareholder lawsuits, stock price drops, hundreds of CEOs and executives turnovers, and countless daily instances of organizational inefficiencies - these are just some of the recent impacts of cultural dysfunction. ... Continue Reading »
