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Insurance Executive Search: Navigating the Landscape of Risk and Reward

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Evolving Role of Insurance Executives in Today’s Risk Landscape The role of insurance executives has significantly changed today’s risk landscape. They are no longer responsible for managing risk but also for driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving sustainable growth.

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Prosocial CEOs Boost Shareholder Returns

The Horizons Tracker

” The researchers determined prosocial CEOs by gathering data from BoardEx on their extracurricular activities, including their participation in foundations and charities. As such, having a prosocial CEO can serve as a form of insurance policy as they are more likely to reduce risk through promoting goodwill among stakeholders.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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What Big Companies Get Wrong About Innovation Metrics

Harvard Business Review

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

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Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces

Harvard Business Review

Dozens of companies, ranging from telcos ( Sprint , AT&T ), to tech giants (SAP, IBM), to automakers and insurance companies (MINI, State Farm ) have launched similar experiments. Projects that would have taken months of calls are finished in weeks, demonstrating the importance of co-location in innovation.

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How to Improve the Engagement and Retention of Young Hourly Workers

Harvard Business Review

They shared five key insights for employers looking to improve retention and engagement, including how to improve manager training, diversity and inclusion, and scheduling. The good news is that multiple employers are already innovating in these areas. Work toward inclusion, not just diversity. is an innovator in this area.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

After studying meetings of various sizes, researchers have concluded that the optimal number of participants is seven or eight — small enough for good discussions, but large enough for a diversity of opinions. After the demise of Enron in 2002, many U.S. After the demise of Enron in 2002, many U.S.