Brand Management & Sales
Berkley Underwriting Partners Is Now Berkley Program Specialists
Berkley Underwriting Partners, a W. R. Berkley company, has changed its name to Berkley Program Specialists. The company said the change better reflects its sole focus on program business. "We ...
AIG Hires CMO From Goldman Sachs
American International Group Inc., the company that repaid a $182.3 billion U.S. bailout last year, hired David May from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to help revive the insurer's brand. May, 54, was ...
Zurich Delayed Ad Campaign Launching
By rolling out television, print and billboard marketing campaigns on Monday, Zurich Insurance is aiming to advertise business as usual after a suicide and resignation in the Swiss insurer's top ...
Critics Take Aim at Crop Insurance Subsidies, Insurers’ Profits
Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has a new business partner: the U.S. taxpayer. Greenberg's Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. is one of 18 companies approved ...
Ackermann Quits Siemens, Dismisses Influence in CFO Suicide
Josef Ackermann said he will step down as deputy chairman of Siemens AG's supervisory board and dismissed the idea that he had any bearing on the suicide of the finance chief at Zurich Insurance ...
Allstate CEO Dismisses GEICO Threat in Race for Auto Insurance Market Share
Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson, whose company lost car-insurance market share in the last three years, said competitor GEICO could struggle to expand sales as it seeks to sell more ...
Let’s Not Exaggerate Alt Re Impact: Munich Re’s Jeworrek
With catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance premiums making up less that less than 10 percent of its overall portfolio, the influx of capital from institutional investors into the reinsurance market ...
The Geneva Association Launches New Brand
After 40 years of making its mark on the insurance industry with research and analysis for industry leaders, international insurance think tank The Geneva Association has today adopted a new brand ...