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MAPFRE Promotes CEO Credited with Greatly Expanding U.S. Operations
MAPFRE S.A. made two big changes to its global executive roster, with one executive in particular gaining a greater role after successfully growing the insurer's U.S. operations. The Spanish ...
AIG CEO Hancock: Revamp Plan Will Work Without More Drastic Action
More than two months after activist billionaire investors Carl Icahn and John Paulson gained seats on American International Group's expanded board, observers have wondered: Will their presence ...
Executives On The Move at AmTrust, Ironshore, Everest Re and More
AmTrust hired a former Validus and ACE executive to serve in a key leadership position. Ironshore is bringing on an ex-Swiss Re executive to be head of surety for its Latin American division. A ...
Where Have All the Chief Strategy Officers Gone?
At a time when the property/casualty insurance business is going through major changes, one would think that the ranks of chief strategy officers would be growing. That's not the case, says Tom ...
Another Unprofitable Quarter For AIG, Thanks to Hedge Funds
American International Group Inc., the insurer that's shrinking under pressure from activist shareholders, posted a third-straight unprofitable quarter on losses from hedge funds and declines in the ...
Ex-AIG Exec to Succeed David Duclos as CEO of QBE North America
A former AIG executive is joining QBE with plans to become CEO of its North American operations. Russell Johnston will succeed David Duclos in the role of QBE CEO for its North American operation ...
State Auto Dives Due to Continued Higher Auto Loss Costs
Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp. announced first quarter 2016 net income of $3.0 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, versus net income of $24.7 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, for the ...
Founder-Led Companies Perform Best: Harvard Business Review
Companies led by their founders run circles around the others. Chris Zook, a partner in Bain & Company's Boston office and a co-head of its global strategy practice, makes this assertion as part ...