Boardroom Agenda
Shareholder Return Metric in Exec Pay Plan Won’t Boost Results: Research
An analysis of S&P 500 company data over a decade reveals that embedding total shareholder return (TSR) as a performance metric into executive compensation plans may not be the blanket solution ...
Slowly But Surely, Insurers are Turning to Mobile and Big Data
Insurers are increasingly investing in new technology areas such as mobile and big data along with the usual legacy system updates, Novarica found in its latest annual study of U.S. insurer IT ...
How Great Leaders Build Community
Building community within an organization encompasses many activities, but here are three basic practices of great leaders. They develop strong personal relationships. This means spending time with ...
Lawsuit Alleges Morgan Stanley Curbed Worker Rights to Sue Over Bias
Morgan Stanley is asking employees to give up their right to sue the firm in class actions for civil rights violations including discrimination based on race, gender or age, according to a former ...
Will ILS Investors Run for Cover After the Storm?
Most industry pundits agree that alternative capital is now a permanent fixture in the reinsurance marketplace. Where there is less agreement, however, is whether more opportunistic alternative ...
Zurich Names New Head of Global Corporate in North America
Zurich appointed one of its veteran executives to a major leadership role in its North American operations. Paul Horgan is now CEO of the property/casualty insurer and reinsurer's Global Corporate in ...
ACE/Chubb Merger Plan Clears Federal Antitrust Regulatory Hurdle
ACE's planned $28 billion acquisition of Chubb cleared a major milestone necessary to meet a hoped-for completion of the deal in the 2016 first quarter. Specifically, the U.S. Federal Trade ...Florida’s Heritage Insurance Grabs Hawaii’s Zephyr for $120M
Two Florida-based property casualty insurers are pursuing expansion plans, following an M&A deal by a third instate rival to do the same. Heritage Insurance Holdings said it has agreed to snatch ...

