The Leadership Gap Nobody Talks About: Preparing Your Next Generation of Insurance Leaders

The Leadership Gap Nobody Talks About: Preparing Your Next Generation of Insurance Leaders

The insurance industry has spent years talking about its talent gap.  Experienced professionals are retiring. Specialized expertise is difficult to replace. Organizations are competing for people who understand increasingly complex markets, technologies, products, and client expectations.  There is another gap that deserves just as much attention.  The leadership gap.  Many insurance organizations have strong individual contributors and…

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Succession Is Not a Plan: How Insurance Companies Should Be Thinking About Leadership Before It’s Urgent

Succession Is Not a Plan: How Insurance Companies Should Be Thinking About Leadership Before It’s Urgent

Most insurance organizations know succession planning matters, but very few approach it with the urgency it deserves.  Instead, succession conversations tend to happen reactively:  At that point, the organization is no longer planning; it is responding under pressure.  And in insurance, where leadership stability directly impacts teams, clients, operations, and long-term growth, reactive leadership hiring is one of…

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