Global Scale
by Coletta I. Kemper  |  Vice President, Industry Affairs  |   The Council

Women Unbound
You don't need binders of women to improve profits, but you do need to treat the women in your workplace fairly.

Best? Maybe Not Good Enough
The U.S. international focus on insurance shifts from 50 states to a new state of mind.

Skills Gap
Skilled workers soon will be scarce, while millions of unskilled will remain jobless. A global crisis looms, yet little is being done to improve the education gap.

Blind Sighted
There's plenty about the future that we know, and more that we don't. Don't get blindsided by being unprepared for what's in plain sight. 

Minority Rule
A majority of world trade today is in services, yet trade progress talk focuses on manufacturing. It's time we recognize the obvious. 

Elusive Growth
Organic growth remained elusive for the insurance sector in 2011, but the picture is more promising in Asia and Latin America. 

Border Patrol
We take it for granted that we can communicate with just about anyone, anywhere, in an instant. Geopolitics frequently stops data flow at the border, making global service businesses pay a heavy price 

We Deliver
This year’s catastrophic events highlight why you don’t let your client take undue risks with supply chain interruption 

Caught in the Act
The U.K.’s new Bribery Act can ensnare you on things as simple as entertainment expenses. Beware. 

Sudden Impact
An entire village was wiped out in six seconds. As horrific as Japan’s disaster is, years of planning helped reduce losses and loss of life. 

Briber Beware
It might be the way “it’s done here,” but bribing foreign officials is one very big risk. Willing to spend 10 years behind bars? 

Who's Your Baby Now?
Leadership qualities adopted by female corporate leaders help their companies outperform other Fortune 500 businesses—especially in tough economic times. Shareholders are taking notice. 

Financial Polluters
Taxing the “bad guys” who caused the global financial meltdown may be popular, but would it work? 

Oxymorons Around Us
Remind your government decisionmakers what good regulation should look like: First, do no wrong. Second, find the real problem. 

Reckless Regard
It’s getting more and more difficult to be irresponsible with business risk. Corporate bigwigs may have to change their ways. 

Happier New Year
Executives around the world see glimmers of hope for the economy, but it depends on what part of the world you are in. 

Trade-ism
Will trading more services help pull us out of the global recession? 

Wonderland 
You must be as mad as a Mad Hatter to venture into the fantasyland of U.S. insurance regulation.

When Pigs Fly
Your business or client may not be covered for a swine flu pandemic. It’s time to get your house in order for the expected surge. 

Domino Theory
If AIG is too big to fail, then we had no choice but to save it to save the economy. But how do regulators know it was too big? 

Global Risks
The guardians of risk must manage this global crisis without panic. Today, we mold the destiny of future generations. 

Agency Management, December
The subprime blob is eating almost everything in its path, including opportunities to sell your firm. 

Protectionism
Two political perspectives on foreign trade don’t hide the fact we need to keep the trade doors freely swinging open. 

Federal Excise Tax
Sovereign calls for cascading excise taxes for foreign insurance and reinsurance policies on U.S. risks—and brokers could be left holding the bag. 

Micro-insurance
Brokers are missing out on the beginning of micro-insurance products. Are you missing out on future clients?  

Japan Trade Barriers
Close business ties inside the Japanese market effectively block out competition from foreign brokers and carriers.