Mike Patten
Patten is a contributing writer of Leader's Edge.
Health+Benefits
Don’t Tell, Don’t Ask
Can genetic testing give consumers the edge in long-term care?
January 24, 2018
Industry
Angels in My Lifetime
Putting aside their own challenges, insurance professionals answer the call in H...
October 27, 2017
Industry
Predicting What Your Employees Will Do
Imagine if brokers could sell that to clients.
July 19, 2017
Brokerage Ops
A Long-Floundering Market Finally Hits the Mark
For years, poorly designed long-term care policies were also poorly marketed to ...
May 25, 2017
Industry
Two Different Directions
You think your employees are happy? Why are two thirds of them job hunting?
May 25, 2017
Industry
Workers Comp Remains Controversial
States and Business Press Again to Shift Workers Comp Costs
March 30, 2017
Industry
Born from the Ashes of Crisis
PAR’s E&O program saved many firms and thrives today, changing constantly to m...
February 27, 2017
P&C
A Fragile World
The convergence of forces bearing down on international markets has piqued inves...
October 6, 2016
Health+Benefits
ColoradoCare? Colorado Can’t!
Colorado’s single-payer ballot initiative could eliminate group benefits in th...
June 27, 2016
P&C
It’s Still Underwater
New flood insurance regulations and planned private sector expansion could somed...
May 2, 2016
Industry
Who’s Really Paying for Workers Comp?
Employers shift costs to workers and Uncle Sam.
March 23, 2016
Brokerage Ops
WAHVE of the Future
Older, semi-retired brokers are supplying institutional knowledge to their firms...
October 30, 2015
Brokerage Ops
Through a Glass Darkly
How your clients view you isn’t necessarily how you view yourself. Which begs ...
October 24, 2015
Health+Benefits
How Money Talks
Big Pharma’s hold on Congress and hidden cost structure slams your clients and...
June 1, 2015
Brokerage Ops
Airing Online Laundry
Much of your personal information will go public in the future, and the potentia...
July 17, 2014
Brokerage Ops
Intimate Relationships
How to get closer to your clients and improve your chances of growing your busin...
May 28, 2014
P&C
Countdown to Catastrophe
If Congress kills TRIA, it may also cause an economic implosion.
March 1, 2014
P&C
Uncertain Disaster
Workers comp carriers face a murky future if TRIA is not extended.
March 1, 2014
Brokerage Ops
Gone West
An underinsured Texas town and its residents pay a huge price for their disregar...
September 1, 2013
Brokerage Ops
A Moveable Feast
A technologically challenged industry devours mobile tech. Convenience and clien...
July 15, 2013
Health+Benefits
The Bigger Bang Theory
How the rest of the world gets more for its health dollar than the U.S.
June 1, 2013
Health+Benefits
Of Mice and Men
Welcome to Jackson Laboratory, the most important institution you’ve never hea...
May 1, 2013
Brokerage Ops
Brokerage at the Speed of Life Science
“We’re in an industry that changes so fast, you have to be in the game.”
April 22, 2013
Industry
Crooks in Charge
Dempsey Partners eyes rogue talent defrauding their firms - like that small over...
February 27, 2013
Industry
A Calculated Risk-Taker Finds Peace
Not even significant wealth made Carl H. Lindner III happy. So he quit his worka...
December 11, 2012
Health+Benefits
Pro Choice
An insurance marketplace may become the model for the next wave in benefits.
December 11, 2012
Industry
The Global Pyramid
Governments everywhere shift benefits to employers, giving brokers major new mar...
November 11, 2012
Lifestyle
Business as an Adventure
Argo Group’s Mark Watson avoided insurance, but it kept wooing him back.
November 11, 2012
Brokerage Ops
Call Waiting
A behavioral research groups finds a remedy for prospect-calling reluctance.
September 11, 2012
Health+Benefits
Brave New World
No matter Obamacare’s fate, the benefits brokerage landscape is forever change...
June 11, 2012
Industry
The Accidental Broker
Hub’s Marty Hughes may have broken into the industry by accident, but his focu...
December 1, 2011