Boardroom Agenda
Google Changes Corporate Structure to Separate R&D Divisions From the Rest
Google Inc. is changing its corporate structure to separate its search, YouTube and other Web companies from its research and investment divisions. The shares rose as much as 5.8 percent in extended ...
Small Businesses Want Their Insurance Agents AND the Internet: PIA Research
Commercial lines customers – particularly small business owners – still prefer working with independent insurance agents in the Internet age, new industry research has found. At the same time, ...
With IT Company Deal, Marsh Makes Play For U.S. Small Commercial Market
Marsh will be making strategic acquisition of an insurance technology services company with a focus on boosting its business in the U.S. small commercial market. The global insurance broker and risk ...
Straight Talk from Industry CEOs at ACE and Travelers
Great leaders promote trust and open communication, experts increasingly argue. Property/casualty insurance executives understand this, especially in times of great change—a fact that was in ...
Objects In Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear
I have a CD player in my relatively new luxury sports sedan. It plays five—or maybe six—CDs so I can be surrounded by music I choose and like all through even a reasonably long journey. Or maybe ...
Munich Re Raises Full-Year Profit Target With Surge of Quarterly Earnings
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, raised its full-year profit target after net income beat analyst estimates on lower catastrophe claims. The shares rose. Net income rose to 1.07 billion ...
Rios Leaves Top Job at Munich Re’s American Modern Insurance Group
Manny Rios, CEO of American Modern Insurance Group, has left the company. The Ohio-based specialty insurer (and Munich Re subsidiary) said in a prepared statement that Rios is leaving for personal ...
Zurich Sees Profits Shrink, Raising Pressure on CEO to Bid for RSA
Zurich Insurance Group AG Chief Executive Officer Martin Senn is under increased pressure to buy RSA Insurance Group Plc after the two companies reported earnings. Second-quarter profit at ...