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
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
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
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
"In many ways, Brexit was the last thing banking needed."
—Participant
Banks have been on a long journey of recovery since the financial crisis: raising capital, restructuring, transforming their systems, and refining their strategies. Part of…
Regulation and supervision, Financial Strategy / Banking
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
"After the crisis, it was clear we needed boards of directors for large banks to step up. Now, there is an opportunity to emphasize the more important things … to allow boards to focus."
—Participant
The role of a non-executive director at a…
Governance, Risk management and oversight, Regulation and supervision / Banking
Cybersecurity is a critical concern for companies and their boards, which is why it is important to have a strong leader overseeing cybersecurity efforts. Although their precise responsibilities may vary, chief information security officers (CISOs)…
Cybersecurity
“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