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Berkshire Hathaway Snatches Up New York Medical Liability Insurer
Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary National Indemnity Company is snatching up Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company for an undisclosed price. The deal will close in the 2017 third quarter, pending ...
D&Os Worry These Days About Emerging Liability Risks and More
There are lots of emerging liability risks that may be keeping corporate directors and officers awake at night, which is why their D&O insurance protection is rising up their list of concerns. ...
Ex-Travelers CEO Fishman, Facing ALS, Focuses on Philanthropy
Jay Fishman finds it more comfortable these days to use a wheelchair to get around, and has begun getting some help breathing from a portable ventilator. The former Travelers CEO says he's in "the ...
Warren Buffett Gives $2.86B to Gates Charity, Four Others
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has donated another roughly $2.86 billion of his holdings in the company's stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and ...
I.I.I. Picks Ex-Zurich Exec/Bush Administration Vet as New CEO
The Insurance Information Institute has chosen its new leader – an ex- public affairs executive for Zurich Insurance Group who also once worked for President George W. Bush's administration in ...
CEO Debate: Is a ‘Bottoming’ Reinsurance Market a Rational One?
"Bottoming" was a popular description of the reinsurance market at midyear industry conferences, but there is less consensus around questions of whether this "near bottom" signals rational behavior ...
AIG Commercial CEO Schimek: Transformation Will Be ‘Second to None’
With the business transformation of American International Group playing out on "the biggest stage in the insurance business," the leader of the carrier's global commercial lines operation has heard ...
Applying Life Lessons: The Road to Leadership
A competitive spirit is something that comes naturally to Rob Schimek, CEO of AIG Commercial. Coaxed to talk about his personal leadership style and the life experiences that have helped him ...