All the headlines from our Productivity Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2006 // Nearly 29 percent percent of company time in America is unproductive, according to the results of a new study by management consulting firm, Proudfoot Consulting. The estimated cost of poor productivity in the U.S. is $598...
Jul 13 2006 // Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Tuesday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs by the end of 2007 in a bid to improve efficiency.Large offices in Zurich; London; Munich; Armonk, N.Y.; and Kansas City, Kan., will be primarily affected,...
Jul 4 2006 // As individuals, the easiest way to see how well you are performing is to compare yourself to others. We all do it from time to time.Likewise, with businesses, comparisons are a very useful tool to check performance. The...
Jun 8 2006 // Patients who suffer from snoring and sleep apnea also may be suffering from depression and anxiety, and could have trouble concentrating at work, according to a new study. The result — a cost to the U.S. economy of...
Mar 6 2006 // Tides continue to turn on the automation frontier and agents and brokers riding the waves may be pushing a sea change in the way they communicate with insurance carriers, according to the results of a recent survey of...
Feb 20 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for small- and medium-sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical,...
Feb 19 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for small- and medium-sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical,...
Feb 16 2006 // In a new addition to their offering – “Outsourcing in Insurance: Perspective 2006” – Dublin-based consultants Research and Markets concludes that, “despite recent strong results on both sides...
Feb 6 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for smaller companies, such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be...
Feb 5 2006 // For smaller companies, such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical tool to facilitate cost-effective growth and stimulate productivity.Outsourcing often receives a bad...
Jan 23 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for smaller companies such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a...
Jan 23 2006 // Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey commissioned by property and casualty insurer Wausau Insurance, Wausau,...
Jan 22 2006 // We’ve all heard the adage: Time is money. Indeed, if you treat your time as the valuable commodity it is, you are more likely to spend it conservatively and only on the things that hold the most value for you....
Jan 22 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for smaller companies such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a...
Jan 22 2006 // Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey commissioned by Wausau Insurance.Eighty-one percent (up from 70 percent...
Jan 22 2006 // Multiline Productivity Poll: Agents play key role in understanding riskInsurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey...
Jan 9 2006 // Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey commissioned by Wausau Insurance of 200 financial executives.Eighty-one...
Nov 2 2005 // BearingPoint Inc., a global management and technology consulting firm, announced the results of a global research study showing that insurance companies that implement key automation technology can reduce costs by as much...
Jul 18 2005 // How to make money instead of just being busyBeing busy is never a chore for insurance agents and producers. Being productively busy is the challenge. During a consultancy that spans 25 years, I have had the privilege of...
Jul 18 2005 // Being busy is never a chore for insurance agents and producers. Being productively busy is the challenge.During a consultancy that spans 25 years, I have had the privilege of visiting well over a thousand agencies,...