Boardroom Agenda
Ward Joins Cunningham Lindsey Group as Executive Chairman, Tutoki as CEO
The board of directors of Cunningham Lindsey Group has appointed Richard Ward as executive chairman of the board and Jane Tutoki as chief executive officer, effective June 9, 2014. Tutoki's ...
WSJ: Two AIG Execs In the Lead To Become CEO
AIG's heads of property casualty and life-insurance/retirement appear to be the two leading candidates to become the conglomerate's next CEO. As The Wall Street Journal reported, current CEO Robert ...
Class Action Threat: Corp. Bylaws Can Make Suing and Losing Investors Pay Legal Costs, Says Delaware Supreme Ct.
Delaware's Supreme Court has ruled that corporations can adopt bylaws requiring an investor who sues and loses to pay the company's legal costs, potentially upending the economics of a booming type ...
New Tech Can Help Boards Avoid Embarrassing Information Leaks
More than 100 of the nation's largest insurance companies are protecting their sensitive information by using Diligent Board Books, a software portal designed by Diligent Board Member Services Inc. ...
Reputational Risk Isn’t Just for Insurance Carrier Clients Anymore
Social media moves at the speed of a whisper these days, which is why hushed information—personal prejudices, corporate moves—can be a secret one minute and twirling across the Twittersphere the ...
Doing It Their Way: Buffett and Munger
Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and vice chairman Charlie Munger spent more than five hours Saturday answering questions from shareholders, reporters and stock analysts. Here's ...
Tyco Moving to Ireland as Swiss Tighten Laws on Exec Pay, Immigration
Security systems maker Tyco International said its board had approved a proposal to move the company's headquarters to Ireland from Switzerland, citing recent Swiss laws capping executive pay and ...
Pay Disclosure Harms Shareholders, Fuels Jealousy Between Execs, Buffett Says at Annual Confab
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said shareholders are harmed by rules that force companies to disclose the pay of top managers. ...