Competitive pressures are driving insurers to seek the greatest possible advantage from the large amounts of data at their disposal. At the same time, security and privacy concerns are limiting their ability to do so. Regulation and customer…
Regulation and supervision, Financial Strategy / Insurance and Asset Management
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) aims to have 50% of Medicare payments delivered under alternative payment models (APMs) or population-based payments by the end of 2018. Following HHS’s lead, payers and providers across the United…
New payment models / Healthcare
In the first months of 2018, compensation committee chairs are confronting a wide array of challenges and opportunities. Like other company leaders, they are digesting the implications of the first comprehensive tax reform in over 30 years. At many…
Boards and General Management, Executive Compensation
For members of the European and North American Audit Committee Leadership Networks (EACLN and ACLN), improving the effectiveness of their audit committees is a perennial challenge, driven by the need to address new and unfamiliar issues even as…
Board and committee effectiveness
One year ago, political and economic uncertainty contributed to declining mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, with the number of deals globally at a 20-year low for the first part of 2017. However, transaction volume accelerated in the…
Board risk oversight
Many patients in the United States struggle with out-of-pocket medical expenses. For patients with cancer, who are more than twice as likely as their peers to declare bankruptcy, the financial costs are particularly acute. In 2017 and early 2018,…
New payment models / Healthcare
“There’s lots of hype and excitement about these technologies, but I think we really need to ensure that we have the economic evidence that they’re actually a good value for the money for healthcare systems and payers.”
—Healthcare expert“We…
Precision medicine and diagnostics / Healthcare
"Data is the new oil, but we do not yet know how to value data properly … If the good twin is digital transformation, then the evil twin is cyber risk. We need to figure out how to monetize information, but these two need to be addressed in tandem…
Financial cybersecurity, Governance / Banking, Financial cybersecurity, Governance / Insurance and Asset Management
Recent trends have placed leadership and talent questions squarely on the table for insurance industry board members, executives, and regulators. Industry non-executives and executives need new skills and new ways of leading. Disruptions from…
Governance, Financial services leadership and talent / Insurance and Asset Management
Directors and senior managers often say that their companies’ most valuable assets are their people, and boards typically take the lead in the selection and development of the CEO and other top executives. Today that role is challenging boards more…
Boards and General Management