Boardroom Agenda
Wells Media Launches Carrier Management Print Magazine
Wells Media Group Inc. has launched a new print publication, Carrier Management Magazine, for property/casualty (P/C) insurance executives. This magazine launch follows the spring debut of the ...
Zurich Defends Financial Reporting
Leaders of Zurich Insurance Group defended the quality of its financial reporting on Friday in response to media speculation and analysts' questions linking financial disclosure issues to recent ...
What Is Ackermann’s Executive Legacy Following Zurich Insurance Tragedy?
Josef Ackermann tried to shake up Zurich Insurance Group AG. Now, allegations that he was partly responsible for the suicide of the chief financial officer are casting a shadow over his 35-year-long ...
Compensation Gaps in the Insurance Industry: University Research
As part of a research project focused on analyzing leadership demographics in the insurance industry, Saint Joseph's University examined compensation level for senior officers in various market ...
Saint Joseph’s University Research Shines Light on Gender Diversity in Insurance
The insurance industry has long suffered from a "brand identity" crisis on many fronts. Often accused of improper sales and marketing of our products and poor handling of policyholder claims after a ...
Ackermann Quit Zurich After Being Named in CFO Wauthier’s Suicide Note
Josef Ackermann's abrupt resignation as chairman of Zurich Insurance Group AG came after Chief Financial Officer Pierre Wauthier mentioned him in his suicide note, the company said. "We were informed ...
CEOs Behaving Badly; Performance Graded ‘F’ By Think Tank
With a silhouetted image of a cigar-smoking bigwig reading a failing report card on its cover, a Washington think tank published a study revealing that 38 percent America's top-paid CEOs were either ...
G20 Regulators Give ‘Shadow Banks’ Until 2015 to Comply with Global Rules
The $60 trillion "shadow banking" sector has been given until 2015 to fully comply with its first set of global rules, after an international regulatory task force unveiled plans to curb risk without ...