Boardroom Agenda
Swiss Re Expected to Trim Total Investor Payout After Acquisitions
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second- biggest reinsurer, will probably trim its total 2013 payout to shareholders by about 3.6 percent after making acquisitions in emerging markets. It will cut its ...
Automated Taxiing Technology to Boost CEOs’ Jet Safety
Cockpit technology to cut the risk of on-ground airport collisions is moving toward commercial adoption as Honeywell International Inc. targets business jets like those favored by chief executive ...
Bonuses Up at Insurance Companies: Towers Watson
With property/casualty insurance and life and annuity companies having a great year in 2013, bonus funds were up above targeted amounts for 80 percent of them, Towers Watson reported yesterday. In an ...
RMS(one) To Be Available in April; ARA Putting Hurricane Model on Platform
On Tuesday, RMS announced that it will release version 1.0 of RMS(one), the company's exposure and risk-management platform, on Apr. 15, 2014. All RMS catastrophe models, as well as select models ...U.S. Releases Guidelines for Improved Corporate Cybersecurity
The U.S. government on Wednesday released the final version of standards meant to help companies in nationally critical industries better defend against cyber attacks, and officials now face the ...
Kemper Realigns P/C Operations
Kemper Corp. is realigning its business to create one property/casualty segment for financial reporting purposes, beginning with the first quarter 2014. The company said its new Kemper property & ...
Carriers Pass A.M. Best Terror Stress Test; Plans Include Not Writing Cover
Insurers that faced negative rating actions from A.M. Best for failing a terror risk stress test last year were able to convince the rating agency they could survive without a government backstop, an ...
P/C Executive Views: Data Security Strategies and Cyber Insurance Sales
As cyber attackers continue to menace businesses in all industry sectors, property/casualty insurers are working to provide network security and privacy coverage. But how are the insurers managing ...