Boardroom Agenda
Digital Auto Insurer Root Jumps Into Rental Insurance Market
Root Insurance, an InsurTech startup known for selling auto insurance, is expanding into the renters market. The Ohio-based InsurTech is launching a renters insurance product it bills as "affordable" ...
Investors Approve of Argo CEO Watson’s Departure; Q3 Results Are Mixed
The day after Argo Group International Holdings announced CEO Mark Watson III was retiring "immediately," investors seemed ecstatic, driving the company's stock price up 5.6 percent on Nov. 6. ...
Argo Group’s Watson Stepping Down, Effective Immediately
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced late yesterday that Mark E. Watson III, the group's chief executive officer is retiring, effective immediately. According to the announcement, Kevin ...
Argo Group Reorganizes Americas Executive Structure
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd is reorganizing its executive structure in the Americas, made possible by the appointment of three new executive vice presidents. Each will report to Kevin ...
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance P/C Premiums Jump, and Other Q3 Earnings Takeaways
For Berkshire Hathaway Inc., profits from its stake in Kraft Heinz Co. were better late than never. Almost a third of the jump in Berkshire's third-quarter earnings came from finally recording its ...
Q3 Catastrophes Push AIG’s P/C Underwriting Results Into the Red
Catastrophe losses prevented American International Group from having a third quarter in a row of property/casualty underwriting profit this year, following many years of losses. AIG said that its ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg: Insurer Has Reshaped Portfolio in Response to California Wildfires
Some insurers may be facing sizable risks stemming from the latest round of California wildfires now raging, but Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg insists his company isn't one of them. "We do ...
Aon Moves Incorporation From Britain to Ireland Due to Brexit
Insurance broker Aon plans to move its parent company's jurisdiction of incorporation to Ireland from Britain due to Brexit, it said in a statement on Tuesday. New York-listed Aon will keep its ...