Boardroom Agenda
Regulators, Insurers Need to ‘Prove Value-Add’ as Disrupters Gain Traction
Property/casualty insurance executives may be worried about disrupters discovering novel ways to connect with their hard-earned policyholders, but an insurance regulator with a reputation for ...
AIG Agrees to Sell Japan Life Business to Hong Kong’s FWD Group
Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li is poised to buy American International Group Inc.'s Fuji Life Insurance Co. business, a deal that marks his FWD Group's first foray into Japanese insurance. AIG will ...
IIS Names Butt, Sumi, von Bomhard as Hall of Fame Candidates
The International Insurance Society has announced the nominees for the 2017 Insurance Hall of Fame. The 2017 candidates are: Michael Butt, Chairman of the Board, AXIS, Bermuda; Shuzo Sumi, Chairman ...
Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Kemper and Arch Insurance Group
XL Catlin promoted two executives in the U.S. and Bermuda. Kemper hired a former AIG executive to lead a key business line, and another at the company has been promoted. Arch Insurance Group named ...
Next Steps for Cybersecurity Model Law
Having faced a lot of "can't be done" reactions to initiatives like increasing competition in the North Dakota's health insurance market and changing a centuries-old life insurance reserving ...
Election Uncertainties Prompt Fairfax’s Watsa to Dump U.S. Treasuries
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., the Canadian holding company run by value investor Prem Watsa, sold almost all of its long-dated U.S. Treasuries amid global uncertainty, including the outcome of the ...
Why a Five-Hour Workday May Make Sense
The American workforce has become lazy. I estimate, conservatively, that knowledge workers are four times as efficient as they were 20 years ago. That's why I moved my company to a five-hour workday ...
AIG’s Mixed Results Lead to Stock Drop, Wall Street Skepticism
American International Group Inc.'s assurances of underwriting progress are drawing increased skepticism from Wall Street analysts after another disappointing quarter. Results from international ...