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it doesn’t become a habit once insurance stops paying for the program; there isn’t the same social, sticky quality Lee herself discovered when she started rowing on the lightweight crew team in college. “What if there was an option that... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

04 Aug 2010
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A Lonely Crusader

municipal bond insurer, MBIA, is the subject of a new book, Confidence Game. MBIA’s stellar financial performance and rock-solid triple-A rating masked the firm’s growing fragility as it ventured deeper and deeper into insuring... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

I often say that it's large and it's fragmented. Like I said, you have to keep track of the doctors, but then you've got your insurance company, the laboratory, the infusion rooms, like you're the one integrating everybody in one system.... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

share that enthusiasm with a group that is also unlikely to fit the traditional insurance mold: people in their 20s, 30s, and even 40s. Terry, who worked in product management at Liberty Mutual for a dozen years, observes that life used... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

01 Aug 2001
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Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

Stanley as a powerful presence in the world of global finance. After graduating from Princeton in 1957 at the age of 20, Fisher worked for a time in the university's admissions office and as a trainee at the Insurance Company of North... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. They posted notices around campus, discreetly... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

markets teams,” observes Beckford. “We take our expertise and figure out the best way to capitalize the deal, which counter-parties—banks, debt funds, REITs, or even insurance companies—are best positioned to fund it, and then help our... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

01 Dec 2017
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A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

insurance sectors. He believes the best business leaders “embrace the public service aspect” of their positions. “When I work with executives,” he elaborates, “I try to reinforce the idea that no matter what kind of organization you lead,... View Details

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