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Liberty Mutual Completely Reverses Last Year’s Massive Q3 Loss
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. scored a significant profit during its 2016 third quarter versus the same period a year ago, thanks in part to rate increases and more policies in force. The insurer and ...
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 ...
China Passes Sweeping Cybersecurity Law; Foreign Opposition Remains
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations in the world's second-largest economy. ...
Behind the Battle Over Loss Sensitive Workers Comp Plans: Small Biz vs. Berkshire’s Applied
David Miller is a stickler for safety at the Goodwill stores he runs in central California. So when Applied Underwriters offered his nonprofit a deal on insurance for workplace accidents if he could ...
Double-Digit Drop in Q3 Profit for Insurance Ops at Buffett’s Berkshire
Berkshire Hathaway reported a 10.5 percent drop in operating profit for its insurance and reinsurance operations during the third quarter, with underwriting income falling 34 percent. While General ...
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 ...
Aspen CEO Opinion: Blue Marble Launches in White Space
According to the World Bank, 12.7 percent of the population earns below $1.90 per day. This segment of the population is underserved and it has been estimated that insurance coverage could extend to ...
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 ...