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Aspen Insurance Will Go Private in $2.6B Sale to Investment Manager Apollo
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd said on Tuesday certain funds affiliated to alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management LLC will take the insurer private in an all-cash transaction valued at ...
COUNTRY Financial CEO Bock Plans to Retire in January
COUNTRY Financial CEO Kurt Bock plans to retire early next year, the insurance and financial services group has disclosed. Bock's retirement is effective Jan. 31, 2019, capping seven years as chief ...
A Better Mentor Guides Protégés to Make Their Own Career Decisions
Executives often mentor upcoming employees who themselves are on track to become future corporate leaders. In doing so, they would do well to let the protégé set priorities of their career path and ...
Building the Right Tech Culture
Technology, at the end of the day, is created by humans for humans. For that reason, one of a technology leader's top priorities should be to assemble the right team and create the right culture. If ...
Hannover Re CEO Wallin to Retire; Swiss Re’s Henchoz Will Replace Him
Hannover Re Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Wallin plans to retire in 2019, after the company's annual general meeting scheduled for May 8. Wallin's replacement will be Jean-Jacques Henchoz, a ...
The Hartford CEO Swift Said He Long Admired Navigators Before Pursuing M&A Tie-Up
It turns out that The Hartford's planned $2.1 acquisition of The Navigators Group is a great example of corporate patience. As The Hartford CEO Christopher Swift explains it, his company's interest ...
Root Insurance Raises $100M; Money Will Propel Continued Hiring Push, National Expansion
Root Insurance raised a $100 million financing round in a bid to fuel market expansion and hiring as the auto insurance startup with its telematics-based platform goes national. Tiger Global ...
For QBE, a Focus on Profitable Underwriting Begins to Pay Off
QBE's restructuring over the last year has focused on exiting loss-making businesses and portfolios, while rigorously emphasizing profitable underwriting across the group. Good progress has been made ...