Boardroom Agenda
U.N. Report Outlines Climate Change Solutions
Governments may have to extract vast amounts of greenhouse gases from the air by 2100 to achieve a target for limiting global warming, backed by trillion-dollar shifts towards clean energy, a draft ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Face Challenge in 2014 Trying to Match 2013 Performance
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reported strong performance in 2013, but in 2014, the industry may find it difficult to match last year's results as insurers begin to face more ...
Inadequate Shareholder Disclosure and Other Killer Risks
While most of the killer risks that can torpedo a company exist within the walls of the organization, the deadliest—in terms of its hidden impact—relates to external communications, a risk expert ...
Judge Strine Nominated to Lead Delaware’s Supreme Court
Leo Strine, the outspoken chief judge of Delaware's nationally important business court, has been nominated to lead the state's Supreme Court, Delaware Governor Jack Markell said last Wednesday. The ...
The Hartford Elects Richardson to Board of Directors
The Hartford on Thursday announced the election of Julie Richardson to its board of directors. Richardson will serve on the board's Audit Committee as well as the Finance, Investment and Risk ...AIG Extends Tax Asset Protection Plan by 3 Years
American International Group Inc. extended by almost three years a plan designed to protect the value of deferred tax assets that limit payments to the government that bailed out the insurer. The ...
CEOs with Attractive Faces Boost Stock Returns
If your CEO has an attractive face, then an appearance on CNBC might boost your company's return, according to two professors from the University of Wisconsin. The findings of Joseph Taylor Halford ...
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. Appoints Parkin as New Audit Committee Chairman
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. announced Thursday that it has appointed Mark Parkin as the Chairman of its Audit Committee. Parkin was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors on Nov. 5, 2013 and ...