insurance industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Have a Better Idea To Improve Health Care?

Several months ago, Harvard's Forum on Health Care Innovation surveyed industry executives, policy makers, academics, and doctors about the state of health care in the United States. Their report card was not encouraging. Only 14 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

08 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

interrelated. People who have studied this industry for a long time have come up with a number of feasible ideas to get at the cost problem, including high-deductible insurance and health savings accounts.... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

readily available. Providers would charge the same price to any patient for addressing a given medical condition, regardless of the patient's group affiliation. Providers could and would set different prices from their competitors, but that pricing would not vary... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

to sell insurance in the country. During the next five years China's non-life insurance industry grew from $8.3 billion in 2001 to $15.9 billion in 2005. Yet in 2007, domestic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

watches, especially the stainless-steel sports models, had dramatically increased, resulting in a supply shortage worldwide. This case study examines the high-end watch industry and discusses an organization’s objective and related... View Details

May 1996
Teaching Note

First Capital Holdings Corp. (TN)

By: Stuart C. Gilson

Teaching Note for (9-296-032). View Details

Keywords: Insurance Industry; California

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February 2013
Teaching Note

Transforming AMFAM (TN)

By: Rakesh Khurana and Rajiv Lal

Keywords: Customer Focus; General Management; Managing Growth; Customer Focus and Relationships; Insurance Industry; United States

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December 2, 2009
Article

An Over-generous Deal for AIG Clients

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Customers; Insurance Industry

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September 2007
Teaching Note

BASIX (TN)

By: Shawn A. Cole

Teaching note to (207-099) and (207-108). View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Insurance Industry

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June 1992
Teaching Note

Marsh & McLennan (A), Teaching Note

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-171-303). View Details

Keywords: Insurance Industry; United States

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22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

apps for frontline employees to contain the pandemic. The experience will like reshape the entire health care industry for years to come. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Health Care Initiative at Harvard Business School how... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

quantitative strategy, digging into numbers many ignore; others look deeply into industries or countries they are familiar with that many analysts don't understand. Successful investors learn how to put their unique knowledge to work... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

August 2020
Supplement

Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (B)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Alpana Thapar

Keywords: Accounting; Insurance Industry; Middle East

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July 2007 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Innovation at Progressive (TN) (A) & (B)

By: Frances X. Frei

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Insurance Industry

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August 1993
Case

USAA: Business Process Review for the Great Lakes Region

By: James L. Heskett and Roger H. Hallowell

USAA proposes to develop a new set of processes for its property and casualty division. The case focuses on processes used in automobile claims. View Details

Keywords: Business Processes; Insurance Industry; United States

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September 1992 (Revised May 1995)
Case

Progressive Corporation Transportation Group (A)

By: James L. Heskett

Keywords: Insurance Industry

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05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor market insurance mechanisms. Venture capital investors... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne