Content from Andrew Simpson
67 Emerging Risks Nobody Is Talking About
Everybody knows about climate change and catastrophes, the Internet of Things and the cloud, the on-demand economy and online shopping, autonomous vehicles and robots in the workplace, terrorism and ...
How to Know What Insurance Customers Want
What do today's customers want from insurance providers? They want understanding, interaction, even a relationship. But they vary in when and how they wish to learn, interact and build that ...
W.R. Berkley Forms Colombia Unit; ACE Names Philippines Executive
W.R. Berkley Corp. announced the formation of Berkley International Seguros Colombia S.A., which it said would sell construction all risk, surety, general liability, directors and officers liability, ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s MedPro to Buy Oklahoma Insurer
Berkshire Hathaway's MedPro Group has agreed to acquire Oklahoma healthcare liability insurer PLICO Inc., which is owned by the Oklahoma State Medical Association (OSMA). The boards of each entity ...
AIG Ex-CEO Greenberg Will Appeal Bailout Ruling That Left Out Damages
Maurice "Hank' Greenberg, who won what most considered a long-shot case with a ruling that the U.S. government acted illegally towards American International Group Inc. shareholders in the terms it ...
Outgoing Flood Insurance Program Director Blasts Inefficiencies
The outgoing director of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) says the program is a "melting iceberg" that is incapable of properly managing its various players including the private insurance ...
Might Human Drivers Be Outlawed?
Tesla Motors co-founder and CEO Elon Musk thinks that human-driven cars could eventually be outlawed as computers show they can do a more efficient and safer job of driving. "In the distant future, ...
A Son of Watergate Remembers His Father
To the world, H.R. Haldeman was President Richard Nixon's chief of staff beginning in 1969 and a central figure in the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s. To Hank Haldeman, H.R. Haldeman was also ...