Boardroom Agenda
Berkshire Hathaway Promotes Likely Buffett Successors Abel and Jain
Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Wednesday promoted two of its top executives, Gregory Abel and Ajit Jain, adding them to its board and cementing their status as the most likely successors to Warren Buffett ...
AmTrust CEO Zyskind, Stone Point Capital Propose Taking Insurer Private
A bid is afoot to take AmTrust Financial Services private. Stone Point Capital Partners, along with AmTrust Chairman and CEO Barry Zyskind and Director George Karfunkel (and his wife, Leah ...
Berkshire Hathaway Could See $37B Book Value Gain from U.S. Tax Cuts: Barclays
Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by Warren Buffett, may see its book value grow by $37 billion because of U.S. tax law changes enacted by President Donald Trump, Barclays Capital analysts ...
Executives On The Move at CNA and AXIS Capital Holdings
CNA appointed a former Chubb executive in a leadership role focused on underwriting for financial institutions. AXIS Insurance, a business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, promoted an ...
Remorseful Toyota CEO? Most People Don’t Think Leader Apologies Are Sincere
Do we believe apologies by people who have committed a transgression? It depends on their power status, according to a university study. The new international study including the University of Haifa ...
Jeff Greenberg Helps Back the Launch of Bermuda Reinsurer Armour Group Ltd.
Armour, a Bermuda-based P/C runoff insurance business, announced it has raised up to $500 million to form a reinsurance group called Armour Group Ltd. The equity commitments were made in partnership ...
Sompo International to Boost Surety Market Presence With Lexon Acquisition
Sompo International, a Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, is making an acquisition designed to boost its presence in the surety market. The transaction will take place through its U.S. ...
Women Are Making Steady Gains in Insurance Industry Leadership Positions: Research
Women are making strides in building their ranks among insurance industry leadership positions even as they remain in the minority, according to new industry demographic research from Saint Joseph's ...