Boardroom Agenda
FDIC to Define Non-Bank Financial Firms Under Resolution Powers
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board will vote on rules defining whether a non-bank company is engaged in financial activity to an extent that would subject it to the agency's liquidation in the ...
Financial Analysts Say Direct Contact with Executives Is Essential
Private phone calls with managers remain an essential source of analysts' earnings forecasts and stock recommendations – even in light of regulations limiting businesses' selective disclosure of ...
AIG, Prudential Named ‘Systemically Important’ by Financial Stability Council
American International Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and a unit of General Electric Co. were identified by U.S. regulators as potential risks to the financial system in a step toward putting ...
Women (Not Men) Get Asked: Can You Have It All?
Can you have it "all"? It's one of the questions that women in business get asked a lot but men are never asked. It's also one of the questions fielded by a panel of women insurance industry ...
American Safety Being Sold; Fairfax Financial, Tower Group Buying Parts
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. have entered into a $306 million merger deal, with Fairfax acquiring all of the outstanding shares of American Safety ...
How Women Can Rise to Executive Level in P/C Insurance Industry
Networking is the single biggest thing women can do to facilitate their rise up the corporate ladder in the property/casualty insurance industry, according to four women who have done just that. And ...
Vote on Systemically Risky U.S. Non-Banks Expected
U.S. regulators plan to vote next week on whether to label some non-bank companies a potential risk to the financial system, a move that would put them under heightened Federal Reserve supervision, ...AIG Drops Securities Complaint Against Federal Reserve of New York
American International Group Inc. has agreed to end litigation against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over whether the insurer retained the right after its 2008 taxpayer-funded bailout to sue ...