Boardroom Agenda
Insurers Ramp Up Wider Big Data Embrace for 2016: Novarica
Insurers appear ready to accelerate their embrace of big data, analytics and other aspects of emerging technology as they head into 2016, Novarica concluded in its third annual report on the matter. ...
AIG CEO Peter Hancock Will Outline His Vision on Jan. 26
American International Group Inc., the insurer that has rebuffed activist investor Carl Icahn's push to divide into three companies, set a Jan. 26 presentation to outline Chief Executive Officer ...
Tianjin Explosions in China Didn’t Prevent Falling Marine Reinsurance Prices
Reinsurance rates in the marine sector continued to fall at the start of the year, in spite of the huge cost of explosions at China's Tianjin port last August, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter said ...
Zurich Hires AIG Vet to Fill North America Executive Role
Struggling Zurich Insurance Group has lured an AIG veteran to a new executive role in its North American arm. Don Pickens is Zurich's new chief underwriting officer for Global Corporate in North ...
Swiss Re Will Grow ESL Business With $152.5M Acquisition
Swiss Re's corporate solutions arm is snatching up employer stop loss underwriter IHC Risk Solutions LLC for $152.5 million in cash. Plans call for closing the purchase during the 2016 first quarter, ...
Executives on the Move at Aspen, QBE, Markel and Safety
Aspen Insurance made a number of new global product leadership appointments. QBE North America hired on an AIG veteran to oversee and grow its risk business. Markel's venture arm promoted an ...
Why Buffett’s 50th Year Running Berkshire Hathaway Disappointed Investors
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. investors had plenty to celebrate at the start of 2015. It was Warren Buffett's golden anniversary running the company, which had grown under his watch from a struggling ...
Most Insurance Execs Eligible for AARP: A.M. Best Survey
According to a survey of representatives of nearly 200 insurers conducted by analysts at rating agency A.M. Best, nearly three-quarters of people on carrier management teams are age 50 or older—a ...